Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire then to Laconia

We crossed the state line into New Hampshire. We rode through White Mountain National Forest and ended up in Conway. We met some bikers who told us about the famous covered bridges. They suggested that since we rode all the way to New Hampshire we have to ride the well known Kanacamagus Highway. They invited us to follow them to the Kanaca Highway toward Lincoln. We rode with them for several hours. The Kancamagus Highway took us through so beautiful mountains. Nice curvy roads with green trees all around us. I bet this would be an excellent ride in the fall when the trees are changing colors.

We had lunch in North Woodstock at the Woodstock Inn. We sat outside and there was another group of motorcyclists dining there too. We started talking about our adventures. A couple members of the group were riding from Ohio. We were familiar with parts of Ohio. Recall Brad & I stopped in Wadsworth, Ohio last year. So we told the story about meeting the U.S. Olympian, Gary Broadband, who is a boomerang champion in Ohio. The couple from Ohio had met him too! Small world! You can read in the archives from 2008 about our stop Wadsworth. It was kinda funny that a group of tough bikers were eating outside at a small town diner in Woodstock talking about boomerangs of all things.

The Woodstock Inn had great food. It was actually a restaurant, pub and bed and breakfast. It has its own brewery too! A moose was waiting in the foyer. We sat on the moose’s lap for a picture here. This town seemed like a great place to say but we wanted to enjoy the curvy and scenic roads a little more.

After lunch we set a course to find some of these covered bridges we heard about. We found a few and we rode around the lake where the movie ‘On Golden Pond” was filmed. Squam Lake is where the movie was filmed and I think we passed some of the houses from the movie! We continued and ended up near Lake Winnipesaukee and into Laconia. Laconia is famous for having an annual motorcycle rally. The streets are a little easier to navigate without all the rally visitors. We ate dinner and found a cabin to stay in for the night. The cabin was right on a waterway. We found ourselves in small bar on the Laconia strip telling stories until it closed. Then we walked back to the cabin hoping some of the other residents were still sitting outside around a campfire but it was too late no one was around. This seemed like a really nice place to spend a vacation. There is a train station, beach, great restaurants and pubs. We may have to visit Laconia again some time!