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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

CTMQ’s Guide to Windsor Locks

September 27, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Everything Windsor Locks 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” Windsor Locks 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: Windsor Locks

Mt. Monadnock

September 26, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Mt. Monadnock (3,150 feet) Jaffrey, NH September 21, 2017 25th on 52WAV (Me: 1/52; Calvin: 1/52) 35th on NEFF (Me: 6/50; Calvin 1/50) I could write 5,000 words on this page. But I won’t. Just know that Calvin’s first “real mountain” was pretty much everything I could have dreamed it would be for him. Why? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: 52WAV, Calvin, New Hampshire

CTMQ’s Guide to Derby

September 23, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Derby 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” Derby 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...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: derby

CTMQ’s Guide to Cromwell

September 22, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides Tagged With: cromwell

Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve

September 20, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Respect South Windsor: Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve ~1 mile, 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 trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: South Windsor

343. Putnam’s Art Galleries & Fairy Doors

September 19, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Chocolate Toilets and Butt Cheeks Putnam (Google Maps location) February 11 & August 13, 2017 Q. What’s the best way to engage a 5-year old at a succession of art galleries? A. Chocolate toilets and butt cheeks. It’s simple, really. And thankfully, the town of Putnam dutifully... doodyfully?... came … [Read more...]

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

Hastings Farm

September 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Make Haste! Hastings Farm, Suffield Multiple visits I’ve been happily popping along the Connecticut Cheese Trail for a decade now. I must admit that I’m surprised that no such official trail yet exists. After all, everyone loves cheese. And baby cows. I first found Hastings farm in 2013 and was very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Suffield

CTMQ’s Guide to Danbury

September 15, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

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

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Danbury

Danbury’s Town Trails

September 15, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Danbury’s Town Trails Danbury is one of Connecticut’s few true cities. We have a bunch of towns that are officially cities, but when listing city cities, my list is pretty short. Danbury makes the cut. So it’s cool that there are a bunch of trails in Danbury; owned and maintained, ostensibly, by the city. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Danbury

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Intro

September 15, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Danbury & New Fairfield How exciting! The Land Trust of Danbury and the New Fairfield Land Trust have merged together to form the bigger, stronger, better... Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust! It's funny that I'm seeing this happening more and more in the land trust world; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust, Danbury, new fairfield

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