Laconia 2012 Leaving Home

I have been bugging my brother to ride to Laconia for years now, so this year his friend Gary catches wind of this and runs with it. He booked a hotel in Laconia before we could decline but that's really what we needed; someone to take control. I don't know why I agreed to this but I think it was because I didn't check a map and really didn't consider the amount of riding involved

The plan was to ride to Laconia the Friday before the bike week started, do the Weirs Beach thing on Saturday and ride home on Sunday. Like I said, I didn't really think this through

This is my '78 warming up in the driveway at 6am on Friday