Apple Hill Campground, Bethlehem, New Hampshire

We took I-93 North.

It was a slow climb up to the Franconia Notch.

But at almost 2000 feet we made it.

At the top for a while.

Echo Lake to the left of I -93.

What goes up must come down, but much faster.

The drive was another short one, to the Bethlehem exit. We drove through Bethlehem, which was a small cute community with many dressed in attire, Jewish people on the streets. We did some research and found that many Jewish families came to Bethlehem in the early 1900's for hay fever symptom relief. Every Christmas thousands of Christmas cards are sent to Bethlehem to be sent out from the Bethlehem Post Office.

In the town of Bethlehem you turn on Hwy 142 N to get to Apple Hill Campground. They had a very nice sign in the town of Bethlehem directing you to turn north to their campground.

This campground is a Passport America member. If you are looking for a no frills, cheap place to stay. This is it at $17.50 a day with a Passport America membership.

The campground owner is a very nice guy. Joe told him, we would like a site where we can get Direct TV. He gave us three sites to pick from. All three sites were pull thrus. We set up in the nicest one, but after about a hour of trying to get a TV signal, Joe gave up. Joe moved our Nest to another site, and after about 30 minutes we got a signal.

Nice long sites.

Most sites are tree covered, which create the satellite connection dilemma. The campground does have a rec room with a TV, if you have a show you want to see and can not get connections at your site. If you have Verizon service for phone or internet, you will get a good connection here also. If you do not have Verizon, the owner said he has internet connection in the rec room. Half of the sites have permanent  seasonal RV's on them. Our only complaint, of the campground, was that he had regular metal trash cans at numerous locations, but they were not emptied daily, and didn't have secure lids, like they should be, for being in bear country. There are signs out stating that we were in bear country and to keep food sources  locked up. There were a lot of tent campers. And you know what they say, " A Fed Bead Is a Dead Bear!"