Section 2: Higby Hollow... Hollow Head Country Club Road Trailhead - Route 66 Crossing (Middlefield), 4.4 Miles July 11, 2008 Note: This was written in 2008, so please forgive the tiny picture formatting. If you want to start at the beginning of the trail, go the Mattabesett Intro here. I'd really like to not … [Read more...]
PT Barnum & Tom Thumb Gravesites
A Sucker Dies Every Minute, Too PT Barnum & Tom Thumb Graves, Bridgeport May 17, 2008 When people try to list some of Connecticut’s most famous and/or important residents over the centuries, I should hope that PT Barnum is always remembered. From Bethel to Bridgeport, Barnum was heavily involved in state politics, … [Read more...]
The Largest Beach
Hammona Hammona Hammona! Hammonasset Beach, Madison July 12, 2008 I love my title. While there is certainly no "correct" spelling of the phrase, there is a correct usage. The Urban Dictionary defines it as, "a sensual way to say hottie." (They happen to spell it "humana humana" which is an insurance company … [Read more...]
Gouveia Vineyards
THIS is Wallingford?! Gouveia Vineyards, Wallingford July 19, 2008 Our little family spent the late morning at the Lyman Orchards "Berry Festival" which more or less consisted of us eating a delicious fresh blueberry funnel cake and walking around the grounds. Oh, and Damian kept picking up random trash on the … [Read more...]
Museum on the Green
Come and Drink the Green Kool-Aid Glastonbury (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 This is the greatest museum not only in Connecticut, but in the world. I love Glastonbury's Museum on the Green and all my readers must flock to it in droves and genuflect before the great brick building. Come... Drink the Green … [Read more...]
Chester-Hadlyme Ferry
Such Fun to be Had(lyme)! Chester-Hadlyme Ferry June 14, 2008 Who doesn’t love ferries? It’s funny that I have pages for this quaint little riverine one as well as the quainter and littler riverine one up north, but we all ignore the monster ferries that dock along the Sound to take people to Nantucket and Long … [Read more...]
Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry
Old Ferries Never Die... Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry June 2008 (First ride) Oof. This page is OLD and therefore the pictures are, shall we say, not good. Oh well... good story though. This is one of those Connecticut things that everyone should know about. I'd heard rumors about this ferry on the dingy … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 1
Section 1: I Have But One Lament... Berlin Turnpike to Country Club Road, ~ 9 miles Berlin, Meriden, Middletown May 2008 ...And that lament is this: Indeed. Lots and lots of it. On the ground, on trees, in shrub form, on my shins, behind my knees, fingers, arms nose, eyelid, ear, stomach, neck, some … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail Intro
Mattabesett Trail (part of The New England National Scenic Trail) Berlin to Middletown, ~65 miles Began: May 2008 Completed: November 2008 Major reroute update: November 2023 Post-2009 is an exciting time to hike the Mattabesett Trail! Why? Because our Federal government finally stopped worrying about … [Read more...]
CT Audubon Society Coastal Center
As The Museum Terns... Milford (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 The irony was not lost on myself nor my traveling companions for the day (Rob and Yvonne); that is, on the way to the Audubon Society Center we passed a bunch of huge invasive Monk Parakeet nests along the coastline. Monk parakeets, of course, are … [Read more...]
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