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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Branford’s Town Trails

July 9, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Branford's Town & Land Trust Trails Oh man. There are only a few towns that leave me no choice but to combine different entities' trailed properties into one list. As you've guessed by now, Branford is one. And while this gives my list-OCD fits, this is a very good thing. Very good in that it's nice to see … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Branford

The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge

July 9, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Drizzy Drake The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge Simsbury I live pretty close to The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, so I've been passing by it for two decades. It's just part of my life. However, I'd never bothered to stop and take pictures of it, let alone creating a page on CTMQ dedicated to it. Then a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Simsbury

Hop River State Park Trail: Section 1

July 6, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Let's Get Hoppin' Colonial Road to Bolton Notch State Park, 6.9 Miles Manchester, Vernon, Bolton, June 2020 Alright, let's get going with this thing. 20.2 miles of graded stone dust trail from the center of Manchester east to the Airline Trail in Windham. (I suppose I should mention that means Calvin and I will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bolton, bolton notch state park, Calvin, cycling, Hop river state park trail, Manchester, rails-to-trails, Vernon

406. Edward A. Card Photography Museum

July 6, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Card Catalog Windham (Google Maps location) January 5, 2019 Okay procrastination, you've got me. You've got me good. Fortunately, very few people read the vast collection of CTMQ museum pages. Yeah, it's true. Even though this website began as a blog in 2006 chronicling my visits to Connecticut's wide and wild … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, Libraries, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Windham

CTMQ’s Guide to Salisbury

July 5, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Salisbury 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” Salisbury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Salisbury

Salisbury’s Town Trails

July 2, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Salisbury's Town Trails I'm usually pretty confident in my lists. And y'all know I have lists. CTMQ is nothing more than me completing a billion different lists. The problem with this page is that Salisbury is one of the top hiking destinations in the state. And yet... finding a definitive list of those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Salisbury

Salisbury Association Land Trust

July 1, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Salisbury Association Land Trust Salisbury I'll admit it. I've created over 100 of these land trust trails pages and this one has me slightly defeated. Perhaps I'm a bit fatigued... nah. It's just that some of these entities don't have the resources to create useful websites. So I have to go on a time-consuming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Salisbury, salisbury association land trust

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)

July 1, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

What Up, Dawg! Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, 2018 Sergeant Stubby is honored with a memorial statue in Middletown and you should go pay your respects. Nobody likes war. Okay, that's not true. There are several chickenhawks I can name off the top of my head who love war. Then there are war movies; when done … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: connecticut movies, movies, New Haven

Balbrae

July 1, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Balbraeker Balbrae, Bloomfield What is this place? Honestly, it's nothing more than a reason for me to link to the fascinating story of Amelia Earhart's secret Connecticut wedding. And some other stuff. And it happens to be located mere minutes from where I live. But I'll start with another nearby mansion on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Aviation, Bloomfield

Tanager Hill

June 30, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Blazes Appropriately Scarlet Simsbury Land Trust's Tanager Hill Property, Simsbury April 2020 Imagine Connecticut without the Metacomet Ridge that rises right up like a reptilian spine through the middle of the state. No Sleeping Giant, no Castle Craig, no Heublein Tower... no Talcott Mountain and no Penwood State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, lasalette trail, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

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