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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

URR Trail: Hampton

June 12, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Theodore Dwight Weld House 77 Parsonage Road Yet another terrible picture of a lovely (and rather huge) house. Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) was born in this house and lived here until 1825. For 18 nights in February 1834, all students and some faculty of the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio held the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Hampton, Underground Railroad Trail

Divine Treasures

June 11, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

The Manchester Parkade is Like a Box of Chocolates Divine Treasures, Manchester June 9, 2012 Let’s be honest here – The sprawling Manchester Parkade is a mess. Not just because some of it is being torn down, but also because it is a jumble of some seriously crappy stores mixed in with a few gems. Divine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Hoang, Manchester

Day 3: Waimea Canyon

June 5, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Waimea Canyon Kauai I really like these pictures because they often surprise people who aren't familiar with Waimea. Even people who have been to Honolulu and/or Maui sometimes disbelieve this can be Hawaii. But it is - and it's beautiful. I've been to the Grand Canyon and while it is more "grand," this place is … [Read more...]

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Days 1 & 2: Chill in Kauai

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Days 1 & 2 Sheraton Kauai Resort After the long flight west, what else would you want to do besides lounge around paradise? (Yeah, yeah, I know the other thing you're thinking of...) So that's what we did. The view off our lanai thing We got there late in the afternoon so this was our first beach picture. … [Read more...]

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Honeymoon 2003

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Honeymoon Kauai, Hawaii, Oahu May 27-June 8, 2003 Listen: I know you don't give a whit about my honeymoon. And really, you shouldn't. But these pages are for me (just like all these vacation pages). With 2 little kids now nine years later, we don't get to go on these kinds of trips anymore. So it's fun for me to … [Read more...]

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Appalachian Trail Intro

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Appalachian Trail Connecticut Section, 56.6 Miles Sherman, Kent, Sharon, Canaan, Salisbury November 11, 2011 - Take me straight to Section one!: Hoyt Road to Route 341 I'm going to write this section a little bit differently than any of the other hikes on CTMQ. After all, this is the AT and the AT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Appalachian Trail, Blue Trails Challenge, Canaan, Kent, National Scenic Trails, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman

230. Creative Arts Workshop Galleries

May 23, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Can’t Stop Crowing About This Place! CAW! CAW! New Haven (Google Maps location) December 5, 2010 I don’t really remember how this place got lost in the hundreds of places I’ve visited and tens of thousands of pictures I’ve taken. But it did. Actually, that’s not true. It got “lost” because I never really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

195. Salisbury Association at the Academy

May 6, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Salisbury Stakes It’s Claim Salisbury (Google Maps location) October 9, 2010 I had spent the previous day, night and this very morning hiking the high peaks in the Catskills. I summited several of the CAT35 peaks, slept on the ground, driven several hundred miles, checked out another museum gallery prior to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Salisbury, Town History

Nod Brook WMA

May 4, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

Zzzzzzz Nod Brook WMA, Avon & Simsbury May 2012 I originally wrote this in 2012 when Nod Brook was listed on the Simsbury Land Trust list of places to hike. Now it's 2019 I revisited to see if I'd missed anything. The roads into here are terrible, and... you don't care. Just read about this place I guess. Nod … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Avon, field trial area, Simsbury, State WMA

ASME: Hydromatic Propeller

April 23, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

ASME Landmark #149 (1938) Hamilton Standard Hydromatic Propeller New England Air Museum Windsor Locks In a way, this might be the hardest of the CT ASME landmarks to find. This is because it resides in the massive New England Air Museum and, let’s face it, isn’t exactly the draw to the museum. Not with 80 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: ASME Landmarks, Aviation, new england air museum, Windsor Locks

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