The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #3 Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument, North Canaan February 26, 2017 Another cold Connecticut winter’s day... What to do, what to do... Oh, I know! Bundle up the boys, toss them into the car, and point the car west to pick up a couple more 2017 Sky’s the Limit Challenge … [Read more...]
Buckland Hills Carousel
Bucked at Buckland... But Saved Two Bucks The Carousel at The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, Manchester February 2017 Lame. Shame on Buckland Hills Mall. The boys and I arrived around 11:45 on a Sunday. We ate some horrific slices of "pizza" from Sbarro, just killing time until the carousel was to open at … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.2: Bolton Notch Tunnel
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #2 Bolton Notch State Park, Bolton February 19, 2017 They added lights in 2025! (picture at bottom). We were so emboldened by yesterday's 2017 TSTL kick-off hike that we decided to do another one the very next day. I drove the boys up to Bolton Notch State Park; a place … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 13: Hackett
Softball Hike Hockanum River Trails: Hackett, Manchester .75 miles, November 2016 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Hilliard Trail page. If you haven't, it's a fun one and you should. I'll wait. Better yet, start at the … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.1: Stratton Brook State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #1 Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury February 2017 Saturday, February 18th, 11:41 AM. The thought dawns on me that the CT DEEP should have just released the 2017 Sky's the Limit Challenge. Google. Click. There it is! Scan list. Scratch head. Scan again, this time … [Read more...]
Lucas Douglass’s Grave
The Extra ‘s’ Makes it More Special. Or Funnier. Lucas Douglass’s Monument to Himself, Ashford December 2016 Avid CTMQ readers know that I’m not a cemetery guy. But you also know that there are several interesting cemeteries around the state. And within some of them, there are uniquely fascinating … [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...]
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...]
Purdy Nature Park Trail
Purdy, not Purty Purdy Nature Park Trail, Manchester December 2016 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. When I began completing Manchester, I knew I would have to walk a bunch of trails that most people would tend to avoid. That’s just the nature of being a completist. It even happens in the … [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...]
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