OK! Mag Releases Guide to Forks

Will you be going there this year?

Get Your New Moon-Loving Self to Washington

Are you a mega-fan of the Twilight saga? If you are and you're planning on going to Washington to visit Forks, OK! mag actually collaborated with the town's Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center to help you out. If only I lived on the west coast, I'd be there in a flash!

Forks has been enjoying a mounting wave of visitors each year, who are doing more than checking out fishing spots, hiking, and visiting local beaches--they are visiting each and every spot that was mentioned in the book or highlighted in the movie.

Mike Gurling, the manager of the Visitors Center, told the magazine how it all started "It all began really in July of 2006 when Stephenie Meyer came here and did a book reading and a book signing for New Moon. There were several hundred people that came that day. That was really the kickoff point, and it's just been gradually building ever since that time."

This past summer, the Visitors Center of the town received 500 to 700 fans passing through each day, who received trivia quizzes and a map to Twilight-related sites. Can you believe how many people showed up daily?!

Gurling admitted that when the fans started coming, he studied up to be as knowledgeable as the Twilight fans who were arriving.

"Our feeling is we have to be at least as knowledgeable, if not more so, than the fans that are coming here," explains Gurling. "One of the things I did when I read the books is I treated them as if it was college test; so I actually took notes and wrote down page numbers [...]"

OK! has a great gallery of Forks up, as well as traveling tidbits. Get yourself over there if you love Twilight!