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TSTL’16.6: Black Rock State Park

May 16, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #6 Black Rock State Park, Watertown May 15, 2016 As I drove into Black Rock State Park for 2016’s sixth DEEP Sky’s the Limit Challenge hike with my boys, it occurred to me that I’d never been to Black Rock before. I suppose that’s no big deal to most of you, but it sort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Black rock state Park, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Watertown

Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab Center

May 12, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

”Take... These Broken Wings” Ashford (Google Maps location) April 23, 2016 No, this isn¹t a museum and no, they don¹t call themselves one. But I am, for the sake of continuity on CTMQ. Horizon Wings isn't much different than any of the Audubon Society centers I lump in as museums. The worst part about this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Ashford, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, reptiles

A Cardinal House Model Trails

April 2, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

One Cardinal Rule Here A Cardinal House Train Layout December 27, 2015 The B&B closed in 2018 or so, and the trains were on COVID hiatus, but the owner tells me he plans to bring them back in 21-22 winter. There are many lists on CTMQ. I like my lists. One such list I’ve tried to keep up with is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Christmas, Damian, Glastonbury, Model Trains, Rarely Open, Trains and Trolleys

312. Westport Arts Center

March 31, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

This Place is WAC Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 In September 2019, the arts center moved to a new, much larger location and is now called MoCa Westport. As it's an entirely different place, I will create a separate page when I visit. I have this crazy idea that taking kids to art exhibits is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Westport

WLT: Ravenswood

March 29, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Can’t Rave About This One Either Ravenswood, 0.5 miles, Wallingford Land Trust January 17, 2015 As regular readers know, I’m a completist. For better or for worse. The entire website; this massive decades-long undertaking is nothing more than a bunch of lists that I feel compelled to complete. From our state’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Wallingford, wallingford Land Trust

309. Powder Hill Dinosaur Park

March 29, 2016 by Steve 2 Comments

"If The Shoe Fits, It Must Be From Footprints" Middlefield (Google Maps location) January 16, 2016 Of course this isn’t a museum. But we’re all past that issue on this website by now, aren’t we? I know I am... and really, isn’t that all that matters? Really? Heck, this postage stamp of a park hardly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Cool Rocks, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Free Museums, Historic Rocks, Middlefield, Outdoor Museums

WLT: Shookies Pond

March 24, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Awwww, Shookie-Shookie Shookies Pond, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Am I a jerk? No, really. Am I? Yeah, probably to some degree. If you’ve read my Wallingford Land Trust pages, you probably think I’m a jerk. I’m an observational editorialist with years of experience. If a trail or property is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Trains and Trolleys, Wallingford, wallingford Land Trust

WLT: Three Meadows

March 22, 2016 by Steve 3 Comments

Stitches No hike, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Perhaps the fine Wallingford Land Trust volunteers will clear these trails in the spring. But from the look of what we found in mid-January, this place hasn’t been cleaned up for a couple of years. There was no hiking at Three Meadows on this day, or any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Wallingford, wallingford Land Trust

TSTL’16.5: Mansfield Hollow State Park

March 20, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #5 Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield March 19, 2016 After last week's more-difficult-than-usual hike over in Barkhamsted, I sought out an easier one for us this time around. To keep the boys engaged, I wanted a relatively short and flat Sky's the Limit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, US Army Corps of Engineers Trails Tagged With: Calvin, Canals and Dams, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Mansfield, mansfield hollow state park, Sky's the Limit Challenge

American Legion State Forest Trails

March 14, 2016 by Steve 2 Comments

Buck Up, Turkeys American Legion State Forest Trails, Barkhamsted March 2016 & September 2007 The American Legion Forest is a smallish swath of state land west of the beautiful Barkhamsted Reservoir out near aptly named Pleasant Valley and Riverton sections of Barkhamsted. The West Branch of the Farmington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: american legion state forest, Barkhamsted, Calvin, Damian, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Sky's the Limit Challenge

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