A Fun Hike; No Bluffing Stagecoach Road - Lone Pine Trailhead (East), Durham, N. Branford, Guilford, & Madison August 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. Life is about decisions. … [Read more...]
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Mattabesett Trail: Section 4
A Real Pistol-Paug Routes 157/68 to Stage Coach Road, Wallingford & Durham July 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. Phew! It's a hot one! No, not so much the 95-degree heat that … [Read more...]
Selectman’s Stones
A Man's Gotta Have Some Stones Selectman's Stones, Durham/Madison/Guilford September 2008 & 2023 (You can reach these stones via The Selectman's Path and other trails through the Mica Ledges Preserve as well.) There I was, in the middle of the woods, high above Madison and Guilford, along the Mattabesett … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 3
I Besecks Thee! Routes 66/147 - Routes 68/157, Middlefield, Meriden, Wallingford, & Durham July 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. Aye! I made up a word! To "besecks!" That … [Read more...]
Flamig Educational Farm
You Know What Really Gets My Goat? Flamig Educational Farm, Simsbury (Google Maps Location) June 2008 Connecticut museum visit #61. Note: An incredible amount of search engine traffic comes here looking for "Flaming Farm." This farm is not on fire. At some point along this crazy CTMQ journey I decided to … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 2
Higby Hollow... Hollow Head Country Club Road - Route 66, Middletown & Middlefield July 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. Also, you're now reading this many years after I hiked this … [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...]
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...]
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