"Curiouser and Curiouser!” The Ethel Walker Middle School Museum of Curiosities, Simsbury/Virtual November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #538, a somewhat difficult one for me to write about. It's not because it's an entirely online museum, it's because it involves 6th and 7th grade girls with names and faces … [Read more...]
King Philip’s Caves
King Fillup the Life Star King Philip's Caves, Simsbury November 2024 Don't do this. Seriously, local search and rescue teams are tired of dragging broken bodies from this area. So many broken bodies over the years that they have put a Life Star landing pad as close to future broken bodies as … [Read more...]
Wagner Woods & Hall farm
Nature Show Simsbury Land Trust's Wagner Woods, Simsbury September 2013 & November 2024 The Hall Farm parcel was added to Wagner Woods after I first published this page. I hiked the new parcel 11 years later. Wagner Woods I'll apologize up front. This is one of those pages that I put together for me and my … [Read more...]
Simsbury Free Library
Eno's Traffic Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #540. Funny story: I visited this library within a week or two of visiting another unique library in New Haven. There was no question in my brain that that library can be called a museum. But this one in Simsbury? I waffled. I … [Read more...]
Meadowood
I, Too, Have a Dream... But No Answers Meadowood, Simsbury November 2024 I try, with varied success, to be fairly politically neutral on this site. And I will continue to try on this page about some old tobacco barns in a farmed field in northern Simsbury as well. Mostly because I honestly don't know where I'd … [Read more...]
Hell Hole
Aw. I Think Simsbury is Nice! Hell Hole, Simsbury This page is a great example of who I am at my deepest core... for better or for worse. And I won't even burden you with how far down the Satanic rabbit hole I went just now either. Okay, so, yeah. I try to find all these places around the state named for the … [Read more...]
Old Canal Way Trail
So Much Canal Old Canal Way Trail, Simsbury November 2024 99,999 times out of 100,000 times you mention the Canal Trail in Simsbury, people will assume you're talking about the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. And, frankly, 99,999 times out of 100,000 times people mention the Canal Trail in Simsbury, they are … [Read more...]
The Ethel Walker School Interactive Museum
Community Standards The Ethel Walker School Interactive Museum, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #537. Long time readers know of my fascination with Connecticut's boarding school scene. (This is currently even more fascinating to me as my 8th grader is getting looks from some because of the … [Read more...]
Phelps Tavern Museum & Homestead
I Got Phelps'd Up Simsbury Historical Society, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #536. If you're wanting to read about all of the Simsbury Historical Society buildings and exhibits, you've landed on the fourth of four pages about them, but the ordering doesn't matter. The Simsbury Historical Society … [Read more...]
Simsbury Farms Fitness Trail
I Enjoy Fitness... Simsbury Farms Fitness Trail, Simsbury November 2024 My son used to have a t-shirt that said "I Enjoy Fitness..." then a picture of a taco, then... "Fitness Taco in my Mouth." It always cracked me up. Anyhoo... There are dozens of these fitness trails around the state. At least there were at … [Read more...]
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