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Alabama: Cheaha Mountain

January 19, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

Highpoint # 12 Cheaha Mountain, 2,405 feet (35th highest) April 23, 2004 Our 3 day highpointing tour of the south continued with a relatively short drive west from Rome, GA to the Talladega National Forest in Eastern Alabama. Before we got going, we opted for a nasty IHOP breakfast in Rome (Later, while … [Read more...]

Georgia: Brasstown Bald

January 18, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Highpoint # 11 Brasstown Bald, 4,784 Feet (25th highest) April 22, 2004 The day dawned sunny and beautiful... A perfect day for a hike in northern Georgia. Even more exciting was the view from our hotel window: The summit tower of the highpoint several miles to the southeast. We jumped from bed for joy, gobbled … [Read more...]

South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain

January 18, 2008 by Steve 6 Comments

Highpoint # 10 Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 Feet (29th highest) April 21, 2004 Worst. Highpoint. Ever. Sassafras Mountain was the first of three southeastern highpoints in three days. I live in Connecticut. I am a "liberal elite," whatever that means. I'm literate, I'm in a hurry, I don't like NASCAR, and … [Read more...]

Vermont: Mt. Mansfield

January 18, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Highpoint # 9 Mount Mansfield, 4,393 Feet (26th highest) September 14, 2003 # 24 4000 Footers Peaks Lists #47 on the Northeast Hundred Highest List # 3 on New England Fifty Finest List Less than a week after conquering what was our most challenging highpoint to date (Katahdin), Vermont's Mount Mansfield … [Read more...]

Pizza at Frank Pepe’s

January 17, 2008 by Steve 6 Comments

How Long Would You Wait? The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven December 2007 Note: Pepe's is part of the Roadfood 500 Thing to Eat Before it's Too Late and is ranked as THE "National Best" pizza. This page was written well before the book came out. It was also written before Pepe’s expanded, as … [Read more...]

Case Mountain Trails (North)

January 12, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

A Case Of The Stir Crazies Case Mountain Trails (North), Manchester (~7 miles) November 24, 2007 I have split the Case Mountain Trail network into northern and southern sections. Also, the Case Mountain Trail network is presented here as part of the larger Shenipsit Trail, if only to remain consistent with the … [Read more...]

Heublein Tower Museum

January 5, 2008 by Steve 13 Comments

Shouldn't It Be Called "Viewblein Tower?" Heublein Tower Museum, Simsbury (Google Maps Location, even though you must hike to it.) October 2007 Connecticut museum visit #35. Yes, there really is a little museum in the tower. I don't know (yet) but I'm guessing this may be the most physically inaccessible … [Read more...]

Metacomet Trail: Section 10

December 17, 2007 by Steve 7 Comments

Section 10: A Towering Achievement Reservoir #6 to Penwood State Park, 5.7 miles, West Hartford, Bloomfield, Avon, & Simsbury October 2007 2019 Update: Y'know, if there ever was a page I should go dig through the old CD's looking for the original pictures, it's this one. But... I have other stuff to do. This page … [Read more...]

Stanley-Whitman House Museum

December 15, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

Well, I Got Some Free Pie! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 29, 2007 The Stanley-Whitman House is a National Historic Landmark and is also on the Connecticut Historic Gardens Trail. This is it. It took me 32 museums and probably 100 CTMQ write-ups altogether to get to this point - and let me … [Read more...]

Hospital Rock

November 25, 2007 by Steve 38 Comments

Like Cop Rock but Doctors Instead? Hospital Rock, Farmington October 6, 2007 April 27, 2009 This page was inhabited for 2 years by a post whining about how I haven't actually been to Hospital Rock and how maybe someday I'd go in search of it. Well, my search was made a heck of a lot easier by a CTMQ reader who … [Read more...]