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...]
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...]
Ordway Gallery and AoF Sports Hall of Fame
Yeah... Gonna Hafta Do This the Ordway Avon (Google Maps location) May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #418. I have a weird fascination with Connecticut's private boarding schools. One reason is their exorbitant costs; usually around $70,000/year when all is said and done. But mostly because many of them have … [Read more...]
Church of Saint Ann
Church of Satan Church of Saint Ann, Avon Eternity For years, I thought I was the lone person who always read the Church of Saint Ann sign in Avon as "Church of Satan." I posted my musing on Twitter and I am not alone. In fact, dozens of locals lit up at my admission; "ME TOO!" they online shouted. "Every damn … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Avon
Everything Avon 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” Avon 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...]
Oakes Preserve
Annie Are You Oakeskay? Oakes Preserve, Avon Land Trust February 2019 Alright, look. Some trails are not great. That's just the way it is. There's no use beating around the bush here... the Oakes Preserve in Avon is - hey, there is use in beating around bushes here. It's the only way to hike this … [Read more...]
336. Derrin House
They're Practically Derrin' Me to Revisit Derrin House Museum, Avon (Google Maps location) November 20, 2016 Is it fair to a fine historical preservation organization to visit one of their museums when it is more or less empty and gutted? Most would say no, I'd argue yes. Avon's Derrin House suffered a … [Read more...]
Huckleberry Hill
Huck, Huck, Huck Huckleberry Hill Trails, Avon December 2018 My seven-year-old son was looking at one of my maps and had some questions. The map in question was my map of Connecticut towns and at the time, 11 were colored in green. It was also time to color in a 12th. That town was Burlington and the reason for … [Read more...]
Countryside Park & Covered Bridge
Might as Well Cover the Whole Countryside Countryside Park Covered Bridge, Avon July 2016 Little Countryside Park, tucked away in western Avon next to the larger Huckleberry Hill property, deserves its own separate identity. This occurred to me as I was looking for information on the covered bridge here and … [Read more...]
Fisher Meadows
Dead Fisher Fisher Meadows, Avon May 8 & 21, 2016 I have no idea why we started hiking the trails of Avon in early 2016, but we did. I used the hikes as sort of a filler on those weekends when we didn’t have time to do a “real” hike or to go on another adventure. "We only have a couple hours? Fine, lets go over … [Read more...]