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...]
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...]
309. Powder Hill Dinosaur Park
"If The Shoe Fits, It Must Be From Footprints" Middlefield (Google Maps location) January 16, 2016 Of course this isn’t a museum. But we’re all past that issue on this website by now, aren’t we? I know I am... and really, isn’t that all that matters? Really? Heck, this postage stamp of a park hardly … [Read more...]
Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Area Preserve
Duuuuuuuune Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Area Preserve July 10, 2013 "Instead of the gym tomorrow morning, I'm going to the beach." "Um. What?" "Yeah, I'll be home usual time, don't worry about it." "Um. What?" "I just want to hit the sand in the early morning light. It invigorates me." "Um. What?" I … [Read more...]
Wolcott Falls
So Goes the Arkose Wolcott Falls, Hamden May 5, 2013 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. In the case of Wolcott Falls, which are in Hamden and not Wolcott, these falls didn't make the cut to get in the book. That's why you read … [Read more...]
The Brethren
Check it Out, Bro The Brethren, 1381 Shepard Avenue, Hamden May 5, 2013 This is cool. It’s cool that someone decided keep this split glacial erratic in place when they built Shepard Avenue and the neighborhoods that surround it. It's cool that someone decided to name it “The Brethren” for, as far as I … [Read more...]
Wilsonville Fault
For Once, It’s Not My Fault Wilsonville Fault, Thompson June 5, 2011 2015 Update: This page got a TON of views in early 2015 as there were a lot of little earthquakes in the Quiet Corner. This inspired NPR's Patrick Skahill to write a better page about this thing than I did. It’s funny that I bothered to … [Read more...]
Indian Chair (Pomfret)
Indian Chair Mashamoquet Brook State Park Pomfret For more on my visit to Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Go here It’s a rock. Shaped like a chair. It’s in the middle of the woods at Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret. I’m not sure what more I can say about it. Indian Chair is right on the Blue Trail … [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...]
Biology & Geology
This page used to be three separate pages on the old site. In an effort to combine menus, this one is now rather large. Oh well. Jump to the Animal Kingdom Jump to the Plant Kingdom Jump to Geology Animal Kingdom (Aquaria, Farms, Wildlife and Zoos) Cool wildlife, unique bird and fish sites, … [Read more...]