Vernon: Complete! Rein’s Deli I’m very excited to write this page. This is the third of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. Send your condolences to my wife and children, care of the comments below. For those of you who are … [Read more...]
355. Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center
If a Museum Falls in a Valley... Vernon (Google Maps location) June 10, 2017 Would I bother with this place if not for my goal to completely complete Vernon? No. Of course not. Am I glad I did – so much so that I’m going to write up a page about it as if it is a real, functioning museum in 2017? You … [Read more...]
337. New England Civil War Museum
Don't Burpee Here! It's Civil! Vernon (Google Maps location) December 4, 2016 I was speaking with a friend just two days ago. He lives in Vernon. Aware of CTMQ and what I do, he asked if I’d been to the New England Civil War Museum and then laughed. I said yes. He chuckled, “It’s... it’s not what I … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail: Dart Hill North
Not a Waste Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill North, Vernon ~1.4 miles one way, May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hills SE & SW Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. I’ll wait. Damian and I had so much fun … [Read more...]
350. Talcottville Outdoor Museum
The Main Thing Here Is.. Vernon (Google Maps location) May 7, 2017 I am hastily writing this page and probably won’t ever call attention to it. This is not a museum. [Update: Now that I've written it, it turned out to be way longer and more interesting than I initially thought.] Now, it is true that I have … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail: Dart Hill SE & SW
Dartin' Around Vernon Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill SE & SW, Vernon ~2 miles total, February/May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Oakland Trail page from down in Manchester. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. I’ll wait. There … [Read more...]
NCLT: A.K. Webster Preserve
That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... Northern CT Land Trust (NCLT): A.K. Webster Preserve, Vernon ~0.75 miles, May 2017 Ah yes, that soccer field. I noted it several years ago while poking around Valley Falls Park. I climbed high above the Hop River Rail Trail (which also hosts a mile or so of the Shenipsit Trail … [Read more...]
Vernon Center Middle School Trail
Redundant Redundancy Vernon Center Middle School Trail, Vernon ~0.75 miles, May 2017 This seems like a rather odd place for me to finish up everything there is to do in Vernon (as far as this site is concerned, but... it was here, high atop the hill behind Vernon Center Middle School where the boys and I gazed … [Read more...]
NCLT: Eckers Pond
What the Eckers? Northern CT Land Trust (NCLT): Eckers Pond, Vernon ~0.15 miles, May 2017 Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the town of Vernon’s Center Middle School Trail is almost literally impossible. You can read that … [Read more...]
349. Arts Center East
This Place is ACEs Vernon (Google Maps location) May 6, 2017 Note: I’ve tried to include the correct artist/work throughout this page, but I’m sure I’ve messed up somewhere. Sorry. What a joy it is to visit a little art gallery/museum with a just-turned-six-year-old who is totally into it. I could write … [Read more...]
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