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Massport to Nachursetts: Long Pasture

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Massport to Nachursetts: Long Pasture

Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Long Pasture, Barnstable August 2016 The little center in Barnstable on the western end of Cape Cod is, I think, the newest of the Mass Audubon Centers. It's in a house that has been converted to... well, most of it appears to still be a house, but the living room is now a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Beach, Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Giant Goofy Things, Hoang, Massachusetts, Nature Centers, passport to nature

Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge

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Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge

Choo! Ch-hole The Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge East Lyme I am creating this page because one day, in May 2011, I was poking around the Niantic area of East Lyme. I saw an interpretive sign near here and went to go check it out. Then a train came over this little tunnel, which leads to a semi-public town beach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else Tagged With: Beach, Cool Bridges, East Lyme, New London County, Roads and Tunnels, Trains and Trolleys

Stratton Brook State Park Trails

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Stratton Brook State Park Trails

Twigs & Stratton Stratton Brook State Park Trails October 27, 2013 I’ve been to Stratton Brook a bunch of times, but only to take Damian sunning and swimming at the pond over there. Oh, and there’s one of the smallest nature center “museums” over there as well. But this page is about the park in general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, stratton brook state park

Lake Waramaug State Park

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Lake Waramaug State Park

Lake Waramaug State Park Kent July 5&7, 2013 I live in West Hartford, about an hour away from Kent. So why in the world did I go to Lake Waramaug twice in 3 days? Especially when we had no plans to even go at all two days prior? Friends, this is what life is all about. Life with kids anyway. When you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Kent, Lake Waramaug state park, Litchfield County, Swimming

Pomperaug Trail

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Pomperaug Trail

Pomp and CTMQstance Pomperaug Trail, 4.6 miles in Oxford and Southbury January 14 & September 16, 2012 As I sit to write this I see that I apparently struggled several months ago in figuring out how to present this section of mid-Housatonic River Trails. The CFPA Walk Books call them "Lake Zoar Area Trails," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Blue Trails Challenge, Kettletown State Park, Lake Zoar Area Trails, New Haven County, Oxford, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury

Mashamoquet Brook State Park

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Mashamoquet Brook State Park

Mashamoquet Brook State Park Pomfret April 17, 2011 Also check out my 2017 hike of the park with my sons! Nothing quite like the rare state park with unrelated museum! I have this weird hang-up about writing up things that I don’t feel I’ve fully experienced. Like this park, for example. I hiked the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Damian, Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret, Swimming, Windham County

Sherwood Island State Park Intro

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Sherwood Island State Park Intro

Sherwood Island State Park Westport I know it says "intro" above, but this page is more of an "intro and long-winded history" of Sherwood Island State Park. And that's fine, right? If you're looking for something specific though, perhaps these other pages I wrote will help: Sherwood Island Trails Sherwood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Dubious Claims, Fairfield County, Hoang, Islands, Long Island Sound, Sherwood Island State Park, Swimming, Westport

Mount Tom State Park

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Mount Tom State Park

Mt. Tom State Park Litchfield, Morris, Washington July 3, 2010 This is perhaps the easiest state park write-up in the state. Why? Because it’s small and there are two activities here. I did both on a sunny Saturday in July while Hoang and Damian stuck to the one they most enjoy: hitting the beach. As a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Damian, Hoang, Litchfield, Morris, Mt Tom State Park, Swimming, Washington

Day Pond State Park

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Day Pond State Park

Day Pond State Park Colchester There are hiking trails at Day Pond, but the park is very small and those trails almost all head off into the Salmon River State Forest, which is where you'll find my descriptions of them. Who spends the Fourth of July at some podunk little pond in the podunk town of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Beach, Colchester, Damian, Day Pond State Park, Hoang, New London County, salmon river state forest, Swimming

Gay City State Park

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Gay City State Park

“We Built This Gay City… We Built This Gay City on Rocks and Roll(ing Hills)!” Bolton, Glastonbury & Hebron, about 11 miles total June 17 and 24, 2009 It is always challenging for me to logically and concisely present these "trail networks" for easy consumption. I put a lot of effort into planning for and hiking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Beach, Blue Trails Challenge, Bolton, gay city state park, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Hebron, Shenipsit Trail, Swimming, Tolland County

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