He Prefers LEGO to Tinker Toys, But... Tinkerville Brook Preserve, Ashford January 2017 This is a Joshua's Trust property. I’m not sure what I was thinking, shuffling my five-year-old into the car for the trip out to Ashford to do some short hikes within some Joshua’s Trust properties. There was barely any … [Read more...]
Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
For the Hard Corps Museum Fan Stafford (Google Maps location) June 20, 2015 CT Museum #296 As I begin writing about this place, I can’t get the thought out of my head that it’s probably on the state budget chopping block. The state runs fewer museums than you’d think and this one would be my guess for the … [Read more...]
Wyllys Falls
Whatchoo Talkin' 'Bout Wyllys? Wyllys Falls, Manchester November 2016 Wyllys Falls is also known as Bridal Veil Falls, even though I've never seen anyone call it that except in sentences like this one. Wyllys Falls is located in a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property called "Spring Street-Hayden L. … [Read more...]
Spring St.- Hayden L. Griswold
Wyllyng Them To Rename This Property Spring St.- Hayden L. Griswold Trail, Manchester November 2016 This property is no longer listed by the Manchester Land Conservation Trust as trailed in 2025, but I would assume a herd path exists to get to the base of the falls. I am terrible at marketing and promotion when … [Read more...]
Dehn Gallery (Closed)
DEHN-DEH-DEHHHHHNNNN! Dehn Gallery, Manchester December 2016 MCC's Dehn Gallery closed in 2019. The space was converted to Work_Space, a co-working and meeting space which also contains three tiny art galleries if you care to check that out. I don't. Upon reflection, I should have saved the Dehn Gallery on … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.14: Bluff Point State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #14 Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve, Groton October 30, 2016 Here we are... at the end of the long and winding road that the 2016 DEEP Sky’s the Limit Challenge presented us. With hikes in New Fairfield, Greenwich, Thompson, and now Groton, we’d covered the … [Read more...]
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections
Tschop NoTsch Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, Middletown January 9, 2015 I have no idea how to pronounce Tschudin. Is the ‘T’ completely silent, or is it a whisper of a ‘T’ sound? Or does it not even matter, because the mad (in a good way) polymath behind the eponymous chocolate shop has the full name of Rob … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.13: Devil’s Hopyard
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #13 Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam October 23, 2016 A week before Halloween. Oogity-boogity. No big deal going to a place called Devil's Hopyard then, right? I mean, it's just an antiquated place-name, and it's not like there would be any other nearby roads … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.12: Airline State Park Tri-Point
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #12 Air Line State Park Trail (CTMARI Tri-point), Thompson October 16, 2016 Every so often I have one of those proud dad experiences out in the woods with my boys that affect me in ways I couldn’t have foreseen. These have almost exclusively been hikes during which … [Read more...]
Windham County Highpoint: Snow Hill
Snow Hill Windham County Highpoint (1,210 Feet), Ashford December 2016 With Connecticut moving from counties to "Council of governments planning regions," Snow Hill is only a highpoint in a historical sense, as it is now located in a COG planning region with a higher point. When I decided to add Connecticut's … [Read more...]
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