Today we left Portland, Maine, driving northwest to Conway, New Hampshire, home of one of the visitor centers for the White Mountain National Forest.  The kids completed the Junior Ranger workbooks and received their patch:

We pulled over in the picturesque Crawford Notch for a photo:

Like the BLM, the US Forest Service allows dispersed camping.  After consulting the White Mountains National Forest MVUM map, we found a dispersed camping site a few miles up Old Cherry Mountain Road.  With our directional cell antenna deployed, we’re getting three bars of cell service with no data service.  We haven’t been able to do any dispersed camping since Colorado, so we’re looking forward to a few quiet days up here:

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.