Twin Mountains

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.
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.