The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme 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 … [Read more...]
Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail
One Sister Is Enough For Me Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail East Haddam & Lyme, August 10, 2014 If you are more than a casual reader of this website, you very most likely have been to Gillette Castle. It is, after all, probably one of the top 10 tourist attractions in the state. And deservedly so - William … [Read more...]
Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel
No Isht Sherlock Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail Tunnel 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.] “There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet Indeed. With so few … [Read more...]
1. Connecticut River Viewpoint
Connecticut River Viewpoint, Overlooking Chester-Hadlyme Ferry CT Art Trail Viewpoint Gillette Castle State Park, Lyme, 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 Lyme and East Haddam to hike around the state park, … [Read more...]
111. Gillette Castle
The Best Connecticut Castle a Man Can Get East Haddam & Lyme (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...]