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"We met while camping in the White Mountains"

I met my husband on a camping trip in the White Mountains here in New Hampshire. I was living in Florida where I grew up and went to college.  I had never been to New Hampshire or anywhere else in New England and I was so impressed by how beautiful everything is. Because I am from such a flat state I couldn't get over how scary the mountains were to travel in.

 

One of my best friends from college was from Keene and she invited me to go on the trip with a few of our other friends. The camp ground that we stayed at wasn't very nice and had the camp sites really packed in. But that turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me because the camp site right next to ours was a group of college age guys - one of them ended up talking to us and we all became friendly and promised to stay in touch after having such a good time hiking and cooking out all week long.  I actually had a bit of a crush on one of the other boys and started writing to him when I got back home to Florida. He turned out to be a real jerk but before I broke things off with him, I made one more trip with my friend to her home the following Thanksgiving. My jerk boyfriend brought along his friend from camping to keep my girlfriend company only I ended up getting along with his friend much more than him. We started dating long distance and made trips back and forth every other month. That was 18 years ago - we've been married ever since and now have 4 boys and live right outside of Keene.  It just goes to show you that what is meant to be will be no matter how the story begins. We were lucky enough to find a happy ending.

 

Cindy Haynes