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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

The Largest Beach

July 20, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Superlatives Tagged With: Beach, Geographic Extremes, Hammonassett Beach State Park, Long Island Sound, Madison, Swimming

Gouveia Vineyards

July 20, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Wallingford

Museum on the Green

July 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Free Museums, Glastonbury, historical society of glastonbury, Industrial History, Nautical History, Town History

Chester-Hadlyme Ferry

July 14, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Chester, Ferries, Lyme

Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry

July 14, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill

Mattabesett Trail: Section 1

July 13, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff", State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Berlin, Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, lamentation mountain state park, Mattabesett Trail, Meriden, Middletown, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail

Mattabesett Trail Intro

July 11, 2008 by Steve 9 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Mattabesett Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail

CT Audubon Society Coastal Center

July 9, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, audubon, Birds, Long Island Sound, Milford, Nature Centers

The Largest Casino in N. America

July 6, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

I Wonder About it All Foxwoods Casino, Mashuntucket (Ledyard) May 25, 2008 [2019 Update: I'll probably be updating this page soon.] I could probably write a 3000 word missive about Connecticut's two MASSIVE casinos and their real economic effects on the state. But I won't - most either love them or hate them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, casinos, foxwoods, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Ledyard

The Charter Oak

July 3, 2008 by Steve 7 Comments

A Little Bit hOAKey? The Charter Oak, Hartford May 12, 2008 Now, you didn't think I'd learn all about the Charter Oak over at Museum of Connecticut History or the Old State House earlier and not check out the actual site of the tree, did you? For shame. A quick drive (it was raining fairly heavily and it IS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford, Plants, State History, Trees

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