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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Roxbury Land Trust Intro

May 25, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roxbury Land Trust New Milford, Roxbury, & Woodbury I am in my 12th year of writing CTMQ and am just getting around to putting a page together for the Roxbury Land Trust. Now, you may be thinking, “but Steve, my man, you’re but one person. And this is Roxbury we’re talking about. Give yourself a break.” And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Roxbury, roxbury land trust

Roraback WMA

May 23, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roraback Girl Roraback Wildlife Management Area, Harwinton May 6, 2018 I’m going to do a rare thing here in Harwinton. I hiked all seven currently trailed properties on one (rainy) morning, so I’m going to sort of serialize the write-ups. If for some reason you want to start at the beginning, go here, to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: harwinton, State WMA

CTMQ’s Guide to East Hampton

May 23, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything East Hampton 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” East Hampton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: East Hampton

Sweet Cioccolata

May 22, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sweeeet, Bro Sweet Cioccolata, Wallingford May 19, 2018 I joked before that downtown Wallingford must have the most bars per capita in the state. I have no idea if that’s even close to being true, but at least one Walli-World resident noted, “Yeah, there are a lot.” So there you have it. Data Science at its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Wallingford

Middlesex Land Trust Trails

May 22, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Middlesex Land Trust Trails Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland and Haddam Hoo boy. This one’s a doozy. While I completely understand that it is nigh impossible for little land trusts to keep and maintain a nice website that allows the few who care to easily tease out the trailed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Durham, East Hampton, Haddam, middlesex land trust, Middletown, Portland

HLT: Meadowview

May 16, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

There is a View of a Meadow Harwinton Land Trust: Meadowview May 6, 2018 I’m going to do a rare thing here in Harwinton. I hiked all seven currently trailed properties on one (rainy) morning, so I’m going to sort of serialize the write-ups. If for some reason you want to start at the beginning, go here, to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: harwinton, harwinton land trust

NHL: James Merrill House

May 15, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark James Merrill House 107 Water Street, Stonington (Museum) Since the Merrill house is a museum, and since I have had the pleasure of visiting it, this NHL page will be somewhat truncated. After all, you certainly should want to read about Merrill’s whole story and MY story of my, um, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Damian, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Mystic, National Historic Landmarks, Stonington

James Merrill House

May 15, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hello? Helloooooo? Stonington (Google Maps location) June 14, 2016 Stonington is one of Connecticut’s most beautiful towns. I love it myself. And Stonington Borough within Stonington? It’s a real, live, New England seafaring movie set town. Museums, restaurants, jetties, history, curio shops, tree-lined … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Mystic, National Historic Landmarks, Stonington

CTMQ’s Guide to North Stonington

May 14, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

Everything North Stonington 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” North Stonington CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: North Stonington

North Stonington Citizens Land Alliance

May 14, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

North Stonington Citizens Land Alliance North Stonington Phew! The fabled North Stonington Citizens Land Alliance almost slipped under my radar! The huge Avalonia Land Trust has several properties in the rural town, and I thought hiking their trails in town pretty much covered things for me. But... no. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: North Stonington, north stonington citizens land alliance

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