Kid Rocks Stafford Conservation Commission (SCC): West Stafford Conservation Area ~1.2 Miles, March & July 2017 With approximately 50 billion Connecticut hikes to walk and write about, it’s not often I revisit trails. So now you must be thinking the West Stafford Conservation Area trails must be stupendous. … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 18&19: Dart Hill SE & SW
Dartin' Around Vernon Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill SE & SW, Vernon ~2 miles total, February/May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Pleasantview Marsh page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with … [Read more...]
Fire & Ice Festival
Melting Superlatives Putnam February 11, 2017 When Putnam was mentioned as one of the towns I was close to completing, someone commented on the CTMQ facebook page that I simply must get out there for the town’s annual Fire & Ice Festival. I was initially skeptical, as I don’t really go to every town … [Read more...]
A.K. Webster Preserve & Valley Falls Area
That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... A.K. Webster Preserve, Vernon May 2017 The Northern Connecticut Land Trust owns the land east of the Webster Preserve and above the cliffs down to Valley Falls Park. This page includes some of that but the Valley Falls Page includes more. Ah yes, that soccer field. I noted … [Read more...]
Vernon Center Middle School Trail
Redundant Redundancy Vernon Center Middle School Trail, Vernon May 2017 This seems like a rather odd place for me to finish up everything there is to do in Vernon (as far as this site is concerned), but... it was here, high atop the hill behind Vernon Center Middle School where the boys and I gazed across a rural … [Read more...]
Eckers Pond
What the Eckers? Eckers Pond, Vernon May 2017 I don't think this is trailed anymore, but as you'll read, that only makes sense. This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the … [Read more...]
Arts Center East
This Place is ACEs Arts Center East, Vernon (Location) May 2017 CT museum visit #349. What a joy it is to visit a little art gallery/museum with a just-turned-six-year-old who is totally into it. I could write 4,000 words on Calvin’s burgeoning art career, and perhaps I will on other pages more relevant to … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette … [Read more...]
Wickham Park Train
This Place Has Everything... exotic birds, toy trains, giant boys, tiny boys... Wickham Park Trains, Manchester April 2017 I have been to Wickham Park over a half dozen times over the last decade and had never seen the outdoor model train set up. It’s fairly new and it is located in the Sensory Garden. Maybe … [Read more...]
Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children Museum
Literally a Boxcar Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children Museum, Putnam (Location) October 2016 Connecticut museum visit #335. I like books. I still actually read books, believe it or not. Lots of books. This wasn’t always the case when I was a kid and perhaps that’s why I had never heard of The Boxcar … [Read more...]
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