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Curtis Woodland

September 27, 2023 by Steve 2 Comments

I Came, I Sawmilled, I Turned Around Curtis Woodland, Durham September 2023 I don't believe in omens. But if I did, hoo boy, I'd have never bothered entering the woods here in northwest Durham. And maybe, due to my experience here, I'll start believing such things a tiny bit more. Curtis Woodland has been a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Durham, impassable trails

Mirtollucci & Sons Oddities Museum (Closed)

September 26, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Disappearing Act Southington After a very brief existence, this museum closed in... 2020? Ish? At least I'm pretty sure it's closed. I've reached out to David Mirto, the owner, funder, collector, teacher, and showman responsible for this place through a variety of means a number of times over the course of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: basement museums, Closed/Gone/Former, Southington, Tiny Museums

Camp Aya-Po

September 20, 2023 by Steve 3 Comments

Ay! Yo! Wine! Pow! Camp Aya-Po, Somers August 2023 There are four trails at Camp Aya-Po, which is no longer a camp. But it was a camp for a long time - and not even a scout camp, but a YWCA camp. Camp Aya-Po was founded in 1922 and opened in 1927, and closed after the summer of 2008. There was a period of … [Read more...]

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

K. LaMay’s Steamed Cheeseburgers

August 31, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh, K. LaMay K LaMay's Steamed Cheeseburgers, Meriden August 2023 I started "completing" the Roadfood "Eat Before You Die" list in 2009 or so. I actually plowed through the 60 or so places that was still open and then Michael and Jane Stern released another version of their fun book with a slew of new-to-the-list … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Meriden, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, unique restaurants and/or food

Kathan Woods

August 31, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

QuinnipiComeBac Prospect Land Trust, Prospect April 2023 I've come to learn that when a piece or an end of an old CFPA blue-blazed trail drops off of the trail it was part of, the local land trust will often keep that piece alive on its own. This is the case in Somers with the one northern end of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Prospect, prospect land trust

Worthington Vineyards Nature Trails

August 29, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Like Hike Hike? Sike. Worthington Vineyard Nature Trails, Somers August 2023 This place is a lovely place to stroll around when the weather is nice and the flowers are in bloom. In fact, it's one of the best places. However, if you want to actually hike, like hike hike, this is not the place to do it. While there … [Read more...]

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

W3R: Colchester

August 28, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Colonel Henry Champion House, Colchester December 2022 The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Colchester, National Historic Trails, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

Vietnamese Night Market

August 25, 2023 by Steve 5 Comments

Ôi chúa Ôi! Vietnamese Night Market, St. Mark the Evangelist Church, West Hartford July 2023 You're going to have to search online yourselves for 2024, 2025, etc. dates. My wife is Vietnamese. Born in Da Nang. The story of her family's escape in 1975 during the Fall of Saigon is as harrowing, humbling, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: unique restaurants and/or food, West Hartford

The Center School House

August 24, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Went to School and Learned Something The Center School House, Barkhamsted (Google Maps location) June 2023 Connecticut museum visit #505. I don't know how many one-room schoolhouse living museums I've been to in Connecticut and I don't feel like looking. I'd guess around a dozen with probably just as many left … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Barkhamsted, barkhamsted historical society, School Houses

Ferry, Great Meadows, & Surwilo Parks

August 23, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Eh, Nah, Kinda Various Riverside Parcels, Rocky Hill August 2023 You come to Rocky Hill's Ferry Park to do one of three things: Ride the historic Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry, fish, or eat at the little seafood shack that may or may not exist when you read this. You walk north into the Great Meadows to go birding … [Read more...]

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

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