Breaking Away From All Accepted Norms of the Brewing Industry Breakaway Brew Haus, Bolton Mid-2017 I am writing this in late October 2017. At this moment, there are 55 operational breweries in Connecticut. Our little state now has pretty much every conceivable brewery model one can think of... from farm brewery to … [Read more...]
Hop River State Park Trail
A Hop, Skip, and... Yeah. Skipping This One 20 Miles, Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Manchester and Vernon No Dates This may come as a shock and disappointment to the 3 of you who care, but I did not bike or walk much of the Hop River Trail. And more importantly, I’m not going to. Even if it’s only 20 … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.2: Bolton Notch State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #2 Bolton Notch State Park, Bolton February 19, 2017 We were so emboldened by yesterday's 2017 TSTL kick-off hike that we decided to do another one the very next day. I drove the boys up to Bolton Notch State Park; a place I'd been to a few times before. I mention … [Read more...]
Manchester Land Conservation Trust Intro
Manchester Land Conservation Trust Manchester, East Hartford, Bolton, Vernon, Andover, Glastonbury Shout out to the MLCT! These guys really made me work to find which of their properties are trailed. I won't harp on it too much, because they may update the way they present their trails online and that would make my … [Read more...]
Bolton’s Town Trails Intro
Bolton’s "Other" Trail Tell me how am I supposed to live without you Now that I've been lovin' you so long How am I supposed to live without you How am I supposed to carry on When all that I've been livin' for is gone Sorry. It’s just that writing a quick little page about Bolton’s one little town trail is … [Read more...]
Munson’s Chocolates
C'Mun Sons, We've Chocolate to Buy Munson’s, Bolton (and 9 other storefronts) February 16, 2013 (and many others) Everyone in Connecticut knows Munson’s, right? They are, by far, the biggest and most far-reaching chocolatier in the state. After all, there are Munson’s stores in Simsbury, Newington, Mystic, … [Read more...]
Fish Family Farm
Battle: Fish Ice Cream Fish Family Farm, Bolton August 7, 2009 Surely at least a few of you reading this sentence are familiar with the oft-repeated joke on Iron Chef about fish ice cream. It all started with the original Japanese version when one of the original Iron Chefs made ice cream from fish. Perhaps it … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 3
Section 3: A Seriously Mixed Bag Glastonbury, Manchester, Bolton, Vernon, ~ 12.2 miles March 14, 2010 I’m glad I had a partner for this hike – the learned Dennis Paul Himes (trailname: Cumulus) – or else I may have gone crazy. For this is one very strange stretch of the Shenipsit. Four towns, 3 town parks, 2 … [Read more...]
Squaw Cave
A Solution (Cave) for the Homeless Squaw Cave, Bolton April 1, 2010 [Note: I enjoyed my title so much that I've decided to keep it, even though the entire premise turned out to be totally wrong. Just keep reading and you'll see at the bottom that I sorted it all out.] Over the years of writing this blog thus … [Read more...]
Gay City State Park Trails
“We Built This Gay City… We Built This Gay City on Rocks and Roll(ing Hills)!” Bolton, Glastonbury & Hebron, about 11 miles total June 17 and 24, 2009 It is always challenging for me to logically and concisely present these trail network posts. I put a lot of effort into planning for and hiking every inch of … [Read more...]