More Than Scant Remains Scantic River State Park, Enfield/Somers ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some … [Read more...]
Scantic River State Park (Hazardville/West)
Hazarding a Guess... Scantic River State Park, Enfield ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some sources refer … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Ashford
Everything Ashford 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” Ashford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
CT H4H: SingleCut Beersmiths
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 19 SingleCut Beersmiths, NYC While CT Hops for Hope certainly focuses on the great breweries of Connecticut, we do venture outside of our borders to bring in some of the best that distribute here. So of course we had to have SingleCut from Queens. When they came to Connecticut, it caused … [Read more...]
Patten District One Room Schoolhouse Museum
Generally Authentic Stafford (Google Maps location) July 2017 There's nothing quite like chasing down tiny little museums an hour away from my house that are only open a few days for a few hours per year. For those of you who don't engage in this worthwhile pursuit, I'm here to tell here there are a lot more of … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Counter Weight Brewing
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 18 Counter Weight Brewing, Hamden I had the pleasure this morning of appearing on First Thing Fairfield County to help promote CT Hops for Hope. (Thanks Ken!) I was all done by 10:30 AM and headed back north. No breweries are open in the morning, but as I passed the exit for Counter … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Hanging Hills Brewery
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 17 Hanging Hills Brewery, Hartford You want Hartford? Hanging Hills is Hartford. Their original pre-opening name was Whaleworks brewing, as a nod to the departed NHL Franchise. They have a beer named Hartbeat; a play on Hartford. One of their owners worked at Aetna for many years (like … [Read more...]
Scantic River State Park Intro
Scantic River State Park Enfield, Somers, East Windsor Connecticut’s state forests are often parceled out over many acres in many towns. But our state parks are, for the most part, contiguous with themselves. If that makes sense. It probably doesn’t, but you know what I mean. The Scantic River State Park is … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Hog River Brewing
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 16 Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford If you happened to pick up the latest issue of Yankee Brew News you surely noticed the handsome visage of one Mr. Ben Braddock on the cover. Ben is the owner and brewer at Hartford's Hog River Brewing. If you happen to have a chance to speak with … [Read more...]
Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center
If a Museum Falls in a Valley... Vernon (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #355. The organization responsible for this place received a $6,200 grant in 2023 to make it into more of a true museum. Would I bother with this place if not for my goal to completely complete Vernon? No. Of course … [Read more...]
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