I have met some of the nicest people through blogging. I first got acquainted with Ron through his son Spencer, a young man I worked with at the University of Nizwa in Oman. Ron wasn’t a blogger, but because I wrote my blog, a nomad in the land of nizwa, providing an insight into what Spencer’s life in Oman might be like, he followed my blog, often leaving encouraging comments. At one point he mentioned he had a cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and said I should come up to visit in the summer. At the end of June, he wrote: “The cottage is open and waiting for you.”
Needing a break from the stress of watching the decline of my mother-in-law, and knowing I wouldn’t have time later as I prepared to go to China, I responded by email to get the details about the cottage. We planned that I’d come up right after my class on Thursday, July 10 and would stay through Monday, July 14. As Mike and Adam were working and couldn’t take time off, Alex and I decided to take the long drive to New Hampshire on our own.
I would go to New Hampshire and Vermont from July 10-15, 2014.
~ wander.essence ~ 
My take on Nizwa….https://travtrails.com/2020/10/15/nizwa-the-hidden-mystique
We were in Oman from 1995-2000 before blogs and blogging changed travel writing. In 2020 while going through my old papers I came across my notes on Nizwa ….It is not the same as writing while one is in a place and missing photographs take away the color.
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Thank you so much for sending this link, Indra. I’m traveling now (in Utah and Arizona) and won’t be home until Nov. 14. I hope you don’t mind if I read it after I return home. It will be interesting to read your take on it, since I lived there from 2011-2013. 😊
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No problem….you can read whenever free. I read your blog..We were in Muscat and visited Nizwa for day trips.
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Thanks Indra. I can barely keep up with journaling and posting to Polarsteps and Instagram while traveling!
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Hi Indra, I read your post on Nizwa, but the comments seemed to be closed, so I couldn’t leave a comment. It was so nice to be reminded of my two years in Oman through your post, and to learn quite a bit of history as well. It was nice to see your pictures of Nizwa too. Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
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Thanks….Now i wish I had explored more and taken more pictures.
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I understand that perfectly, Indra. There are many places I’ve traveled where I didn’t take many pictures or many notes, and they are just blurs in my mind now!
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Serendipity in action! Or maybe karma.
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Yes, I think serendipity! 😊😊
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It’s a fabulous area. We stayed nr Mount Washington and explored all along the Kancamagus highway in the autumn. Glorious colours at that time of year. I have a fabulous photo of this lake where you stayed.
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I’d love to do another trip up to Vermont and New Hampshire when the leaves are changing. It’s been years since I’ve done that! Glad you were able to visit the area at that time of year. 😊
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It was a great trip, I just wish I had longer there.
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Don’t we all wish that of our travels? 🙂
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How lovely, so generous and what a wonderful treat for you.
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It was very kind of Ron to invite us up!
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