Another Quiet Year?

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by tis

I thought the lake was quite busy today. I was very happy to see it. I think it was a normal Sat. as in past years.

I'd agree. Seemed fairly busy today and, who'd a thunk it, mostly family runabouts. I thought they had all been scared off the lake. In any case I wonder how much the back to back timing of Bike Week and the 1'st Nascar race had to do with people not starting as early as "usual" ?

[gravy boat]

We are lucky enough to live up here and noticed the weekends don't seem to be as busy as years past. Also, we were on vacation this past week and it seemed more like March than July! We took the girlies on the Mount on Tuesday night -- for the first time in our 4 years of taking the Family Night cruise we noticed that the cruise was virtually empty -- no lines at the buffet, no lines at the bar, etc. We also asked some Weir's business owners and employees if they noticed anything different with the number of vacationers -- each indicated that it was down from last year and the year before especially. One noted that the Fourth week was down from last year, and last year was down from the prior year.
Hope this isn't a trend for our local business owners!

We did notice more folks in the area today -- maybe this year will be a late July/early August crowd?

[ApS]

Originally Posted by gravy boat

"...We are lucky enough to live up here and noticed the weekends don't seem to be as busy as years past..."

I live here all boating season, and use two criteria for how local weekend crowding is in my 3 square miles of view. I'd previously listed shoreline picnic anchoring—which is nearly absent—so here's the other:

Q: How many boats are operating simultaneously, crammed right between Wolfeboro's Camp Keewaydin and Tuftonboro's "Wingate" shore?

A: The "record for crammed boats" off Keewaydin is fourteen, making it way-impossible for any boat to be 150-feet from one another: just four Jet-Skis could not be in compliance there.

Saturday, a large cruiser was anchored in the gap there (!) but still, no more than two boats passed through together that day.

(Sunday was a "wash"—pardon the expression —with some very big lightning strikes).

Yes, boating is down—way down.

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by gravy boat

We also asked some Weir's business owners and employees if they noticed anything different with the number of vacationers -- each indicated that it was down from last year and the year before especially. One noted that the Fourth week was down from last year, and last year was down from the prior year.

Its funny how this always seems to work out, all the owners at the Weirs I've talked to say this years better then last. I've always found that no matter what the year or owner is, its always "too slow". I still say we have more land visitors then last year, or at least more hanging around longer.