Recently, my wife and I took a short weekend-getaway trip to the Lake Winnipesaukee area. Although most of the seasonal attractions were closed like the Castle in the Clouds and two-thirds of the restaurants, we did take a leisurely drive around the entire lake.
For a flatlander originally from Massachusetts, I need to say that the views of the lake and the mountains were simply stunning. For the afternoon, we were "those people" who were suddenly pulling the car to the shoulder of the road to snap some pictures of the snow cap or lake vista in view at that moment.
While driving around the lake, I had the additional and unexpected joy of driving through a number of different communities. Each time we crossed into a new town, I found myself saying aloud, "one of my Granite State College students lives in this town." As we rolled through Meredith, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Tuftonborough, Wolfeboro, Alton, Gilford, Weirs Beach, and back to Meredith, my mind was involuntarily calling up the Plans of study in my head: "oh yeah, Buford, he lives in Alton, he's going to take college classes online to get finish his Associate's degree... and oh yeah, Martha, she lives in Meredith, and she is an RN who wants to complete her Bachelor's, and she also teaches some of our foster parent classes..."
It made me think that if I were to take a map of New Hampshire and stick push-pins into each town or city that one of my students is from, I could probably cover the entire map. And as I've said before, I am a total map geek, so even if there were some towns left off, it would still be fun.
Note to self, though: gotta get back up to Castle in the Clouds. Just to see that thing sticking out of the side of the mountain from Rt. 25 in Moultonborough is amazing enough. The view must be incredible. Now, if only I could rig it so I could see those map push-pins from the view off that mountain, that would be cool.
For a flatlander originally from Massachusetts, I need to say that the views of the lake and the mountains were simply stunning. For the afternoon, we were "those people" who were suddenly pulling the car to the shoulder of the road to snap some pictures of the snow cap or lake vista in view at that moment.
While driving around the lake, I had the additional and unexpected joy of driving through a number of different communities. Each time we crossed into a new town, I found myself saying aloud, "one of my Granite State College students lives in this town." As we rolled through Meredith, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Tuftonborough, Wolfeboro, Alton, Gilford, Weirs Beach, and back to Meredith, my mind was involuntarily calling up the Plans of study in my head: "oh yeah, Buford, he lives in Alton, he's going to take college classes online to get finish his Associate's degree... and oh yeah, Martha, she lives in Meredith, and she is an RN who wants to complete her Bachelor's, and she also teaches some of our foster parent classes..."
It made me think that if I were to take a map of New Hampshire and stick push-pins into each town or city that one of my students is from, I could probably cover the entire map. And as I've said before, I am a total map geek, so even if there were some towns left off, it would still be fun.
Note to self, though: gotta get back up to Castle in the Clouds. Just to see that thing sticking out of the side of the mountain from Rt. 25 in Moultonborough is amazing enough. The view must be incredible. Now, if only I could rig it so I could see those map push-pins from the view off that mountain, that would be cool.
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