Cedar? I Hardly Know Her Cedar Mill Brook Falls, Stevenson Oxford September 2012 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. Like now... because as you all know, Stevenson is a section of.. Of Monroe? That’s the only … [Read more...]
Pomperaug Trail
Pomp and CTMQstance Pomperaug Trail, 4.6 miles in Oxford and Southbury January 14 & September 16, 2012 As I sit to write this I see that I apparently struggled several months ago in figuring out how to present this section of mid-Housatonic River Trails. The CFPA Walk Books call them "Lake Zoar Area Trails," … [Read more...]
Rich Farm Ice Cream
You Don't Have to be Rich, To be my Swirl Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford November 27, 2010 As I was happily going along eating up delicious ice cream listed as “the best” by Jane and Michael Stern in their Roadfood book, I kept getting comments on Twitter and this site as well as emails alerting me to some place … [Read more...]
Cavalry Brewing (RIP)
Bring on the Cavalry! Cavalry Brewing Oxford My reviews of Cavalry Beers [May 2014 Update: Cavalry has closed. This came as no surprise to me, despite my effusive description below. This page was written back in 2010, when the CT craft beer landscape was infantile and owning a brewery was very difficult. Over … [Read more...]
Southford Falls State Park
Southford Falls State Park Southbury/Oxford April 2, 2011 This is, in a way, the perfect state park for me to deal with here on CTMQ. I’ve always had issues with how in the world to write about some of these places; it’s not like I can do everything on offer in each park – nor do I even want to do that. But at … [Read more...]
Southford Falls
Southford Falls State Park Oxford April 2, 2011 For more on Southford Falls State Park, check out my dedicated park page. For more on the Southford Falls Watchtower, check out my dedicated tower page. As I start writing this, I realize that for some reason Damian always seems to be with me on waterfall … [Read more...]
Southford Falls Watchtower
Southford Falls Watchtower Southford Falls State Park, Oxford Metal Fire Tower (~25 feet) on Unnamed hill (not too high) This page is only about the Southford Falls State Park's watchtowner. For more on the falls themselves, go here. For more on the state park, go here. And for a more recent trip to the watchtower … [Read more...]
Kettletown State Park Trails
Put a Kettle on and Read 4 Trails, various mileages, Southbury/Oxford Various Dates Hike 1: Miller Trail, 4/13/09 Hike 2: Crest, Campground, Brook Trails, 1/14/12 Hike 3: Oxford Loop Trail, 9/16/12 (Pomperaug Trail - Separate Blog Entry, 9/16/12) I had assumed that the Kettletown name was derived from … [Read more...]
Lake Zoar Area Trails Intro
ZOOOAAARRRR! Lake Zoar Area Trails The CFPA lumps a bunch of trails under this name, so I'm going with the same on CTMQ as well. The trails are: Paugussett Trail (9.1 expanded to 14 Miles) Zoar Trail (6.5 Miles) Pomperaug Trail (4.6 Miles) 4 Kettletown State Park Trails & Oxford Loop (Various) Lake … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Oxford
Washband (Washburn) Tavern 90 Oxford Road Finding this place marked my first time I was ever in Oxford. I didn't stay too long, but the drive through the woods over from Lake Zoar was lovely. Even though the Freedom Trail put together a new, far better website, there's still not too much about this … [Read more...]