LoudLou,
I believe I passed through "greater Forks" on the way to the Olympic National Forest two summers ago. Hiked and camped the Bogachiel River trail with friends from Oregon. Beautiful part of the country!!

Me, I live in Virginia, so I consider the DC area to be home now although I lived in Hawaii and Japan as a child. My mom is from Japan so that's also "home" even though she also lives in Virginia now.