Fresh as a Fetid Swamp Fresh Meadows, .5 mile, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 Do not hike this hike. Seriously. Don't. Now, I'm a guy who hikes any hike anywhere. I revel in the obscure, the urban, the creepy, and the strange. I am drawn to weird little land trust properties squeezed into … [Read more...]
WLT: Orchard and Spruce Glen
Not Bad. Could be Spruced up a Bit Orchard and Spruce Glen, ~2 miles, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 On the last day of a very long Christmas break with my children, I had to get out of the house. I had to hike. My random choice of Wallingford Land Trust trails was only slightly random: WLT can be … [Read more...]
Wallingford Land Trust Intro
Wallingford Land Trust Wallingford Before I began this website all those years ago, I had a fairly low opinion of Wallingford. Then a couple things happened: I visited Gouveia Vineyards and hiked the Mattabesett Trail east of I-91. Both are beautiful and have a definite remote feel. In Wallingford. My … [Read more...]
Grace Farms
Graceful Grace Farms, New Canaan December 2015 Grace Farms is a Connecticut Art Trail site. This is the first post I'm writing in 2016. Perhaps it will grant me the grace and peace I need to continue forward in a kind and forgiving manner. But most likely not. (I am posting larger pictures than ever … [Read more...]
Sleeping Giant: Nature and Red Trails
SGSP N-S Traverses (5 Red Trails & The Nature Trail) Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, ~9 miles total (solo) July 17, 2011 I'm dumb. No, I'm not dumb for setting out to hike all 5 up and down red trails on a blisteringly hot and humid July day. And no, I'm not dumb for having written this page already but … [Read more...]
242. Yale Center for British Art
Right, Then. Jolly Good. New Haven (Google Maps location) November 9, 2012 The Yale Center for British Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. Spoiler Alert: When coupled with the neighboring Yale University Art Gallery, you simply can’t find a better day of art in Connecticut. Oh yeah, both are F-R-E-E, free, … [Read more...]
Taine Mountain Trails
T'Aine't Much Here Taine Mountain Trails, Burlington July 2015 This page describes the trails on the western side of Taine Mountain in Burlington which is a Burlington Land Trust property. For the trails on the eastern side, in Farmington, go here. In my effort to be a true Burlington trail completist, I made … [Read more...]
Martha Brower Sanctuary
It’s All About the Farting Mushrooms Martha Brower Sanctuary, Burlington November 2015 This is a Burlington Land Trust property. If that title doesn’t draw you in... you are dead inside. I’m not saying that it will inspire you to pack a snack and hit the road to the backwoods of backwoodsy Burlington, but... … [Read more...]
Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center
Ain't No Party Like an Owl Party Bristol (Google Maps Location) November 22, 2015 You people have no idea. I have been waiting nearly ten years for this place to reopen. Not that I necessarily had high hopes for it or that I'm a huge Harry C. Barnes fan - it was more the principle of the thing. Back in … [Read more...]
Swan Preserve Trails
Swan Swoon Swan Preserve Trails, Canton October 2015 This is a Canton Land Conservation Trust property. "Are they dressed warmly enough?" "Yes, of course. Let's go." And off we went, northwest through West Simsbury to North Canton. This part of our little Nutmeg World, around routes 309 and 167, is … [Read more...]
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