The return · July 28–August 3, 2027
We’re returning to Lost River Valley Campground in North Woodstock, New Hampshire—a place our family already loves—with a bigger crew, three home bases, and Trail Tater at the heart of camp.
A family favorite, revisited
Lost River was our wooded summer home for three consecutive years. In 2027, we’ll return with more family, more sleeping room, and the same simple plan: cook together, explore the White Mountains, listen to the river, and let the best parts happen between the plans.
Three sites · one camp
Each space has a job, but camp belongs to everyone. Site 27 keeps the coffee hot, Cabin 18 offers four walls and a porch, and Double Tent Site 17 brings us back to familiar ground.
Trail Tater headquarters
Trail Tater parks here, making Site 27 the morning coffee stop, the main cooking station, and the place everyone naturally checks in.
Cabin crew
A cozy landing place with a real roof—perfect for family members who want camp life without a tent between them and the New Hampshire night.
Back where it began
The roomy riverside tent site from our earlier Lost River summers returns to the story, ready for the next generation of camp memories.
The working camp plan: Site assignments reflect our 2027 setup and may evolve as the family gets closer to departure. The important part is that everybody has a place in camp.
The good stuff
Breakfast starts with the hiss of the coffee pot at Site 27. The day unfolds through river walks, campground wandering, card games, and somebody asking what’s for dinner. At night, every path leads back to the same glow.
Always running through the story
Lost River is more than scenery. It is the sound behind conversation, cool air under the trees, stones to study, and a reason to slow down. We’re coming back to see what changed—and what feels exactly the same.
“The camper changed. The family grew. The reasons for going never did.”
From the Site 27 kitchen
With the camper as cooking headquarters, meals become the daily family roll call: hot coffee before anyone is fully awake, a working griddle at breakfast, easy lunches between adventures, and dinners large enough to require helpers.
Beyond the campground
The itinerary will stay loose enough for weather, energy, and good detours. These are the traditions and possibilities already on our minds.
A return to a wonderfully goofy family tradition, with trains, shows, and another round of bear-photo evidence.
Scenic drives, visitor-center stops, short walks, and views that make the ride north worth remembering.
Ice cream, roadside discoveries, and whatever earns a unanimous “we have to stop there” from the car.
Then & next
Before Trail Tater had wheels, this double tent site held our sprawling family basecamp. In 2027 it becomes one part of a larger campground neighborhood—and the bridge between the memories we made and the ones still ahead.
Step back into the 2021–2023 story →The countdown is on
North Woodstock, New Hampshire · July 28–August 3, 2027
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