Dries Buytaert

Twin mountains 2022

A person stands on a rocky edge, looking at rushing whitewater rapids in a forested area.
Vanessa in the White Mountain National Forest.
Steve and Jenny smirking
When we discovered that Jenny was wearing her bathing suit inside out ...
A person is driving a Jeep, holding the steering wheel with both hands.
We own an electric car, but decided to rent a Jeep for this camping trip.
Dish washing station
I'm not a great cook, so my job is usually to do the dishes. This was my dish washing station.
A person takes a selfie with a camera, reflected in the side mirror of a Jeep.
A selfie from the passenger seat of a Jeep.
A can of bear spray sits on a rock in a wooded area, ready for use in case of bears.
A campground 20 minutes from ours was shut down because of "black bear activity". We picked up some bear spray and kept it around our campsite.
A woman in a plaid shirt sits in a camping chair, laughing with her eyes closed near a fire pit.
Camp
Cooking by the fire at Twin Mountain Campground in New Hampshire.
Milky way
We laid down next to a river and saw thousands of stars. This photo is my first attempt at astrophotography. I think you can see the Milky Way ...
Waking up camping in style
This is how Vanessa wakes up in a tent. Temperatures dropped to 10 °C (50 °F) during the night. Pyjamas, warm sweaters, and blankets were required to stay warm.
An aluminum moka pot brewing on a camping stove, with our orange tent in the background.
Percolating coffee in the morning sun at the Twin Mountain campground in New Hampshire, USA.
A frying pan on a camping stove with pancakes cooking, surrounded by pancake batter, syrup, and other breakfast items.
Gourmet camping means pancakes for breakfast!
A wooden boardwalk with railings winds through a forested gorge at Lost River Gorge in New Hampshire.
The hiking trail at the Lost River Gorge in Woodstock, New Hampshire.
A broken tree trunk covered in moss resembles an open-mouthed crocodile in a dense forest.
I knew we were in bear country, but what I didn't know was that New Hampshire had crocodiles too.