The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette Castle … [Read more...]
TSTL13: Devil’s Hopyard
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #13 Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam October 23, 2016 A week before Halloween. Oogity-boogity. No big deal going to a place called Devil's Hopyard then, right? I mean, it's just an antiquated place-name, and it's not like there would be any other nearby roads … [Read more...]
Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail
One Sister Is Enough For Me Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail August 10, 2014 [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] If you are more than a casual reader of this website, you very most likely have been to Gillette Castle. It is, after … [Read more...]
East Haddam (1)
Venture Smith Grave, First Church Cemetery, Route 151 You know what’s weird? Without planning it, I am putting this page together immediately after my page on Henry Obookiah’s resting place up in Cornwall. What’s strange about that is that both Venture Smith and Henry Obookiah were brought to New England as kids … [Read more...]
1. Connecticut River Viewpoint
Connecticut River Viewpoint, Overlooking Chester-Hadlyme Ferry CT Art Trail Viewpoint Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam, 5/31/2009 Even though I never found the actual Viewpoint sign, I'm going forward with this page. Maybe someday when I'm back in East Haddam to hike around the state park, I'll seek it … [Read more...]
111. Gillette Castle
The Best Connecticut Castle a Man Can Get East Haddam (Google Maps Location) May 31, 2009 Aha! A rarity on CTMQ: A museum I’d visited before the existence of this blog! Also, my mom and dad joined Hoang, Damian and me for this one – and it all turned out well. But writing this one up is anything but … [Read more...]
The Second Oldest Ferry (Sort of)
...They Just Multiply Chester - Hadlyme Ferry June 14, 2008 [There seems to be some controversy about this post. See bottom of report and comments.] Really? How can it be that the oldest and second oldest continuously operating ferries in the country are only 25 miles apart? Actually, that makes sense. … [Read more...]
The Oldest Bell (In the New World)
A Real Old Ding-Dong The Bell at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, East Haddam June 9, 2007 During a visit to the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse in East Haddam (Report here), where I was quite frankly a little ignored, I learned off-hand that there was a very old bell down the hill. Indeed. "The bell now hanging in St. … [Read more...]
18. East Haddam Historical Society Museum
I Haddam at Hello East Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 9, 2007 As I mentioned in the write-up for the last museum I visited (The Nathan Hale Schoolhouse - v.1.0), on the drive down to this part of the state I started feeling ill for some reason. After I left the schoolhouse and on the 8 minute drive over to … [Read more...]
17. Nathan Hale Schoolhouse v.EH
Hale, Hale, The Gang's All Here East Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 9, 2007 There are at least four, yes four, separate and distinct museums in Connecticut honoring Nathan Hale. Two schoolhouses in which he taught (New London and East Haddam), one homestead (Coventry), and one fort (New Haven). I visited the … [Read more...]