Life Lessons Hockanum River Trail: Pitkin, Manchester ~1 mile, December 2016 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Adams Mill Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with the … [Read more...]
Martha A. Parsons House Museum
“Parsons Me, But I Need to Take Pictures” Enfield (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #360 and is a site along the Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail. Remember back in the day when I started this website? Damian was a wee baby, Calvin not yet a twinkle in my eye, my hair was dark and my abs were … [Read more...]
Barlow Park
BarLows and Highs of That CTMQ Life Barlow Park, Manchester May 2017 A 2022 commenter below suggests a hint of a trail here, but the Manchester Land Conservation Trust no longer lists it as a trailed property in 2025. You know how you think I’m nuts? Like, “what is wrong with that dude and why does he care … [Read more...]
Ashford: Complete!
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...]
Nipmuck Trail: Section 3
Section 3: This I Know(lton): I Pix(ied) a Winner Marsh Road, Willington to Barlow Mill Road, Ashford, ~15 Miles February 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, fast, and had kindly … [Read more...]
Friedman Forest Preserve
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...]
Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail
Flotsam and GetSum Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail, Ashford/Willington (Location) May 2017 Connecticut museum visit #351. 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. … [Read more...]
52 With a View
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...]
Bakerwoods Farm (Closed)
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...]
TSTL’17.9: Haley Farm State Park
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...]
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