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RWA: Maltby Lakes

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RWA: Maltby Lakes

I'll Drink to This Place Maltby Lakes, West Haven, New Haven, & Orange January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. In case you're curious, Maltby Lakes was my very first RWA hike, 14+ years after I began this website. The RWA properties have always been this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, RWA Trails Tagged With: Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven, New Haven County, Orange, privately owned trail, SCCRWA Trails, West Haven

Kettle Hole Trail

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Kettle Hole Trail

HOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLE! Kettle Hole Trail, Ledyard January 2016 When my son Damian was younger, one of his favorite words to say was "hole." Now, Damian didn't develop any speech until around five or six years old, and wasn't able to clearly communicate until maybe seven or eight. But "hole" was one of his first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Geology, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Ledyard, New London County

SLT: Wagner Woods

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SLT: Wagner Woods

Nature Show Wagner Woods, Simsbury Land Trust September 2013 I'll apologize up front. This is one of those pages that I put together for me and my wife to look at in twenty years when we're reminiscing about our sons. So yes, there are two videos below that we both love but which you all won't give a rat's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust, video

Metacomet Trail: Section 14

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Metacomet Trail: Section 14

Section 14: A Jog by the Jog Route 20 to Rising Corner Road (MA), 7.8 Miles September 2, 2020 This is it. This is the end. What began on April 29, 2007 on the Berlin Turnpike across from a (now closed) stripclub, ended on a beautiful late summer day near the Massachusetts state line. Thirteen and a half years. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, East Granby, Great Views, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, New England National Scenic Trail, Suffield

BLT: Lombardi Ridge Preserve & Bobcat Woods

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BLT: Lombardi Ridge Preserve & Bobcat Woods

Not a Rest Stop Lombardi Ridge Preserve & Bobcat Woods, Bolton April 2020 Anyone who drives the NJ Turnpike is familiar with the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop. It's the one with views of Manhattan across the Hudson River. It's huge. And it's necessarily ugly. The Lombardi Ridge Preserve in Bolton is a very, very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Bolton, bolton land trust, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Tolland County

Farmington River Park

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Farmington River Park

Roots Rock Farmington River Park, Bloomfield & Windsor May 2020 I've written several times about the pockets of Bloomfield over on the western edge along the Metacomet Ridge. And for good reason! Several cool trails course up and down the hill over there. But there are other "hidden" spots in Bloomfield - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bloomfield, Calvin, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Windsor

GNH: Long Wharf Nature Preserve

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GNH: Long Wharf Nature Preserve

Gather 'Round Kids Gather New Haven's Long Wharf Nature Preserve June 2019 For those of you that read all my hiking pages, I'm about to sound like a broken record: I love urban trails. Yes, of course, there really no better way to spend a crisp autumn day in Connecticut than traipsing up and down mountains in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Birds, Calvin, Gather New Haven, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven, New Haven County

SLT: Tanager Hill

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SLT: Tanager Hill

Blazes Appropriately Scarlet Simsbury Land Trust's Tanager Hill Property, Simsbury April 2020 Imagine Connecticut without the Metacomet Ridge that rises right up like a reptilian spine through the middle of the state. No Sleeping Giant, no Castle Craig, no Heublein Tower... no Talcott Mountain and no Penwood State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, lasalette trail, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

BLT: Edith Toomey Clark Property

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BLT: Edith Toomey Clark Property

EDITH! Edith Toomey Clark Property, Bolton April 2020 I would confidently state that no one hikes this property without hiking the Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm. There is another way to access the trails here, but that would mean walking along the Hop River State Park Trail, which, now that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Bolton, bolton land trust, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Tolland County

SLT: Owen-Mortimer Trail

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SLT: Owen-Mortimer Trail

You'll Owen Me For This One Simsbury Land Trust's Owen-Mortimer Trail, Simsbury April 2020 This little blue-blazed trail could/should... will be important someday. More on that in a minute. I parked in a little pull-out on East Weatogue Street even though there's a true hiker's lot just south of there. Let … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

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