{"id":468,"date":"2008-08-21T17:34:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/?p=468"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:34:22","slug":"new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/2008\/08\/21\/new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Let Me Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state of New Hampshire, which I&#8217;m sure has many redeeming virtues, completely let me down.  Usually I am able to keep busy due to the people that contact me in a given state, but not a single person from New Hampshire contacted me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quit whining,&#8221; says AG.  &#8220;No one likes a whiner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>True that.  In my defense, I was merely stating that fact to provide context for an exciting adventure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, okay then.  Tell me tell me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It begain like an ordinary day.<\/p>\n<p>MOVIE PREVIEW MAN:  One day in New Hampshire.  No musicians.  No host.  Two happening dudes.<br \/>\nWOMAN: Watch out!!!<br \/>\nMPM: Action&#8230;<br \/>\nMAN: AAAAAhhhhhh!!!<br \/>\nMPM: Adventure&#8230;<br \/>\nOTHER MAN: We&#8217;re headed straight for that&#8211;<br \/>\nEXPLOSION: Boom!<\/p>\n<p>You know what?  Never mind.  I can&#8217;t really make this day seem exciting.<\/p>\n<p>The scenery and the weather were both beautiful so we stopped at a rest area promising free wi-fi to hang out for a bit.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Free wi-fi from its bonds!\" title=\"Free wi-fi from its bonds!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3279-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We unpacked some stuff<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The faithful Lovemobile after several thousand miles of Touring.\" title=\"The faithful Lovemobile after several thousand miles of Touring.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3280-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And set our computers up<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Only weather this beautiful could make me smile when there's no wifi.\" title=\"Only weather this beautiful could make me smile when there's no wifi.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3281-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but there was not, in fact, any wifi.  The sign saying &#8220;Free Wi-fi&#8221; was evidently a political sign positing that we should not limit our network traffic but rather leave all our networks open and free, rather than an indicator of something that exists nearby.  So we enjoyed the weather for a few more minutes before continuing on.  I figured we may as well head toward the next stop since we didnt&#8217; have a stop yet in NH.  I kept hoping someone from Couchsurfing would contact me about hosting, so I wanted to be in a &#8220;central NH&#8221; area in the event that such a person called.<\/p>\n<p>We went to Concord.  There was a capitol-type building there.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"This was a large impressive building, visible from far away.\" title=\"This was a large impressive building, visible from far away.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3282-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was dark.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At the top, or as they say in France, le top.\" title=\"At the top, or as they say in France, le top.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3283-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey \uc7ad\ud2f0\ucc98!!&#8221; clamor a handful of nearby Korean elementary school students.<\/p>\n<p>What, students?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did a host contact you or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not.  It was my second night sleeping in the car, JH&#8217;s first.  God bless bench seats.  We found an out-of-the-way place and slept there, but it got a bit warm in the morning.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3285.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3285-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At the top, or as they say in France, le top.\" title=\"At the top, or as they say in France, le top.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-459\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire was a fun adventure, but not the type of adventure I&#8217;d been hoping to have.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT: Adventures I&#8217;d been hoping to have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of New Hampshire, which I&#8217;m sure has many redeeming virtues, completely let me down. 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