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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

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

193. Berlin Agricultural Lions Museum

April 10, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

This is What A-Tractored Her To Me! Berlin (Google Maps location) October 3, 2010 This museum is open only at the Berlin Fair As many of you know, I’m not from these parts. In addition to not having grown up with town agricultural fairs (and frankly not really understanding their appeal), it has taken me many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Berlin, Cars and Trucks, Damian, Fairs and Festivals, Hoang, Rarely Open

Polish Plate at Staropolska (Closed)

April 9, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Great Place to Polish off a Meal Staropolska, New Britain After 30 years, Staropolska closed in 2024. Ah, New Britski. I could write several thousand words on New Britain’s Broad Street “Little Poland” area. I don’t know why it fascinates me so much, as I’ve been to plenty of neighborhoods with fairly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, New Britain, New Britski, Poland, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

192. Berlin Historical Museum at the Berlin Fair

April 5, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Berlin, It's Just Not Fair! Berlin (Google Maps location) October 3, 2010 This museum is only open during the Berlin Fair. Remember way back when… Back when my hair was mostly still dark and Damian was not yet even 18 months old? Back when silly ol’ me thought there were only a few hundred museums in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Superlatives Tagged With: Berlin, Creepy Dolls, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Rarely Open

Stew Leonard’s

April 4, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

"The World's Largest Dairy Store," Stew Leonard's Stew Leonard's Dairy Store, Newington March 2012 I realize I will sound like a crank for the next five minutes of your lives, but I don't care. It's true I don't enjoy grocery shopping, but I really don't hate it either. It's just something I have to do every few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Danbury, Hoang, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Newington, Norwalk, Other Companies and Businesses

Mr. Al E. Gator

April 1, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Rare Gator Sighting Al E. Gator, Glastonbury April 1, 2012 I can confirm this still exists in 2021. There is a tiny pocket of people in this East Glastonbury/Hebron/Marlborough area that love their roadside painted rocks. My title here isn't actually about how rare alligators are in Connecticut (rare as in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Animals, Art, Glastonbury, Painted Rocks

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