IT’S POST-LABOR DAY, and we can all drive around town again, just in time for … Mud Bowl!
In the old days, before the valley got as busy as it always is now, Mud Bowl was always held the weekend after Labor Day as a way to extend the summer season one more weekend. It continues to do that, even though it seems that the valley is pretty much always busy 3½ seasons of the year, thanks to great marketing and event promotion by the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.
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