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Mashamoquet Brook State Park Trails

April 20, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do The Mash...amoquet Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret April & July 2011, August 2017 I've hiked the 6.5 miles of trails at Mashamoquet at different times and for different reasons. This page is a combination of previously published slightly divergent pages. I don't know for sure, but Mashamoquet might be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Swimming

Leroy Anderson House

December 8, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

LEEROOOOYYY!!!!! anderson Woodbury, (Google Maps location) June 2018 Woodbury is a quirky little town. Home of America's first Episcopal Bishop and... Rob Zombie. Home of Connecticut's Antiques Central and... the modernist Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park. Home of a little pewter museum and... a weirdo little zoo. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Architecture, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Modern Architecture, private museum, Woodbury

Union: Complete!

December 2, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Union: Complete! Traveler Food and Books Here is the CTMQ Guide to Union 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 our towns already. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: book store, Calvin, Union, unique restaurants and/or food

Orem’s Diner

October 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

"Pancakes Or, Em, an Omelet?" Orem's Diner, Wilton August 2022 Some of Connecticut's oldest (and best) classic roadside diners are located in the ritziest towns. People don't think old school diner when they think about Wilton, yet here we are. At Orem's Diner. Did I say "old school?" I mean ollllld … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Classic Diners, Wilton

Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest

September 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

We Can All Be Ethel Walkers Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest, Simsbury September 2022 This is a weird one for me. I took the boys here several years ago and only have vague recollections of what happened. We didn't get too far, but I don't know if that was because of Damian, Calvin, me, or a combination thereof. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, ethel walker school, Simsbury

Windsor Locks: Complete!

September 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Windsor Locks: Complete! Bobby V's Here is the CTMQ Guide to Windsor Locks 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 our towns already. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Dubious Claims, Hoang, Windsor Locks

Dom’s Creamery

August 24, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Dommmm-dom-dom-Domp! Dom's Creamery, Avon July 2022 The way things are trending, Avon might be renamed Dom at some point. Unrelated, but I just remembered that in the 17th century, the area that is now Avon used to be called Nod (and Nod Road still exists along the Farmington River here), so Dom is sort of like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Avon, Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail

Bahamas & Florida (2017)

August 12, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Wasn't Even There Bahamas and Disney World I didn't go on this trip. This was a Calvin and Hoang excursion along with her parents and sister. Looks like they had fun! I don't know anything else about it. Calvin's first flight! First cruise! First grossly overcrowded pool! First Disney! First rollercoaster! First … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: bahamas, Calvin, Florida, Hoang, Vacations

ARRL Heritage Museum

August 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Go Ahead, Ham it Up ARRL Heritage Museum, Newington (Google Maps location) August 2016 Connecticut museum visit #293. Hoo boy. Here's a museum that I'm afraid I don't know much about. I clearly visited it. I clearly spent a good amount of time there. And I was clearly welcomed by the kind folks in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Damian, Industrial History, Newington

Cape Cod (2016)

August 10, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Are We Doing This Again? Yes. Brewster, Etc., MA Hello family. This is for you. To anyone else looking at this... okay. Cool. Here are a bunch of pictures from our August 2016 trip to the Cape. Museums! Radio History and Marconi Stuff Because I had just visited the ARRL Heritage Museum in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

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