Not Our First Ice Cream Rodeo Ice Cream at Robb's Farm, Glastonbury August 2013 Here I am, cleaning up old messes on this here website. Unfortunately, the folks at Robb's Farm, Robb's Ice Cream, and Riverview Farms are making a mess on top of my mess. Robb's Farm has a website. Riverview Farms has a website. They … [Read more...]
Manchester Land Conservation Trust Intro
Manchester Land Conservation Trust Manchester, East Hartford, Bolton, Vernon, Andover, Glastonbury Shout out to the MLCT! These guys really made me work to find which of their properties are trailed. I won't harp on it too much, because they may update the way they present their trails online and that would make my … [Read more...]
Blackledge Falls
”Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls...” Blackledge Falls, East Glastonbury April 27, 2014 Falls Fact: 20-feet high [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut … [Read more...]
A Cardinal House’s Train Layout
One Cardinal Rule Here A Cardinal House Train Layout December 27, 2015 There are many lists on CTMQ. I like my lists. One such list I’ve maintained is the one over in the Railfan Depot, which is essentially “everything having to do with trains in Connecticut.” This of course includes “worthy model train … [Read more...]
303. GEHMS Planetarium
Spacing Out Glastonbury (Google Maps location) October 10, 2015 This cool little planetarium ignited a heated debate in my house. I mentioned that I would be including it as a museum visit for this website, and my wife roundly chastised me for that. “It’s a planetarium. It’s not a museum.” “I know. But I … [Read more...]
Blackledge Falls Preserve
”Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls...” Blackledge Falls, Glastonbury April 27, 2014 [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] This hike was part of a twofer. That’s right, I was putting my boys through the paces – first a few miles away at Shoddy … [Read more...]
Shoddy Mill Preserve
Not Too Shoddy Shoddy Mill Preserve, Glastonbury April 27, 2014 [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] I’ve been on a kick lately hiking with my sons. Credit the endless winter of 2013-14 and our shared need to just get outside now that … [Read more...]
Glastonbury’s Town Trails Intro
Glastonbury's "Other Trails" My post-college, pre-Hoang girlfriend was from Glastonbury. I recall checking out Cotton Hollow with her once and thinking, whoa, this is pretty cool. Right here in Glastonbury. I would never have thought such a thing existed here. As she stumbled down the ravine in her improper … [Read more...]
KLT: Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves
HOLLA-ster Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves April 5, 2014 [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] I could get used to this. Short drives, excited sons, cool hikes of perfect (for them) lengths. Perfect in the sense that … [Read more...]
Kongscut Land Trust Intro
Kongscut Land Trust Trails Glastonbury True story: I wanted to gain a clear understanding of how Kongscut got its name and poked around their website. Nothing. I sent an email to their general address and then asked my friend (and avid CT hiker and Glastonbury beat writer) Peter Marteka on Twitter. Then I … [Read more...]