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Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum

November 13, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

It Just Dawned on Me... Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum, Guilford (Google Maps location) September 2012 & October 2024 I revisited the Dawnland Collection in 2024 as it is now part of the Dudley Farm Museum complex. Update at bottom. I still consider it Connecticut museum visit #238. 2012 At the time of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Guilford, native american history

Riverbound Farm Nature Center

October 30, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Birds, Cheshire, Damian, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Rarely Open

Mystic River Chocolate Cafe

October 23, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cacao Ka-Ching! Mystic River Chocolate Cafe, Groton August 2024 Do you like chocolate? Do you like really expensive high-quality chocolate? The kind where you talk about single-sourcing and Ecuadorian vs. Nicaraguan cacao? Well, then hit up my man Fernando at Chokaico at one of his pop-up events. Or, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Groton, Hoang, Mystic

American Mural Project

October 3, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

AMPed Up, Up, Up... American Mural Project, Winchester (Location) September 2024 This is a Connecticut Art Trail site and was my Connecticut museum visit #524. Also, this is billed as the "largest indoor collaborative artwork in the world." I love big, ambitious projects. Heck, you're reading a very big … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Art, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Not Really a Museum Museum, Winchester, Winsted

Millers Pond State Park Trails

January 17, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hike It or Bike It Millers Pond State Park & Cockaponset State Forest, Durham/Haddam Septemeber 2016 & November 2023 There are several trails at Millers Pond and aside from the Mattabesett, they all pretty much loop back to the same parking lot near the Durham/Haddam border off of Foot Hills Road. In fact, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, cockaponset state forest, Damian, Durham, Haddam, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, millers pond state park, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Lake Williams State Park Scenic Reserve

November 9, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lake People Lake Williams State Park Scenic Reserve, Lebanon Multiple Visits Once or twice a year, we become Lake People. It happens when our friends Sean and Marni invite us to their little lake house on Lake Williams in Lebanon to spend a day doing things Lake People do. What do Lake People do? Lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: boating & sailing, Calvin, Damian, Hoang, kayaking & canoeing, Lebanon, Swimming

New Milford Historical Society & Museum

October 17, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't Get Board, Man New Milford (Google Maps location) May 2019 A few things here at the outset: The New Milford Historical Society folks have updated a lot of the property since my visit, my visit was too short and somewhat odd because there was a tag sale going on in one of the museum buildings. Also, I think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, historic house museums, Historic Houses, New Milford, Town History

Putnam Memorial State Park Visitor’s Center

April 24, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Put 'Er Here Redding (Google Maps location) September 2017 This page may be a little confusing for you. It sure is for me. For you see, Putnam Memorial State Park has a museum: The Putnam Memorial State Park Museum as well as this place, The Putnam Memorial State Park Visitor's Center which, by almost any measure, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Military History, putnam memorial state park, Redding

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

Mortensen’s Ice Cream

February 24, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]

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

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