Make Haste! Hastings Farm, Suffield Multiple visits I’ve been happily popping along the Connecticut Cheese Trail for a decade now. I must admit that I’m surprised that no such official trail yet exists. After all, everyone loves cheese. And baby cows. I first found Hastings farm in 2013 and was very … [Read more...]
TSTL17.12: Mashomoquet Brook State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #12 Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret August 13, 2017 Here we are again! Another TSTL Challenge point! For this one, I employed my kindly and fatherly “Let’s see how close we can get to the goal in the car to save your tender young legs” approach. I’ve hiked … [Read more...]
Wickham Park
Chairman of the Bored Wickham Park, Manchester May 2017 I've no idea when you're reading this... or if you're even reading it. But if you're not, why am I talking about you? You're a bum who probably likes Chicago deep dish pizza and wears Crocs. Jerk. For the rest of you erudite and astute members of society, … [Read more...]
Strong Family Farm
Their Strawberry Game is Strong Vernon June 10, 2017 Yup, this is another one of those CTMQ pages that just sort of "exists." I learned about the Strong Family Farm via the CT Open House Day listing which said that they "Strong Family Farm provides a historic agricultural education center where children, … [Read more...]
Bakerwoods Farm
It’s... Interesting Ashford (Google Maps location) May 21, 2017 Look, if you’ve been reading this site for a while you not only know the style in which I write, you also know my feelings about certain things. You should also know that almost all of what I write comes from a place of respect and love for the … [Read more...]
NCLT: Talcott Ravine
No, Really! It’s a Real Ravine! Northern CT Land Trust (NCLT): Talcott Ravine, Vernon ~1.2 miles, May 2017 Be honest with yourself; if someone said, “hey, let’s go check out that ravine in Vernon,” what would you think? You’d think that person is either lying, crazy, or both. Well, the ravine is real. … [Read more...]
Ladies Room Rock
Get a Room Ladies Room Rock, Ashford Writing full pages about named rocks in Connecticut is a dicey proposition. Where does one draw the line? I can’t possible write about every named rock. After all, you could name a rock tomorrow just to mess with me. (Don’t do that.) But some named rocks clearly … [Read more...]
JT: The Ashford Oak
”This Place is Dead Anyway” The Ashford Oak January 2, 2017 There’s a line in 1996’s Swingers that my wife and I love so much we use it anytime we can. The boys are at an absolutely packed club and a suggestion is made to leave and go to a party in the Hills. “Yeah man, this place is dead anyway.” It’s … [Read more...]
Massport to Nachursetts: Wellfleet Bay
Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet August 2016 At this point, I've only been to two Mass Audubon properties (of 21). Regardless, I imagine this one at Wellfleet Bay has to be one of the best. The Nature Center is large, modern, informative, and quite impressive. And the trails out to the … [Read more...]
Massport to Nachursetts: Long Pasture
Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Long Pasture, Barnstable August 2016 The little center in Barnstable on the western end of Cape Cod is, I think, the newest of the Mass Audubon Centers. It's in a house that has been converted to... well, most of it appears to still be a house, but the living room is now a … [Read more...]
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