Bonus Museum? Ding-Ding-Ding! Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I know you all have felt that indescribable rush of learning that there's a museum within a museum. There's nothing quite like that "two for one" feeling. At the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, it's even better - or at least it … [Read more...]
West Mountain Trails
Total Masters Simsbury Land Trust's West Mountain, 60 Westledge, & Cathles Trails, Simsbury December 2020 Although I'm writing this page in 2021, it has a distinction that is important to... a few people. (I was going to write "absolutely no one" but then I remembered that way back when it was originally … [Read more...]
A.C. Petersen Farms
Petering Out Ice Cream at AC Petersen Farms, West Hartford July 2021 I'm about to commit heresy. Connecticut heresy. Hometown of 20 years West Hartford heresy. Just warning you now. AC Petersen Farms, a name which has always bothered me syntactically, is a local landmark. The company's origins date back to … [Read more...]
Torrington Area Model Railroaders
HO-HO-HO! (Scale) Torrington Area Model Railroaders, Torrington December 2014 I went through a period in 2014 and 2015 during which I tried my best to take my sons to every model railroad display worth taking them to. A friend of mine is a big train guy and had been promoting this annual display at the Torrington … [Read more...]
Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery
Hickory Dickory Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery, Canton October 2015 I've written many times about the allure of Canton. I can't think of another Connecticut town which has such a developed and busy stretch of box stores, car dealerships, and strip malls that is not at all defined by that stretch of box stores … [Read more...]
New England Carousel Museum
Museums Make the World Go 'Round Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Over the decades, many "trails" have come and gone in Connecticut. A few are long-lasting like the Wine Trail and the Historic Gardens Trail, but most are fleeting ideas of someone in some marketing or tourism office that last only for … [Read more...]
Canton Creamery
Ferreting Out the Ice Cream Canton Creamery, Canton June 2021 Yes, this is the place you drove past and did a doubletake. Yes, that building where Routes 44, 202, and 179 merge/split that sells tractors, chicken feed, hamsters, fishtanks, dog food, liquor, beer, flowers, and ice cream. Welcome to Petal & Paws in … [Read more...]
Diana’s Pool Falls & Trail
The Pull of Diana Diana's Pool Falls & Trail, Chaplin March 2021 Chaplin is a funny town. There it is, quietly existing in eastern Connecticut... no one bothers Chaplin, Chaplin doesn't bother anyone. Aside from a few trails coursing through town, there's really not much in town bringing in people from elsewhere. … [Read more...]
Brownstone Adventure Sports Park
Mr. Brownstone Brownstone Adventure Sports Park, Portland July 2019 I'll say it: Brownstone Adventure Sports Park is probably the most fun place in Connecticut on a hot and sunny summer day. As long as you know how to swim, aren't afraid of heights, have a modicum of athleticism... and don't get tired. I … [Read more...]
JT: Bernard Church Woods
The Woods are Our Church Joshua's Trust Bernard Church Woods, Chaplin March 2021 This is a Joshua's Trust property. Calvin and I arrived at the backwoods trailhead for The Joshua Trust's Bernard Church Woods property at the end of several hours of Chaplin exploration. Yes, it's truly possible to spend a few … [Read more...]
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