Manchester's Town Trails Man. You people have no idea. For whatever reason, compiling Manchester's trails has been a very, very difficult task. Although the town itself has a pretty great set of pages dedicated to its trails. It was the two land trusts in town and some other confusion that was driving me … [Read more...]
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Darling Wildlife Sanctuary
My Little Darlings Darling Wildlife Sanctuary November 2016 I learned of this little sanctuary via the Simsbury Land Trust 2016 Walk Book. But it’s not a Simsbury Land Trust property. To the best of my knowledge, it is a town of Simsbury property. So that’s how I’m treating it. Also, the sign says … [Read more...]
Simsbury’s Town Trails
Simsbury's Town Trails Simsbury taught me some lessons. The very first CTMQ page, ever, was about the Pinchot Sycamore in Simsbury. The very first non-CFPA trail on the CTMQ was in Simsbury. The town showed me that I needed to expand my horizons beyond the original confines of this site. And that's when, way … [Read more...]
Fisher Meadows
Dead Fisher Fisher Meadows, Avon May 8 & 21, 2016 I have no idea why we started hiking the trails of Avon in early 2016, but we did. I used the hikes as sort of a filler on those weekends when we didn’t have time to do a “real” hike or to go on another adventure. "We only have a couple hours? Fine, lets go over … [Read more...]
Found Land
Found Land, Avon May 29, 2016 I must admit, "Found Land" is one of my favorite place-names in Connecticut. My hope is that Avon or Canton finds a new plot of unclaimed forest and they can call it "New Found Land." I didn't have much hope for Found Land, but I figured it would provide a decent chunk of time … [Read more...]
Alsop Meadows
The Mysterious Lacrosse Fields of Avon Alsop Meadows, Avon May 2016 It was a murky, gray, drizzly day here in north central Connecticut. My sons were being lazy bums. I didn’t want to be a lazy bum all day, so after arguing with my 5-year-old about going on a short walk, I went alone. Kid didn’t know what … [Read more...]
Ravine Park
Into the Abyss Ravine Park, Middletown February 20, 2016 Because I'm somthing of a public servant, I sometimes feel the need to start off a few hike reports with "Don't hike this hike." As I explore these tiny little trails around our state, I'm finding a few of these types of hikes here and there. I'm not … [Read more...]
Middletown’s Town Trails
Middletown's Town Trails Now THIS, folks, is how you do it. Middletown is one of our fine towns that puts major effort into a town trails guide. The 2016 edition was 75 pages long. SEVENTY-FIVE pages! I love it. And now that I've compiled a trail guide for the other 168 towns on CTMQ, I expect to see more of this. … [Read more...]
Samuel Wheeler Reed Park
Wheel on By This One Samuel Wheeler Reed Park, Bloomfield April 25, 2015 Bloomfield has a surprising amount of parks, parkland, land trust property, and the like. This is probably "surprising" because people think Bloomfield is way more urban than it actually is. Sure, it sits atop Hartford and shares some urban … [Read more...]
Wallingford’s Town Trails Intro
Wallingford’s Town Trails Wallingford, aka, Walli-World. I have some friends there, and I always enjoy the tap list at the Westbrook Lobster in town. But it was hiking the Mattabesett Trail over in eastern Wallingford that really showed me that this town has a lot more to offer than most people think. Then I … [Read more...]
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