Peak East Granby East Granby Farms Trail, East Granby April 2019 Yo, so glad you’re here. You’ve found your way to my favorite trail in East Granby not named Metacomet. I can hear the Cowles Park fanboys crying and I don’t care. Cowles is cool, and especially friendly to mountain bikers, but the official loop … [Read more...]
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Four TRLC East Granby Trails to Skip
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Four (Former) East Granby Land Trust Hikes April 2019 The East Granby Land Trust became part of the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in 2023. One assumes these trailed properties will remain the same: Donald and Barbara Algren Preserve Fieldstone Griffin Marsh (formerly … [Read more...]
368. Farm Tool Museum
Look at These Tools East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 12, 2017 I was having a discussion with my wife recently and mentioned something about East Windsor and how I was excited to be closing in on visiting every museum and hiking every trail and all that good stuff I do for this here website. She kind of … [Read more...]
367. Osborn House Museum
Re(Os)Born East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 12, 2017 No use beating around the bush here. I don't have much information for you about the Osborn House Museum of East Windsor Connecticut. Oh, sure, I have a bunch of pictures. And I can make a bunch of stuff up. It wouldn't be the first time... and it … [Read more...]
422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy
Night of a Quadrillion Stars Avon (Google Maps location) May 24, 2019 It's funny that it took me nearly 13 years into this CTMQ adventure to get up to the closest entity on CTMQ to my house. (Maybe Westmoor Park or Crown Market is closer, but not by much. Why am I even qualifying this? You certainly don't care. My … [Read more...]
R Dee Winery
Sweet Dee R Dee Winery, Enfield March 2019 It has been almost five full years since I’ve visited a Connecticut winery. So I’m going to need some help getting back into this stuff… R Dee Winery is a family owned winery with a focus on grape to glass by utilizing grapes from regions that grow them best. Our … [Read more...]
Scotties Frozen Custard
Egg on My Face Scotties Frozen Custard, Colchester May 2019 Pardon me for a moment as I set my brain to accept the fact that “Scotties” has no apostrophe. Collins Creamery in Enfield doesn’t either, but that one’s easier to accept. Then there’s Collin’s Diner in North Canaan which does have one whereas Phil … [Read more...]
Housatonic River Brewing
The Tonic for What Ales Housatonic River Brewing, New Milford April 2019 HRB bought out Quirkworks and have expanded to that second location in Danbury in May 2024. Also, since my visit, HRB has become a destination for live music and have expanded quite a bit. They also brought on Jeff Pasquale as head brewer, … [Read more...]
Green District Schoolhouse
Canterbury Tales Canterbury (Google Maps location) June 2019 There's a good chance that you are not familiar with Canterbury, Connecticut. And that's fine. I mean, it's not like it's home to one of the most important abolitionist educators that ever lived. Or was the birth - and final resting - place of the … [Read more...]
Climax Road
Almost There... Climax Road, Avon/Simsbury Every state has certain roads that elicit chuckles from the kids in the backseat. I grew up snickering at place names like Blue Ball and Intercourse in Pennsylvania. We don't have too many here in Connecticut, but Climax Road in Avon and Simsbury is certainly one. … [Read more...]
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