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Traditionally it rains midweek during the Laconia Gypsy Tour ; it was a wet Tuesday at Weirs Beach , the usually packed center of activities .
The Maine coast , as multitudes have observed , is stunning , with many residents trying to make a year ’ s income out of three summer tourist months , and the peninsula leading to Bailey ’ s Island is no exception . Very charming motels and inns were all along the way , where out-of-staters sign up for a week or two , frolic on the beaches , eat lobster rolls and steamed clams , and wish they lived here rather than in New York City . Except they ’ ve never been here in winter .
As I headed back to Boston , the showers turned to rainstorms ; not a fun time . And the next day when I turned the bike in , more rain . The detail guy who would clean the bike had his work cut out for him . But the Electra Glide worked perfectly — I couldn ’ t ask for more .