Chester's Town Trails You don't go to Chester to go hiking. You go to Chester to eat, drink, shop, and be fancy. Maybe you go across the river on the ferry. But you do not go to Chester to go hiking. Actually, perhaps you do... the Cockaponset State Forest is there and the trails there are excellent. But … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Hebron
Everything Hebron I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Hebron CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Hebron’s Town Trails
Hebron's Town Trails Hebron is graced with parts of two state forests (Meshomasic and Salmon River) as well as the popular Gay City State Park. The Air Line State Park Trail also courses through town. When I start these town trail introductory pages that no one reads like that, it usually means I'm about to excuse … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Norwich
Everything Norwich I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Norwich CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Norwich’s Town Trails
Norwich's Town Trails Ah, Norwich. A town that used to be crisscrossed by all sorts of Mohegan trails back in the day. Since then, though, Norwich came and went as a key white people manufacturing hub and all those trails are long gone. Today, the city has one park with woodland(ish) trails. But fear not! … [Read more...]
The Ice Storm (1997)
Cold The Ice Storm, 1997 My journey with The Ice Storm involves more Ice Storm than most people would ever want. I watched this movie when it was first available at Blockbuster in 1998 or so. It depressed me. Then I read the book by Rick Moody in 2019 and told myself that I was done with it. The book is brutal on … [Read more...]
Freja Park
Tol'ja Freja Park, Bolton September 2020 Freja Park is a really neat place to visit these days. Sure, it can be a jumping off point for any number of hikes or bike rides along a couple different bike paths. You can even take "secret" trails to some really cool spots that many are unfamiliar with as you head north … [Read more...]
Broad Brook Brewing
You Can Take the Broad out of the Brook... Broad Brook Brewing, East Windsor/Suffield October 2013 & September 2020 As I try to do with long-standing (by Connecticut standards) breweries that have changed drastically since their beginning, I will split this page into Original East Windsor Broad Brook and Fancy new … [Read more...]
Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel
Buck It Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel, Wethersfield May 2020 The Great Meadows Conservation Trust holds properties in Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield. Sounds impressive. And I'm not here to denigrate the fine work these folks do, as it's as important to protect land in … [Read more...]
NHL: Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine
Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine CT National Historic Landmark Newgate Road, East Granby This place has it all... 300 year old mining history, 200 year old jail stories, human rights violations, bats, terror, slave labor, interpretive center, traitors, escaped monkeys, nice views of the Farmington River … [Read more...]
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