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CTMQ's Guide to Suffield

North Haven’s Town Trails

May 2, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

North Haven's Town Trails Which Haven is the most forgotten Haven? Obviously not New Haven. When it comes to the three directional Havens, I'm going to suggest that North Haven is the least known. I don't really know why I suggest that other than the fact that East and West simply have more... stuff. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: North Haven

272. Connecticut Fire Museum

May 2, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stop, Drop, and Roll Into This Museum Connecticut Fire Museum, East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 There are a lot of fire museums in Connecticut. Way more than you think - ten. Can you imaging how many fire museums there must be in, say, California? Probably nearly 100. Many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cars and Trucks, Damian, East Windsor, Fire Museum

Noble Jay Brewing Company (Closed)

April 29, 2019 by Steve 4 Comments

No-bull Jay Noble Jay Brewing Company, East Lyme March 2019 Noble Jay closed in late the summer of 2020. I met Jesse Baldwin of Noble Jay Brewing in the summer of 2015. My man was hustling... We were at the first Hops for Hope Brewfest and Jesse was representing his brewery that was to open soon after that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, East Lyme, noble jay brewing

New England Air Museum

April 28, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

This Place is Fly New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks (Google Maps location) April 2012 The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is a monster. Easily one of Connecticut’s largest museums, writing up a visit is daunting. Writing up a visit with a tired and difficult Damian is impossible. So, dear readers, I’m sorry. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Aviation, Damian, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Military History, new england air museum, Windsor Locks

Flaherty Field Trial Area

April 27, 2019 by Steve 5 Comments

Horsefeathers Flaherty Field Trial Area, East Windsor April 2019 I know you are not going to hike here. And the chances that you'll come here to go hunting or field trialing or whatever are very slim. And the chances that I'll get through this page without mixing up "trail" and "trial" as a typo are even more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: East Windsor, field trial area, State WMA

Great Falls Brewing Company (Closed)

April 25, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Great Hall From Fire Great Falls Brewing Co., North Canaan April 2019 Great Falls closed at the end of 2024. Just when a brewery opens in some sparsely populated far-flung Connecticut burg, it seems another one pops up in a smaller and farther-flung burg. I happen to love North Canaan and extreme northwestern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, great falls brewing, North Canaan

Wapping Bog

April 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do Wap Nothern Connecticut Land Trust: Wapping Bog, East Windsor April 2019 Wapping Bog has no marked trails and it's not really a place anyone would ever want to explore to any extent but it's called "Wapping Bog" and there's a sign so here we are. On Wapping Road in East Windsor. It looks like a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: East Windsor, Northern Connecticut Land Trust

Cold War Cross (Gone)

April 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Former Nike HA-08 Site/ Former Victory Outreach Ministries Site/ Future Slapdash Houses With No Yards Site East Winsdor I was so bummed when I drove to this site along Scantic Road to find that it has all be wiped clear to make way for new houses. I kept driving down various rutted dead-end roads hoping to find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religious Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, cold war relics, East Windsor, Religulous

Scantic River State Park (East Windsor)

April 23, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Frantic Along the Scantic Scantic River State Park, East Windsor ~2 miles, April 2019 Many hikes are ultimately calculated risks. Whether you are in the Andes hugging a vertical wall for dear life or trekking through a snowstorm or a desert. We don't have to make too many of these life or death choices here in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, East Windsor, Hikes with my Boys, scantic river state park

CTMQ’s Guide to New Canaan

April 21, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything New Canaan 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” New Canaan CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

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

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