War! Huh! What is it Good For? (Museums) Tolland Google Maps location July 15, 2018 Admission time: When it became apparent to me in late spring/early summer of 2018 that I could make it to 400 Connecticut museums, I made sure I made it to 400 museums. One trick to getting there is to go to places like Tolland … [Read more...]
Belden Forest
Run/Forest/Run Belden Forest, Simsbury May 2015 The Belden Forest tract on its own really isn't all that interesting. That's not to say it's not nice; for it is. Simsbury, which has tons a cool hiking areas, doesn't do much to promote them. (This is why, I suppose, the Simsbury Land Trust has picked up the … [Read more...]
Parable Brewing Company (Closed)
Every Brewery Has a Story Parable Brewing Company, Manchester July 2018 Parable closed in April 2019 after a weird, confusing, and protracted situation with the landlord of their building. Parable's owner or owners, who never changed the LLC's name from Top Shelf - because he was a part-owner of Top Shelf - … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Preston
Everything Preston I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Preston CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Sweetheart Mountain
Sweeeeeeeeeeet! Canton Land Conservation Trust (Canton & Burlington) July 28, 2018 It appears the CLCT has cleared the trails I couldn't hike properly. Which is nice. Son has another Bouncy birthday somewhere in Canton, check. Dad can't wait to, um, foster his son's independence, check. Canton has an unhiked … [Read more...]
The Florence Warren Latham Museum of Eastford History
Eastford’s “Inn” the Club! Eastford Google Maps location July 22, 2018 For the first 11 years of CTMQ’s existence, Eastford did not have a museum. The sparsely populated, relatively unknown town in Windham County was never expected to have a museum, but even so, the relative few museumless Connecticut towns make … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Morris
Everything Morris I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Morris CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Morris’s Town Trails
Morris’s Town Trails You know what's funny? That the White Memorial Conservation Center and its vast network of trails is always associated with Litchfield when in fact, half of the place is in Morris. The area is hugely popular with hikers, kayakers, naturalists, etc... yet I've never heard anyone say, "let's go … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Franklin
Everything Franklin I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Franklin CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Franklin’s Town Trails
Franklin’s Town Trails You may rightly ask why I do introductory pages for towns that have one or two trails. (To clarify, Franklin has more than these trails, but the others are on land owned by non-Franklin entities.) I do it because: a) I started doing it years ago and can't stop now, b) Towns like … [Read more...]
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