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170. Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

October 16, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

PequotsePossibly a Bit Too Expensive Stonington (Google Maps location) May 22, 2010 There are maybe 25 or so nature centers around the state and they are all pretty much the same. I’m not saying that as a knock on them, as I love each and every one. Some are certainly better than others, of course, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Hoang, Mystic, Nature Centers, Stonington

Elizabeth Park Gardens

October 16, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

‘Lizbeth?! I’m Comin! This the Big One! Elizabeth Park Tour, Hartford/West Hartford June 5, 2010 I finally did something on an impossibly hot day that everyone in the Hartford area should do at least once: Took the History Tour of Elizabeth Park. You’ve all been there. You’ve toured the rose garden and walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Gardens, Greenhouses, Hartford, Hoang, Plants, superlatives, West Hartford

Windham High Peak

October 15, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Windham High Peak, 3524 Feet October 8, 2010 10.4 miles solo via Black Dome Range, Escarpment and Batavia Kill Trails # 34 on the Catskills 3500 List It had been far, far too long since I last hiked in the Catskills. I really should commit to getting out here at least twice per year. Hoang is cool about it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Peakbagging Tagged With: Cat35'ers, Great Views, New York

Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School

October 14, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beautiful Litchfield County Never Looked So Beautiful Salisbury (Google Maps location) October 2010 I love Salisbury. In fact, I wouldn’t mind living up there at all. Oh sure, it’s pretentious and everyone drives Volvos and Audis, but that’s no different from where I live now in West Hartford. Salisbury is just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Free Museums, Private Schools, Salisbury

Sherwood Island State Park Intro

October 14, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sherwood Island State Park Westport I know it says "intro" above, but this page is more of an "intro and long-winded history" of Sherwood Island State Park. And that's fine, right? If you're looking for something specific though, perhaps these other pages I wrote will help: Sherwood Island Trails Sherwood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beach, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Dubious Claims, Hoang, Islands, Long Island Sound, Sherwood Island State Park, Swimming, Westport

Haystack Mountain State Park

October 14, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Haystack Mountain State Park Norfolk October 2010 [There are other Haystack Mountain pages if you're interested in more.] One way in which I may differ from you: After a somewhat difficult hike out in the Catskills and a two-plus hour drive back towards home, I decided on a whim to climb another mountain. Why … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: haystack mountain state park, Norfolk, Observation Towers

Holley-Williams House Museum (Closed)

October 13, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Holley Crap, It’s Closed Salisbury The worst part about this closure is that it may have taken out not just the one historic house museum, but also the random Salisbury Cannon Museum which I believe was housed at the same spot. I hold out hope that the Cannon Museum will reappear elsewhere in town, as Salisbury’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Salisbury

175. Sherwood Island State Park Nature Center

October 11, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wanna Go to the Nature Center? I Sher Wood! Westport (Google Maps location) July 18, 2010 CTMQ's Sherwood Island State Park Intro I purposely waited until autumn to write about Sherwood Island. I figure that anyone looking for a very clean, uncrowded and very pretty beach in Connecticut won’t find this now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Birds, Damian, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Sherwood Island State Park, Westport

The Golden Age of Trucking Museum (Closed)

September 23, 2010 by Steve 8 Comments

The Golden Age… Those Were the Days… Middlebury July 10, 2010 CT Museum Visit #173, just before it closed in July of 2010. This is a terrible writing assignment. What should be a fun museum report is now a eulogy. Worse, I knew I’d be faced with this situation even before I visited the Golden Age of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Superlatives Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Defunct Museums, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Middlebury

CT High School Coaches Assoc. Hall of Fame

September 20, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

I waited 5 years for this?! Hartford (Google Maps location) August 14, 2010 For the first time in 184 museums I'm at a loss for words. I really have nothing to say about the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame. Though shouldn't it be "Coaches'?" It's their Hall of Fame, right? But as you'll see in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, East Hartford, Halls of Fame, Not Really a Museum Museum, Rarely Open, rentschler field, Tiny Museums

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