Bear Brook – Site 57
We didn’t have to go far for a great camping experience.
We wanted to try and get another camping trip in before the season ends. For this trip we invited our niece and nephew to join us for an evening.
We choose to go to Bear Brook State park in Pembroke, New Hampshire. This state park is one of the largest state parks in New Hampshire with over 10,000 acres of land. This park is also only about a half hour away from our home.
The weather looked great for the weekend with temps in the 70’s and 80’s duding the day and only about mid 50’s and 60’s during the night.
| Date: | 9/25/20 – 9/27/20 |
| Location: | Pembroke, NH |
| Price: | $25 per night |
| Site Number: | Site 57 |
| Toilets | Flush Toilet |
| Max People Per Site | 6 |
| Parking: | 2 cars |
| Dog/Pets: | Yes |
| Hammock: | Yes |
Our site was number was 57. The site is kind of in the middle of the campground but had some trees all around that made us feel secluded. The site was large with lots of options for setting up the tent and EZ up. There were also lots of spots that a hammock could be hung. The site was mostly flat and we had three cars parked on it with still room to move around.
We arrived at the park around 4:30pm on Friday and started setting up like we always do. I was going to sleep in my hammock and my wife, niece and nephew in the tent. Once we got set up we started getting ready for dinner. We brought the dutch oven we got on our last trip and ended up doing all the cooking in this pot.
For our first night we made pizzas in the dutch oven. The next morning we cooked biscuits in it and used them to make egg sandwiches. Soon a friend of our arrived to walk a 5k for ALZ. Because of COVID-19 all the 5k’s have been virtual and done at your own pace. Lucky and I decided to join them in the walk.
We made our way out of the campground to the Beaver Pond trail. This is a beautiful trail with lots of boardwalk bridges. The trees around the pond were if full foliage colors. There were brilliant reds, bright oranges and golden yellows. In some areas the colors were so bright it looked the trees were on fire.
After returning to the campsite we rested a bit before my niece and nephew arrived. Once they got there we had lunch. Dutch oven grilled cheeses and grilled peanut button and Fluff for my sister were on the menu.
After lunch we went for a quick walk to get some Geocaches that were located on the beaver pond trail. After three successful finds we made our way back to camp. My niece and nephew wanted to go swimming at the beach so we got on our bikes and headed out. The campground beach is nice and sandy and it was not very busy when we arrived.
After the beach we made our way back to camp and started to get dinner ready. My Mom was on our way to the site to join us for dinner. The Dutch oven mac and cheese and apple crisp came out great.
As night time came we enjoyed the fire and told some hilarious ghost stories and made S’mores.
The next morning we got the fire going and made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Then we started breaking down the site and packing up the car.
This is a great trip. We got to check out other camp sites.
