Sliver Creek Crossing Suffield Land Conservancy (SLC): Sydney F. Fuller Wildlife Preserve ~.25 Miles, November 2017 I’m writing a quick little series on several Suffield Land Conservancy properties. Calvin and I ripped through a bunch of them on Election Day together; but don’t get too excited. These are more … [Read more...]
SLC: Sydney F. Fuller Wildlife Preserve
”God’s Marshmallows” Suffield Land Conservancy (SLC): Sydney F. Fuller Wildlife Preserve ~.25 Miles, November 2017 I’m writing a quick little series on several Suffield Land Conservancy properties. Calvin and I ripped through a bunch of them on Election Day together; but don’t get too excited. These are more … [Read more...]
Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot
Calvin's Favorite Hike Simsbury Land Trust's Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot, Simsbury October 31, 2015 No matter how many years pass, this remains one of my son's favorite hikes of all time. I think you can figure out why. I have written many times of my affinity or West Simsbury. Tulmeadow only adds to that … [Read more...]
South Windsor: Complete!
South Windsor: Complete! The Reds: CaBiN & Onion Here is the CTMQ Guide to South Windsor 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 … [Read more...]
Wood Memorial Gingerbread House Festival
Oh Snap! Wood Memorial Library Gingerbread House Festival, South Windsor November 28, 2014 I have no idea how many gingerbread house festivals there are in Connecticut, let alone New England, but I'm still confident that this one is one of the largest around. How can I be so confident? For one, I stay on … [Read more...]
Cromwell Landing & Riverport Parks
Landings in Cromwell Cromwell Landing Park & Riverport Park at Frisbee Landing October 2017 Annnnnnd away we go! Cromwell! I'm all in! When the tiny river town came up on my "town completion project" radar, it surprised me to learn that I'd never actually done anything there for the purposes of CTMQ after … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 12
Section 12: We’re Still At It! Farmington River to Hatchett Hill Rd, 2.3 miles October 7, 2017 Hello? Is this thing on? Yes? Good. It has been almost exactly SIX years since our last Metacomet Trail section hike. Yup, the last time Hoang and I hiked it was mid-October 2011. Man, time flies. Back then, … [Read more...]
Foster Family Farm
Corny Foster Family Farm, South Windsor September 24, 2017 I had never in my life done a corn maze. So I figured I should do one. "Completing" South Windsor gave me such an opportunity. I have now done a corn maze. In fact, according to the Foster Family Farm website, I've now experienced Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Wapping Park
Have To Do It... A Wapping Good Time! South Windsor: Wapping Park ~1.5 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly … [Read more...]
Suffield Firemen’s Museum
I Spit Hot Fire Suffield (Google Maps location) March 2013 Connecticut museum visit #249. Did you know that there are something like 10 fire museums in Connecticut? Ansonia, Bethel, Bristol, Colchester, East Windsor, Manchester, Portland, Rocky Hill, Winchester... and Suffield. Now, I have no clue … [Read more...]
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