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Tuesday's Postcard from Bike Week

The streets of Laconia during Bike Week.

By Cheryl Senter

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For plenty of participants, Bike Week is nothing short of a Dionysian pilgrimage.

3:39 pm

Mon May 29, 2006

It's Tourist Season in N.H.

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A beach goer, sound asleep in his chair, is framed by parking meters that line the beach.

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Steve and Cheryl Courchaine from Suffield, CT tuck into their first day of camping at the Hampton Beach State Park campground. They will be staying throughout the long weekend.

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A young rollerblader makes her way down RTE1a.

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A little girl jumps the cold waves.

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Keene seniors made the two hour trip, to enjoy their 'Senior Skip Day' at the beach. Seen here, the girls in the group are deciding whether or not to go swimming.

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Local seniors from Rye sit, Seabrook and Hampton people watch. Donald Flint, and his fifth wife Sandy are far right Donald is the dancer in the group Patricia Frazier, second from left, could "Own half the bench she sit's on with the taxes she pays"

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Elizabeth Moreau of Salisbury has run the shooting gallery at the Hampton Beach Arcades for twenty years.

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An unidentified male cruises the RTE1a Hampton Beach strip on his modified bike.

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Douglas Jolly has been custom spray painting t-shirts up and down the seacoast for over twenty years. Seen here Doug is designing a Black Crows t-shirt.

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A basket of beach items for sale on the boardwalk.

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Hampton Beach starts to come to life Friday afternoon

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The beach is reflected in the Blink's Fried Dough wall menu as fry dough cook Scott Graham of Exeter serves up an all time favorite with cinnamon and powdered sugar.

By Cheryl Senter

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Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer.

And across the state, resorts, hotels, and other tourist attractions are taking care of last minute primping before the onslaught of summer season.

One of those attractions is of course, Hampton Beach on the Seacoast.

On Friday, road crews were still painting lines on a section of Route 1A, that goes along the beach.

But ready or not, the tourists came, as they always do, to enjoy the beaches and the boardwalk, to lie in the warm sun and play in the sand.

2:18 pm

Fri May 26, 2006

How to Ride a Motorcycle in 20 (very wet) Hours

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Assistant instructor Pete Sperling demonstrates the proper way to put on a helmet and adjust the strap during Friday night's part of the three day weekend NHDMV motorcycle training course.

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At the start of day two of the three day NHDMV motorcycle training course - everyone is assigned a motorcycle. The motorcycles are provided by the program.

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Student Joan Tighe listens closely to NHDMV lead instructor Moe Langlois's instructions on how to use the clutch.

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Student Alison Conlon has a rough moment with her bike.

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By the end of day two, motorcycle novice Alison Conlon, (who recieved a motorcycle for her birthday), is much more comfortable with her bike. Alison ended up passing the three day course with flying colors.

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Lead instructor Moe Langlois, fresh off of his bike the morning of day three of the three day NHDMV motorcycle training course.

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The rain slick training course reflects the student riders day three.

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Assistant instruction Pete Sperling demonstrates proper driving skills as lead instructor Moe Langlois describes for the students, in detail, what Pete is doing.

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One of the obstacles on day three was driving over two by four boards.

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At the end of day three, lead instructor Moe Langlois goes over the instructions for the four-part driving test that the students are about to take and be graded on. To Moe's right, Pamela Kasper listens closely.

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Back inside and out of the rain, students change into dry clothing and footwear.

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Anxious to find out if they passed the NHDMV motorcycle training course, students focus on a hockey game in play at the Tri-Town Ice Arena where the course is held.

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Soaked to the bone, assistant instructor Pete Sperling, left, and lead instructor Moe Langlois, right, tally up the scores of the students from their written and riding tests.

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At the end of the training course, those who passed received a signed waiver eliminating them from having to take the driving test when getting their motorcycle license. Seen here, Pamela Kasper, passes the course and receives her waiver.

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NHDMV assistant motorcycle training instructor Pete Sperling works with students (from left) Kevin Cole, Kenneth Cassidy and Alphonse L'Heureux on classroom exercises Friday night.