Carol and Ken are retired merchants; Carol stays busy renting this log house to tourists and making it available for exchanges. Ken is a paramedic and still volunteers to work on the local ambulance service. We are looking for non- or simultaneous exchanges to just about anywhere. Our exchange house is set in Thornton Gore in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This four-season log house is rustic and comfortable. It sits halfway up a grassy knoll, surrounded by open-field farm land and the White Mountain National Forest. Johnson Brook runs next to the dirt road. It has an open kitchen-dining area, a large living room with cathedral ceiling and a field stone fireplace. THIS IS A NON-SMOKER HOUSE. Four bedrooms accommodate up to eight persons. Bedroom 1 has one queen bed. Bedroom 2 is a small room with a twin bed. Bedroom 3 is a loft room with a balcony overlooking the living room and has two twin beds. Bedroom 4 in the upstairs ell has one double bed and a half-bath (sink & toilet). There is an additional full bath with a tub/shower downstairs. The house has oil hot water and base-board, hot water heat. The kitchen is equipped with an electric stove, refrigerator, coffee maker, toaster, microwave, utensils, dishes. Fireplace wood, outdoor picnic table, and a charcoal BBQ grill are furnished. Linens are provided for exchanges.  The house has television for DVD and VCR. The only internet that might be possible at the house is from specific smart-phone providers. In the area: Swimming holes in the river and at Mirror Lake, hiking trails abundant in Franconia Notch State Park and the White Mountain National Forest. Canoe and fish the Pemigewasset River; bike the valley. Major cross-country and downhill ski centers at Loon Mountain (eight miles), Cannon and Waterville Valley. In the summer, Loon Mountain provides archery, horseback riding, bicycle rentals, shooting range and more. The North Country Center for the Arts has a summer of exciting plays.   Sorry, there is no washer or dryer.