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Holcomb Farm (East)
All it Takes is a Ninja Holcomb Farm (East), Granby April 2018 Anyone who has read more than a few pages on this website knows my older son has some very challenging special needs. Suffice it to say, hiking is not his thing. But I am patient and stubborn and I know that hiking is good for him. However, … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Middlebury
Everything Middlebury 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” Middlebury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Mountain Laurel Sanctuary
Peak Failage Mountain Laurel Sanctuary, Nipmuck State Forest, Union July 2018 On New Years Eve Day in 2016, I visited this place with my son Calvin. Who visits a Mountain Laurel Sanctuary in the dead of winter? We do... but we merely drove through it then to attain the all-important highest point in Windham … [Read more...]
Holcomb Farm (West)
Woods in Woods Holcomb Farm (West), Granby April 2018 It's always fun when three generations of Woods can get out into the woods together. (My last name is Wood.) Such was the case in early April 2018 when my parents were visiting for Calvin's 7th birthday. I'm sure Granddad wanted nothing more than to hike a few … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Old Saybrook
Everything Old Saybrook 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” Old Saybrook CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
384. Woodbury Pewter Museum
Pew! Pew! Woodbury, (Google Maps location) June 2, 2018 I read pretty much anything and everything having to do with anything in Connecticut. That is pretty much my answer to the oft-asked question, “Steve, how do you create your thorough lists?” I don’t remember where I read that Woodbury Pewter calls a … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Eastford
Everything Eastford 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” Eastford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
FLT: Cowles/Nancy Conklin Trail
I Keep Hiking for Millions of Reasons Cowles Parcel/Nancy Conklin Nature Trail, Farmington, 1.3 miles June 28, 2018 My employer’s annual work outing occurs in late June at the Farmington Club. It doesn’t really get going until 10 AM, so after dropping off my son, I had some time to kill before sitting around and … [Read more...]
Salmon Brook Park
Nothing Fishy Here Salmon Brook Park, Granby June 2018 When I put my Guide to Granby together, I noted that there were “hiking trails” at the town’s main municipal park. So on a day when I had some extra time after a work outing before picking up my son from school, I sought to check out those trails. The … [Read more...]
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