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CTMQ's Guide to Suffield

Sweetheart Mountain

September 13, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Sweeeeeeeeeeet! Canton Land Conservation Trust (Canton & Burlington) July 28, 2018 It appears the CLCT has cleared the trails I couldn't hike properly. Which is nice. Son has another Bouncy birthday somewhere in Canton, check. Dad can't wait to, um, foster his son's independence, check. Canton has an unhiked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Burlington, Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

The Florence Warren Latham Museum of Eastford History

September 11, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Eastford’s “Inn” the Club! Eastford Google Maps location July 22, 2018 For the first 11 years of CTMQ’s existence, Eastford did not have a museum. The sparsely populated, relatively unknown town in Windham County was never expected to have a museum, but even so, the relative few museumless Connecticut towns make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Eastford, Free Museums, Tiny Museums, Town History

CTMQ’s Guide to Morris

September 10, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

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

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

CTMQ’s Guide to Franklin

September 9, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

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

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

CTMQ’s Guide to Shelton

September 8, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

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

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

Metacomet Trail: Section 13

September 2, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Section 13: "Hike Like a Monkey!" Hatchett Hill Rd to Route 20, 2.3 miles September 1, 2018 Has it really been almost a year since our last Metacomet section hike? Yes. But I don't care. This day may have been the first opportunity to hike with Hoang in that intervening 11 months! And I'm glad we took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, East Granby, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail

CTMQ’s Guide to Litchfield

September 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Litchfield 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” Litchfield 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: Litchfield

2nd Bridge Brewing Company

August 29, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Cormac McCarthy Would Drink Here* 2nd Bridge Brewing Company, Manchester July 2018 Checking their taplist in 2025, not only have they named several beers with football (soccer) terms, they seem to be focusing on legit English beers now. In 2017, there were no breweries in Manchester. By late summer 2018, there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Manchester

Plainville: Complete!

August 19, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Plainville: Complete! J. Timothy's Taverne Here is the CTMQ Guide to Plainville with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: Plainville, restaurants

Tomasso Nature Park

August 5, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

You Say Tomasso, I Say This Place Makes Me Cynical Tomasso Nature Park, Plainville July 2018 Let me start off by saying that there are some wonderful hikes in Plainville. You may not think so, but there are. And the Tomasso Nature Park is a lovely place to walk. It is. But there's just something off about it to … [Read more...]

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

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