Everything Glastonbury I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Glastonbury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Toggy the Two-Headed Goat (Gone)
The G.O.A.T. Riverview Farms, Glastonbury I believe ol' Toggy has been removed. How awesome is this? It's Toggy, the two-headed goat! She was born on January 21, 2008, right in the room we were standing in! Just a genetic abnormality, Toggy had two spines too, but only one set of organs. I think it was … [Read more...]
Case Mountain Recreation Area Intro
Case Mountain Recreation Area Manchester & Glastonbury Case Mountain drives me nuts. It's a town park in Manchester but everyone thinks its a state park. The "mountain" with the view is not Case Mountain... Its Lookout Mountain. There is no view from Case Mountain. The trail network is messy. Oh you want … [Read more...]
Meshomasic State Forest Intro
Meshomasic State Forest Colchester, East Hampton, Portland, Glastonbury, Hebron, & Marlborough I can't promise you that this page will ever be complete. Yes, I like to be thorough and almost always am, but when it comes to the Mesh... it's tough. It's big and it's sprawling, sure, but most importantly it contains … [Read more...]
Gay City State Park Intro
Gay City State Park Hebron, Glastonbury, Bolton Gay City is one of those state parks that is an almost equal mix of history, hiking, and... I guess swimming. Gay City was first settled in 1796 by a religious sect led by Elijah Andrus and later by Rev. Henry P. Sumner. The Gays soon comprised the majority of the 25 … [Read more...]
RWA: Maltby Lakes
I'll Drink to This Place Maltby Lakes, West Haven, New Haven, & Orange January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. In case you're curious, Maltby Lakes was my very first RWA hike, 14+ years after I began this website. The RWA properties have always been this … [Read more...]
Loomis Homestead
Loomising Large Loomis Homestead Windsor Windsor claims, with some authority, to be Connecticut's oldest town. And this house, on the campus of the Loomis Chaffee School, is the oldest house in Windsor. No, the transitive property (or whatever) doesn't work here. The oldest house still standing in Connecticut is … [Read more...]
New Haven Holocaust Memorial
First, Oldest, Most Sobering New Haven Holocaust Memorial This isn't a typical CTMQ page in that a) it contains no puns or satirical quips, b) I didn't write most of it, and c) the photography is phenomenal. Okay, c) above is not true and it could be categorized as a satirical quip. I guess I simply can't … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Waterford
Everything Waterford I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Waterford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Harkness Memorial State Park Intro
Harkness Memorial State Park Waterford Hark! The Harknesses left their fingerprints all over Connecticut, from their former home in Waterford to the Yale campus. Originally from Ohio, Edward S. Harkness was to become heir to a fortune initiated by his father's substantial investments in John D. Rockefeller’s … [Read more...]
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