I will be there mid-week. I've never been.
Laconia
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I was thinking about it. I talked to people who I used to go up there with back in the early 80's and they talked me out of it. I have also heard from coworkers who have been in recent years and they were very disapointed.
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Don't expect too Much.
I live about 1 hour from there in Manchester NH and I must say, it is very poorly organized. When walking around at the Weirs you feel like a sardine packed into a can. Cops all over the place giving you a hard time. You have to pay to get into the main area to listen to music under the tent. The lobster pound and the vendors there are basically on a hill with busted up asphalt everywhere. The problem is that it needs to be spread out. There is not enough room in the area that they have it. I went to Americade last year and must say that it is a much better experience. Better riding, people are much more friendlier and the girls are a 100 times better looking. Laconia looks like a leper colony. It is along a strip in Lake George that is spread out. The sidewalks are wide so that you are not bumping into everyone. I didn't see one cop harassing anyone at all, just a much better experience all around. Check it out. I am heading up again this year.
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I am going. Been there almost every year since '84. A good friend lives in Gilford, right up the hill from Laconia, and he also has a cottage on Winnisquam. Departing on 6/10, hopefully meeting a buddy in Westchester for the ride up, returning to NYC on 6/20.
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I live 15 miles south of Laconia and haven't been since 1974. I may head up there this year during the week just for a looksee but don't like the crowds.
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