Hockanum River Watershed Association Manchester, East Hartford, Ellington, Vernon HOCKANUM: From the Native American word "Hocquaun", meaning a hook-shaped or crooked river. Now having hiked all the trails in Manchester, I have a Hockanum Manifesto. Here it is: I love the Hockanum Trail. There are no … [Read more...]
Cold Creek Brewing Beers
Cold Creek Brewing Beers Ellington Beer List Betty, A- Eve, A Layla, A- Skylar, B Wendy, B Winnie, A ............................................................... Balls. Cold Creek Balls. These guys have them. First, they quietly – no, silently - built out their brewery in 2016 in the … [Read more...]
Northern Connecticut Land Trust Intro
Northern Connecticut Land Trust East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Somers, Stafford/Stafford Springs, Tolland, Vernon My first thought as I begin to tackle this Land Trust is, “Holy crap, that’s a lot of land in trust.” My second thought is, “cool, these should be trails I can bang out with my sons.” We just … [Read more...]
Hartford Audubon Society Trails
Hartford Audubon Society Trails HAS Trails, Not in Hartford The Hartford Audubon Society was founded in 1909 as a nonprofit organization. The purpose of the Society is to foster and promote public interest in conservation of our wildlife and other natural resources, and the study and protection of … [Read more...]
Oldest Roadside Memorial in US*
Steamwhealing Over Facts Oldest Roadside Memorial in US, Ellington March 29, 2013 *Well one of them anyway. And I think I can say this is the oldest in Connecticut, but that doesn’t have the panache. “Ellington is home to one of America’s oldest roadside memorials.” This is from the impeccable source called … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 5
Section 5: ShenipThat'sIt! Ellington/Somers/Stafford ~ 8 miles May 16, 2010 This just didn’t seem right. A hike on the Shenipsit – my final one – with good weather! While I did have some nice days for a few of the regional Shenipsit trails, I think I had cloud cover and/or rain and/or snow on my four prior … [Read more...]
168. Hall Memorial Library Exhibits
All Hail Hallowed Hall at Hall Ellington (Google Maps location) May 19, 2010 Somewhere along the CTMQ way, after readers kept pushing me to check out various libraries around the state for various reasons, I finally began to poke around what they have to offer. It’s a sketchy can of worms to open up for a couple … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 4
Section 4: SHHhhhhhhenipsit Vernon, Tolland, Ellington ~ 6 miles May 13, 2010 Ahhh, such a clever title. For this is the secret section of what has become quite the oddball trail. I’ve come to learn why the Shenipsit isn’t included in the conversation with CFPA’s “big” trails (Metacomet, Mattabesett, … [Read more...]
136. Nellie E. McKnight Museum
Whoa Nellie Ellington (Google Maps Location) August 13, 2009 Ellington. Ellington. Ellington. Hm. I’m stumped. I don’t have anything to say about the rural community in north central Connecticut. Other than it’s rural and in the north central part of the state. Ellington, in fact, is very proud and … [Read more...]
Aborn Castle
This Place Wasn't Just Aborn Yesterday Aborn Castle Somers Road (Rte 83), Ellington This is another one of those posts that I don’t care about at all. But I’ve gotten emails about it, and I’ve seen it featured on a couple television shows. So here you go… No, I didn’t visit it or go inside and I’m not about to … [Read more...]