“Fröhliche Weihnachten!" Site of First Christmas Tree in US Windsor Locks CTMQ readers know that I love my dubious superlatives. Writing about one of our country’s oldest states means that I come across a lot of them. There are so many – and so many are impossible to really, truly corroborate. But this one … [Read more...]
South Windsor: Complete!
South Windsor: Complete! The Reds: CaBiN & Onion Here is the CTMQ Guide to South Windsor with my list and stories about everything I've done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of … [Read more...]
Wood Memorial Gingerbread House Festival
Oh Snap! Wood Memorial Library Gingerbread House Festival, South Windsor November 28, 2014 I have no idea how many gingerbread house festivals there are in Connecticut, let alone New England, but I'm still confident that this one is one of the largest around. How can I be so confident? For one, I stay on … [Read more...]
Cromwell Landing & Riverport Parks
Landings in Cromwell Cromwell Landing Park & Riverport Park at Frisbee Landing October 2017 Annnnnnd away we go! Cromwell! I'm all in! When the tiny river town came up on my "town completion project" radar, it surprised me to learn that I'd never actually done anything there for the purposes of CTMQ after … [Read more...]
Nooks Hill Road & South Street
Just Because Nooks Hill Road & South Street “Tunnels”, Cromwell October & December 2017 These aren't a tunnels. They're not even all that interesting. But here we are... driving around Cromwell. First, I was heading towards the mighty Connecticut River on Nooks Hill Road. I’m writing this epic page simply … [Read more...]
Breakaway Brew Haus (Closed)
Breaking Away From All Accepted Norms of the Brewing Industry Breakaway Brew Haus, Bolton Mid-2017 In 2021, BBH announced they are moving to an actual commercial space nearby. But nothing has happened in two years, so I'm calling them closed.) I am writing this in late October 2017. At this moment, there are … [Read more...]
Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary
You Nied This Place in Your Life South Windsor: Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary ~2 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town … [Read more...]
Nature Center Trails
Nature Center Trails Let’s see how fast I can write this... in an effort to maintain the largest and most comprehensive list of all trailed properties in Connecticut, certain categories simply don’t fit. Like nature center properties. Some are privately owned, some are town owned, some are Audubon owned, … [Read more...]
Derby’s Town Trails
Derby’s Town Trails Little Derby with one woodland trail. There is a very nice state park in Derby... and where there was once the "Derby River Trail" that was absorbed by the Naugatuck River Greenway, there is now just one trail around a reservoir in the tiny town. At least hiking Derby will be quick … [Read more...]
Cromwell’s Town Trails
Cromwell’s Town Trails To be fair to fair Cromwell, Cromwell is a river town. And a golfing town. It's not so much a hiking town. (Although there is a very nice state park with some decent trails... along the river. Because it's a river town.) So the town owned parks and woods are not extensive. But they … [Read more...]
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