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CTMQ > Damian

New England Motorcycle Museum

March 29, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

A True Triumph Vernon (Google Maps location) November 2018 CT museum visit #405. Here we are, at another museum that I can't do proper justice to while writing about it. I just don't have any motorcycle knowledge or background and since I had Damian with me, I didn't quite absorb all that my guide told me. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Damian, Vernon

The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village

March 23, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Digging Into Your Wallet Montville (Google Maps location) June 15, 2014 I'm wavering. Do I spend three paragraphs lamenting the prices at this place or do I celebrate the fact that Connecticut has an honest-to-goodness tourist trap? Actually, I think I can do both. And for the record, I don't consider our few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Hoang, Montville, Outdoor Museums, video

Roaring Brook Falls Park

March 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Waterfalls

Timexpo, The Timex Museum (Closed)

March 3, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Time To Pretend Waterbury March 14, 2015 The museum closed in late 2015. The Easter Island head still stands in early 2021. Whilst sitting in traffic in Waterbury, you probably notice two things every time. The cross up on the hill at Holy Land, USA and the Easter Island Mo'ai head near the mall. I'm fairly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Horology, Industrial History, Waterbury

Lost Ruby Farm

January 4, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Ruby Saturday Lost Ruby Farm, Norfolk April 2014 A few days after my younger son's third birthday, I took him and his brother out to the polar vortex of Connecticut. As my gift to him. A hike through Campbell Falls State Park to check out one of our state's finest waterfalls (that happens to be in Massachusetts), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Norfolk

Kettle Hole Trail

December 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

HOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLE! Kettle Hole Trail, Ledyard January 2016 When my son Damian was younger, one of his favorite words to say was "hole." Now, Damian didn't develop any speech until around five or six years old, and wasn't able to clearly communicate until maybe seven or eight. But "hole" was one of his first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Geology, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Ledyard

263. Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)

July 13, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Awww, Shoot! Danbury (RIP) May 24, 2014 Almost exactly one year before my family visited the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, its founder was shot and killed by police at his Ridgefield home. About a year after our visit, the museum's name was changed to The U.S. Military Museum. And three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Danbury, Hoang, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Military History

Old Farm School Museum

June 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Reserve Time For This One Bloomfield (Google Maps location) July 2018 Connecticut museum visit #398. Y'know... After nearly 400 museums and a fairly decent grasp of Connecticut's history, there's still plenty for me to learn. Sure, I was familiar with the old fanciful charter in which Connecticut claimed the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bloomfield, Damian, Free Museums, School Houses, wintonbury historical society

Danbury Railway Museum

June 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hoppin’ The Turnstiles Danbury (Google Maps location) May 24, 2014 The museum is now home to The World's Tallest Uncle Sam! It may surprise you to learn that the Danbury Railway Museum has only existed since 1996. It just seems like the kind of place that has always been there... in the heart of Danbury and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Danbury, Hoang, Model Trains, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

Fannie R. Gabriel History Center

April 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fannie Farmer Bloomfield (Google Maps location) July 2018 Connecticut museum visit #399. The Fannie R. Gabriel History Center is next door to the Wintonbury (Bloomfield) Historical Society's Old Farm School museum. The two buildings share a parking lot. Other people who are visiting the 700+ museums in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bloomfield, Damian, Free Museums, Town History, wintonbury historical society

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