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CTMQ > Cheshire

Riverbound Farm Nature Center

October 30, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Birds, Cheshire, Damian, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Rarely Open

Mixville Recreation Area

July 19, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Into the Mix Mixville Recreation Area, Cheshire March 2023 There are very few areas of the state that I'm not familiar with. Western Cheshire/eastern Prospect is one of those areas. So why not spend a morning there, hiking a few areas? Sounds like a great idea. While my son was at some soccer something in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cheshire

Muffler Men

April 17, 2023 by Steve 2 Comments

I Hear Your Muffled Cry... Cheshire & Norwich I bet you didn't know that giant roadside (usually) men have a cult following. These giant roadside man sculptures are called "Muffler Men" in this world because, apparently, the first giant roadside men all held mufflers. Muffler Men are more transient than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Cheshire, Giant Goofy Things, muffler men, Norwich, Statuary

Mortensen Sanctuary at Riverbound Farm

June 7, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

Horse Chestnutting Around Mortensen Sanctuary at Riverbound Farm, Cheshire September 2016 For our visit to the adjacent nature center, go here. I'm writing up these trails six or so years after walking them with Damian. I'm starting it while listening in to his annual PPT meeting. (The Planning and Placement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Cheshire, cheshire land trust, Damian

Cheshire Craft Brewing

April 29, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Enhance! Cheshire Craft Brewing Company, Cheshire March 2022 In the race to be the first to open a brewery in Cheshire, there was a clear winner: Cheshire Craft Brewery. Now, I don’t think anyone viewed it as a race, and I know that these guys set things in motion well before the behemoth Counter Weight Brewing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cheshire

Ten Mile Lowlands

March 15, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Ten Mile Lowlands, Cheshire March 2022 So there I was, driving down Dundee Road on my way to meet a friend. A friend I used to live with in his current house in Cheshire way back in 2000. I had just spent about 18 months in the metaphorical wilderness, including a period of homelessness. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cheshire

The Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum & Art Gallery

April 23, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

This Place Gets Me Quite Animated Cheshire (Google Maps location) September 2014 & January 2017 Most readers know that I rarely visit the same museum twice. That's not a statement on the quality of the museums, but rather a simple function of logistics and my oh-so precious time. I've been to The Barker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Cheshire, Damian, Hoang, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests

Roaring Brook Falls Park

March 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Waterfalls

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Intro

August 24, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Massachusetts border (Suffield) to New Haven The summer of 2020 - the pandemic summer of 2020 - sort of forced my son Calvin and I to begin riding Connecticut's rails-to-trails in earnest. Nothing was open for visits in any normal way, so why not ride our bikes. Unfortunately, Calvin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Avon, Cheshire, cycling, East Granby, Farmington, Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, Granby, Hamden, New Haven, Plainville, rails-to-trails, Simsbury, Southington, Suffield

CTMQ’s Guide to Cheshire

January 15, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Everything Cheshire 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” Cheshire CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Cheshire

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