Our trip to New England to volunteer at the New Hampshire Highland Games hit a snag or two. After leaving North Carolina, we visited gravesites in upstate New York under blue skies, then traveled through the rain to visit our son in northern Vermont. After arriving in Lincoln, NH we met up with friends for breakfast at Flapjacks then set up our Information tent on the grounds of Loon Mountain Ski Area. A little overcast, but dry. Little did we know...
After a lovely dinner at Woodstock Station, we headed to bed. The games opened Friday. Again... the weather was dry and clear, even though the forecast was iffy. You see, Tropical Storm Lee was revving up to land nearby.
A good night's sleep was interrupted Saturday at 5:29 a.m. when we learned NHScot.org had canceled Saturday's festivities due to threat's from Hurricane Lee.
The weather in Lincoln never grew dangerous since Lee decided to swing toward Maine and Nova Scotia. Curtailing our three-day festivities (turning them into two) was too bad and disappointing to everyone...volunteers, performers, and visitors alike. Many had traveled a good distance, like us, to attend. Canceling a day's activities had never happened before. What we did manage to enjoy on Friday and Sunday nearly made up for everything which included the sheepdog trials, strongmen stone life, and Highland cows.
To learn more about the weekend when Hurricane Lee interrupted, check out this article by John Koziol in the Union Leader.
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