WOW Trail, Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail Laconia, NH

August 24. 2019

We arrived in Ashland, NH about 3:30 yesterday. The drive north was slow due to Friday afternoon traffic. The area is beautiful, heavily forested, narrow winding roads. It is much cooler here, feels great. We are staying at Ames Brook Campground for 4 nights.

Landen was looking forward to a swim Water was very cold. Both were chilled but Landen just happy to be in the water.

We were off to Laconia to ride the Wow Trail and the Winnisquam Scenic Trail the next morning. Beautiful drive through forest to reach trail.

We parked at the Laconia B&M Railroad Depot. Depot is now restaurant on one end and sort of abandoned on the other.
Laconia Railroad Depot.

The city of Laconia is in the lakes region between Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Winnisquam. Lake Winnipesaukee is a glacial lake with 258 islands.

This was at the beginning of the trail in Lakeport. WOW was so named for the 3 bodies of water it passes by, Lake Winnipesaukee, Opechee Bay and Lake Winnisquam.

This trail did not disappoint. The ride was beautiful and the weather perfect.

This sky was beautiful.
Mural on bathhouse on WOW Trail.

The two trails came together seamlessly. The Winnisquam Senic Trail is relatively new. The trail surface was some of the best we’ve seen.

The Winnisquam Trail had some big hills. A blast going down but made the muscles burn on the way up. And Lenny was pulling Landen, who didn’t break a sweat by the way.
More of the Winnisquam Trail. Twisting turns, up and down hills made a fun ride.
Ha! Ha! Saw this in a yard on our way to our ride. Good topic of conversation throughout the day.

We ate lunch at a picnic table at the end of our ride. Landen cried when we loaded up the bikes. Gotta love him!!