Some think Porcfest, the Porcupine Freedom Festival held in Lancaster, NH each summer, is nothing more than a week long party with people who do nothing more than eat, drink, smoke pot and bitch about the man. Ok, for a good number of people that’s true and there’s nothing wrong with that but alot more goes on at Porcfest as well. So much that you’ll find yourself debating between which event(s) to attend, or you’ll end up splitting events scheduled at the same times.
*With so much going on we just realized this content from PorcFest had yet to be published – here you go!
When traveling the country we’re constantly asked, “What is Porcfest?” And the answer, “That the Porcupine Freedom Festival (or PorcFest) is the Free State Project’s summer event” doesn’t do it justice. To fully understand the magnitude of Porcfest you have to experience it. Over 1,000 people – nearly all of which subscribe to ideals of less government, no desire to control others and prefer to be left alone - camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire peacefully and without the government’s hand on their shoulder.
This year was my first time attending the Porcupine Freedom Festival and I had such an awesome time, I wanted to share my experience with all of you.
We arrived Monday and parked MARV conveniently close to the showers as well as agora alley around the corner. Â Just about anything we could need was available at the venders at PorcFest from several different types foods to hand-rolled cigarettes to special brownies. Â I didn’t get to as many events as I would have liked to, but I had a lot of fun nonetheless. Â As cliche as it may sound, my favorite of PorcFest was the people and just as valuable were the many conversations on alternative currencies, off-the-grid living, agorism in action and the benefits of a voluntary society. Â With the beautiful scenery and, besides the occasional shower, the beautiful weather of Northern New Hampshire, I couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a week whilst my hometown was practically boiling down South in the Summer heat.
Sorry, everyone – I didn’t realize I hadn’t written for three days.
I am now in Des Moines, Iowa, after my 4th day of the 10 day caravan (I have completed 3 days of eastward travel out of 8 planned).
I have been updating my website, www.libertycaravan.org, every day but forgot to post the links on here.
Day 1 pictures, a few:
Day 1 pictures – all are on my flickr account here.
Day 2 report: Denver sightseeing and shopping on Sep 8.
Day 3 report: Denver to Kearney, Nebraska on Sep 9.
If anyone likes to see the details of a trip, I wrote something about where I stopped and why, what I saw along the way, and describing the traffic problems a little. It also includes a link to a map showing the day’s travels. If anyone is interested, it’s a new blog post over on libertycaravan.org, here:
