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Rustling Wind Creamery

December 15, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not Exactly Bustling at Rustling Rustling Wind Creamery, Canaan November 29, 2009 The next time someone whines about how there’s nothing to do in Connecticut, send them our itinerary for this sunny November Saturday. I thrive on these random road trips and, I really do believe, Hoang appreciates them. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Canaan, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang

Gozzi’s Turkey Farm

December 11, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

Max Headroom Goes to Guilford Gozzi's Neon Turkeys, Guilford November 2009 & 2013 Some pictures are from a 2013 revisit. What would compel me to get Hoang and Damian up and out the door early on a Saturday morning to drive all the way down to Guilford for what would amount to a 10 minute visitation? As you can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Guilford, Hoang

Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves

November 27, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Biology, Paleontology, and Geology This is a big page with lots of stuff. Outdoor stuff. You won't find nature or Audubon centers here, as they are on the massive museums list. I'll let you sort out whatever else you're looking for. Animals (Aquaria, Zoos, Hatcheries, Wild & Weird Animals) Farms Worth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Aquaria, Arboreta, BEARS!, Birds, Caves & Dens, Cool Geology, Cool Rocks, Dinosaurs, Farms, Fish, fossils, Painted Rocks, Plants, Trees, Wild Animals, Zoos

SVP Trails: The Farm Trails

September 3, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Sunny Valley Preserve Farm & Nature Trails 3 Trails, ~ 2.5 Miles total, solo July 13, 2009 I've gotten a bit of grief for not exploring Litchfield County enough yet, now three years into this CTMQ adventure. While not necessarily true, I did notice I've not hiked a great deal in an area with some great hiking. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Farms, Nature Conservancy, New Milford, Sunny Valley Preserve Trails

125. UConn Animal Barns

July 26, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

Lots of Damian Pictures... I'm Gonna Milk This One Storrs (Google Maps Location) July 2009 and Others UConn has a split personality. On the one hand, it's a modern University with a top tier basketball program known the world over. On the other hand, it's an agricultural school at heart; located in a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, UConn

UConn Dairy Bar

July 24, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

I Dream of Jonathan. There. I Said It. UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield May 24, 2009 & Other Visits CTMQ is far too big and often unwieldy. It has sprawled from being just about museums into all sorts of directions and sections. I recently began eating Jane and Michael Stern's "Eat Before You Die" Roadfood items across … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Colleges & Universities, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Mansfield, Storrs, UConn

UConn Dairy Bar Cheese

July 23, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

Juustoleipa! Juustoleipa! Cheese at The UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield Since Connecticut's cheese makers haven't banded together yet to create the Connecticut Cheese Trail (a la the CT Wine Trail), I'm striking out on my own. And my first strike was at my alma mater: UConn. And the moderately famous Dairy Bar to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, CT Cheese Trail, Farms, Finnish, Mansfield, Storrs, UConn

64. Westmoor Park

December 2, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Crying Fowl West Hartford(Google Maps Location) Multiple Visits 2019 Update: This page is a bit... old. The pictures are bad and poorly formatted, but you'll get the gist. We've been here a million times. In fact, I was just there a few weeks ago in April 2019 chaperoning a field trip for my second grader, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Outdoor Museums, West Hartford

The Old Cider Mill

October 19, 2008 by Steve 16 Comments

Damian Sat Down Be-Cider and Drank The Old Cider Mill, Glastonbury October 18, 2008 I wondered whether this was a CTMQ-worthy site for a day and then hesitantly decided it was. Information on not-so-creatively named The Old Cider Mill is lacking. There's this, from the Glastonbury town website: The oldest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Animals, Damian, Dubious Claims, Farms, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury

Flamig Educational Farm

August 11, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

You Know What Really Gets My Goat? Flamig Educational Farm, Simsbury (Google Maps Location) June 2008 Connecticut museum visit #61. Note: An incredible amount of search engine traffic comes here looking for "Flaming Farm." This farm is not on fire. At some point along this crazy CTMQ journey I decided to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Simsbury, Zoos

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