Mary, Mary, Why You Buggin? Mary Edwards Mountain Property, Granby May 2014 The GLT has added a trail or two since we hiked here. North Granby. North Granby? Of course it’s just the northern part of Granby proper, but it really has a distinct flavor of its own. And that flavor is beautiful and remote. North … [Read more...]
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Aspetuck Land Trust Intro
Aspetuck Land Trust Bridgeport, Easton, Weston, Fairfield, Wilton & Westport Knowing what I know of Easton and Weston, I would certainly expect there to be a large and organized land trust there. There is pretty much no development in those two towns – which is wholly by writ and design. The archaic bylaws of … [Read more...]
Norfolk Land Trust Intro
Norfolk Land Trust Trails Norfolk I love Norfolk. Love it silly. Of all the northwestern towns that I love, Norfolk is the only one other than Salisbury with a sort of "downtown" worth remarking upon. The iconic Infinity Theater, an incredibly beautiful library, and some Yale properties everyone should see at least … [Read more...]
KLT: Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves
HOLLA-ster Hollister and Whitehouse Family Nature Preserves April 5, 2014 I could get used to this. Short drives, excited sons, cool hikes of perfect (for them) lengths. Perfect in the sense that it exhausts them, but don’t mentally or physically damage them. By my figuring, I can do this pretty much every … [Read more...]
Kongscut Land Trust Intro
Kongscut Land Trust Trails Glastonbury Kongscut is certainly one of the most interesting land trust names in the state. It certainly doesn't mean anything to anyone who doesn't know offhand that it comes from a Native American Indian woes meaning "place of wild goose". Furthermore, the name was chosen because at … [Read more...]
Bethany Land Trust
Bethany Land Trust Trails Bethany & Beacon Falls Connecticut has three towns with fairly common female names. The interesting thing about this is that each town bearing a feminine name sort of matches the type of woman I think about when I picture a woman with that name. Madison: Wealthy, white, yuppie, long … [Read more...]
Winchester Land Trust Trails Intro
Winchester Land Trust Trails Torrington & Winchester Ah, Winstedester. Yes, Winsted is not a town, but merely part of Winchester. Certainly one of the top five “oh really?” towns in Connecticut. My brother-in-law lives in Winsted and would never, in a billion years, say he lives in Winchester. Poor … [Read more...]
Goshen Land Trust Trails
Goshen Land Trust Since I was born and raised in the mid-Atlantic Philadelphia area, one of the most difficult things for me to say “Connecticut Correctly” is “Waterbury.” Whereas Nutmeggers say “Wah-terBARE-ee” I’m apt to say “wooderboohri” which sounds bad enough. But I tend to mumble it, so in practice it’s … [Read more...]
Granby Land Trust Trails
Granby Land Trust Trails I like Granby. To get it out of the way, Granby includes North Granby and West Granby, but East Granby is its own town. East Granby’s just a’ight. Granby, along with Suffield, suffers the ignominy of being invaded by Southwick, Massachusetts – so all Nutmeggers should have a soft spot … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Knox Family Farm Preserve
Knox on Wood Knox Family Farm Preserve, Stonington February 1, 2014 I used this hike as sort of a test. Could I drive to the furthest (by time) spot in Connecticut (more or less) alone with my two boys, hike a long (for them) hike, go to lunch, go to Beer'd Brewing (since I'd be down there), and then drive home. … [Read more...]
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