Not a Rest Stop Lombardi Ridge Preserve & Bobcat Woods, Bolton April 2020 These are Bolton Land Trust properties. Anyone who drives the NJ Turnpike is familiar with the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop. It's the one with views of Manhattan across the Hudson River. It's huge. And it's necessarily ugly. The Lombardi … [Read more...]
Edith Toomey Clark Property
EDITH! Edith Toomey Clark Property, Bolton April 2020 This is a Bolton Land Trust property. I would confidently state that very few people hike this property without hiking the Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm. There is another way to access the trails here, but that would mean walking along the … [Read more...]
Blackledge Marsh & Freddo Family Preserve
Cul-de-Quick Blackledge Marsh & Freddo Family Preserve, Bolton April 2020 These are Bolton Land Trust properties. The Freddo Family Preserve added a longer trail loop to what is described below. I will revisit. When I decide to "attack" a town's trail system, I make a little game out of it. Look at the list … [Read more...]
Castlerock Lane
Man in a High Castle Castlerock Lane, Bolton April 2020 This is a Bolton Land Trust property. There are expensive homes in pretty much every town in Connecticut. I've seen many. I think everyone assumes this to be true, but I also think there are large swaths who would be surprised to know that there are … [Read more...]
Bolton Land Trust Trails
Bolton Land Trust Bolton My wife randomly asked me yesterday if Bolton was a town with "nothing" to do for CTMQ. Unfortunately for her, this led to a flood of information for which she was not prepared and about which she did not care. It was Bozrah, not Bolton! Heck, Bolton has a land trust with at least … [Read more...]