Carboniferific! Thompson-Osborn Preserve, Avon Land Trust, Avon July 2024 "Hey Steve, do you get annoyed when you think you've hiked every land trust trail or all the trails in a town and then they go and add another one?" No! Especially when it's in Avon and the new trail is only 15 minutes from my … [Read more...]
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Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam
Hike Here at a Glacial Pace Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam, Rocky Hill December 2023 I would guess that Rocky Hill is the most "forgotten" town in the Greater Harford area. It's small and I just never hear about it. Which is a shame, because of course everyone knows about Dinosaur State Park which is … [Read more...]
David K. Leff “Hidden in Plain Sight” Trail
Nothing Leff Unexplored David K. Leff "Hidden in Plain Sight" Trail, Hartland July 2024 David would love this short trail. I love this short trail. And I really love that this short trail exists in David's honor. I met David K. Leff on two occasions and on the second, we had a fairly long and winding … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Professor, A President, and a Meteor
Weston Rocks! A Professor, A President, and a Meteor, Cathryn J. Prince (2011) I was "friends" with Cathryn Prince for a year or so before meeting her in person at a book signing in 2011. 21st-century "friends." In other words, Twitter friends. A Connecticut resident and professor, Prince specializes in writing … [Read more...]
Ernest Borgnine Park
All Hail McHale Ernest Borgnine Park, Hamden June 2024 If you are over the age of, say, 40, you should know who Ernest Borgnine is. In my case, I know him firstly as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale from McHale's Navy, the 1960's sitcom. (Thanks, Granndad!) Younger folks may know him from Airwolf and movie … [Read more...]
Milo Coe Monument
Say it Ain't Coe Milo Coe Monument, Hartland Certainly not every monument and memorial gets a place on this website. I choose based on those that have extra historic merit, have some superlative attached, or are otherwise unique. The Milo Coe roadside monument, mere yards from the Massachusetts border, along a … [Read more...]
The Rock School
School of Rock The Rock School, Colebrook (Google Maps location) June 2024 Connecticut museum visit #519. Here we are again. At yet another one-room school house museum. On the outside looking in. And that's fine. I came to a point in my decades-long adventure when I realized that there's really no need … [Read more...]
Sweden: IKEA Swedish Restaurant
"Bork, Bork, Bork!" IKEA Swedish Restaurant, New Haven March 2024 You know what's crazy. In preparation to write this page I did what I often do when writing about food I know very little about: I poked around the Internet for inspiration and clarity. I didn't find anything interesting, probably because this is … [Read more...]
Prospect: A Town of Lies
Prospecting for Truth Prospect, Connecticut: A Town of Lies You are all familiar with the Connecticut town of Prospect, right? Right?! After all, it's the "Best Small Town in Connecticut!" Right? Right?! Well... no, it's not. But I love that story. Which I only found because I was looking into other … [Read more...]
Gaylord House Museum
Just Some Guy 1845 Gaylord House Museum, Hartland January 2019 CT Museum #517 Hartland is a lovely town. Really and truly. The 17 (est.) people that live there will tell you the same. And their one museum is lovely as well. I mean, c'mon. Pure New England here: And, as is typical of rural New England … [Read more...]
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