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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Book Review: Good Night Connecticut

October 6, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Good Night Connecticut by Christina Vrba (2009) Gifted at Some Point Good Night Connecticut is a board book from a series of a billion “Good Night” board books about states, regions, cities, etc. These books aren’t literature and simply highlight Connecticut’s tourist attractions in language little kids can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books

Putnam: Complete!

October 5, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Putnam: Complete! 85 Main Here is the CTMQ Guide to Putnam 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 our towns already. However, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hoang, putnam

Quiet Corner Creamery

October 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Quiet Corner Creamery, Putnam August 13, 2017 For some reason, many years ago, I decided to maintain a list of "homemade ice cream joints" for this website. Which, of course, meant that I'd "have to" visit and enjoy them all. (The reason was fairly simple: I drag my lovely wife and sons … [Read more...]

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

The Putnam River & Mill Heritage Trails

October 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Putnamming One Foot in Front of the Other The Putnam River Mill Heritage & River Trails August 13, 2017 No, I didn’t walk the full length of either of these trails. Not that they aren’t cool and interesting. They just aren’t the types of trails I seek to fully complete. But since Putnam is devoid of any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Dubious Claims, putnam

370. Aspinock Historical Society Museum

October 3, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Nock, Nock, Who's There? Putnam (Google Maps location) August 13, 2017 Unless you live in Putnam, or have some deep ties to the town, I'll put it out there... you needn't visit the Aspinock Historical Society. I did, because I "had" to because eleven years ago I decided to start a blog for which I visit every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Not Really a Museum Museum, putnam, Town History

Round Mountain (CT)

October 2, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Round Mountain (2,280 feet) Salisbury, CT October 1, 2017 2nd on CT Highest Peaks List After summiting Mt. Monadnock, Calvin was itching for another mountain to climb “just like that one last week.” Well, kid, sorry but that’s just not going to happen very easily. But I put my mind to it and figured that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: Calvin, CT17'ers, Hikes with my Boys, Salisbury

The Crossings Restaurant & Brewpub

September 30, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Crossings This Off The List The Crossings, Putnam This place stopped all brewing operations in 2020. Alright, look. I hate to be "that guy," but with certain things I kinda sorta hafta do it. When I am tasked with "completing" Putnam and have been visiting and writing about every brewery and brewery-like entity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Brewpubs, Calvin, Damian, putnam, restaurants

TSTL’17.14: Putnam Memorial State Park

September 29, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #14 Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding/Bethel September 2017 Do you want to know something crazy? With this, our 14th and final Sky’s the Limit Challenge hike of 2017, Damian and I have now gone to ALL 42 TSTL challenge points over the last few years. Every. Single. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bethel, Calvin, Caves & Dens, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Military History, putnam memorial state park, Redding, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

September 28, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

This Page Needs More Prominence! Highpointing & Peakbagging Don't tell anyone, but this is perhaps my favorite pursuit. Moreso than museums. If I had the time, I’d devote a lot of time to these lists. As life would have it, what with two little kids and a job and all that, these are pretty much life-long … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Non-CT, Peakbagging Tagged With: 52WAV, ADK46'ers, Cat35'ers, CT county highpoints, Geographic Extremes, NE111, NE67, NEFF, NEHH, NH48, state highpoints, T25

TSTL’17.13: Farmington Canal State Park Trail

September 27, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #13 Farmington Canal State Park Trail, Cheshire September 16, 2017 The story here has nothing at all to do with the historic lock or the walk or the museum that wasn't open - because it's pretty much never open. So let's dispense with all of that off the bat. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Canals and Dams, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Sky's the Limit Challenge

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