Twin Mountain, New Hampshire

On Saturday, September 16 we arrived at our home for the next 2 weeks, KOA Holiday Campground in Twin Mountain, NH.  As we drove from Vermont the landscape slowly became more mountainous.  The leaves in New Hampshire have a lot more color than in Vermont. Our campsite has a paved patio, patio furniture, a fire pit, and a potted flowering plant.

Our first sighting of New Hampshire mountains

Beautiful tree at our campsite

These cards were at the registration desk. BEARS! Oh my...

Enjoying a nice warm fire on a cool night.

First up on our list of things to do is ride the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway. The tram is an 80-passenger cable car that makes the ride to the 4,080' summit of Cannon Mountain in under 10 minutes.  On a clear day you can see  New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Canada--or so we were told because when we were there clouds obscured much of the views.  They drifted in and out so sometimes we could see the tops of the mountains but we never saw the other states.  At the summit there was a scenic walking path leading to an observation deck.  On the way up the tram operator said that recently a bear had been spotted on a nearby ski slope.  Believe me, we made sure to walk with other tram riders--safety in numbers!

Here are some photos from our tram ride...

It was clear on the summit when we arrived

As we were walking on the path clouds blew in...

and in...

and out...

It was clear on the path but clouds often obscured the view...

The firs and spruce trees smelled wonderful!

Believe me, there are mountains behind me!

Clouds moving across the mountain tops

Getting ready to go back down--look at the clouds now!

But halfway down there were no clouds.

Even though the clouds spoiled our 4 state views, it was still very pretty at the summit and we enjoyed our visit.