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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

MLCT: Barlow Park

June 9, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

BarLows and Highs of That CTMQ Life Manchester Land Cons. Trust Trails (MLCT): Barlow Park ~0 Miles, May 2017 You know how you think I’m nuts? Like, “what is wrong with that dude and why does he care about doing this stuff” nuts? I hear you. As I was finishing up everything to do in Manchester I could do for … [Read more...]

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

Ashford: Complete!

June 8, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Ashford Complete! Midway Pizza and Restaurant Here is the CTMQ Guide to Ashford 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 … [Read more...]

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

Nipmuck Trail: Section 3

June 6, 2017 by Steve 4 Comments

Section 3: This I Know(lton): I Pix(ied) a Winner Marsh Road, Willington to Barlow Mill Road, Ashford, ~15 Miles, With Matt Woodward February 5, 2017 My tortured title refers to my hiking partner, Matt Woodward. Matt has been chronicling everything outdoors in Connecticut here, and he's talented, patient, bright, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Blue Trails Challenge, Natchaug State Forest, Nipmuck Trail, Willington, yale myers forest

Friedman Forest Preserve

June 6, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

I'm Not Yet Fried, Man Abraham R. Friedman and Samuel H. Friedman Forest Preserve, Ashford May 2017 This is a Joshua's Trust property. Aha! You were expecting the title of this page to be "I'm Fried, Man," but I changed it up on you! After all, Joshua's Trust has many dozens of properties in over a dozen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Joshua's Trust

Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail

June 6, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Flotsam and GetSum Ashford/Willington (Google Maps Location) May 2017 For those of you unaware who may happen to care, there's a CTMQ Facebook page. I pretty much only use it to post new pages when I publish them. I'll spare you my Facebook hate for now. Because sometimes it actually does something good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Art, Ashford, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Willington

52 With a View

June 5, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

52 With a View New Hampshire September 2017 - Because I don’t have enough peakbagging/hiking lists to complete, I thought I’d add another one. The 52 With a View (“52WAV”) is a list of sub-4,000 foot New Hampshire peaks created by some group called The Over the Hill Hikers up in the Granite State. The idea is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Peakbagging Tagged With: 52WAV, Great Views, New Hampshire

Bakerwoods Farm (Closed)

June 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

It’s... Interesting Bakerwoods Farm, Ashford May 2017 Bakerwoods Farm permanently closed in 2021. Look, if you’ve been reading this site for a while you not only know the style in which I write, you also know my feelings about certain things. You should also know that almost all of what I write comes from a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Ashford, Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Farms, Hoang

TSTL’17.9: Haley Farm State Park

May 29, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #9 Haley Farm State Park (Canopy Rock), Groton April 1, 2017 We're not big on April Fool's Day in the CTMQ household. Calvin is just beginning to understand the art of the prank and Damian, well, his special needs commitment to literalism hampers his ability to join in on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Rocks, Damian, Groton, Haley Farm State park, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.8: Air Line State Park Trail

May 27, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #8 Air Line State Park Trail (Blackledge River Bridge), Colchester March 25, 2017 In case you weren't aware, the Air Line State Park Trail traverses East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, and Thompson. We'd walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: air line state park, Calvin, Colchester, Cool Bridges, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, salmon river state forest, Sky's the Limit Challenge

CTMQ’s Guide to Ridgefield

May 26, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

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

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

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