Point Judith, Narragansett, RI August 28 - September 4, 2010 I grew up in Delaware, live in Connecticut and we’ve started this Rhode Island vacation house thing. That means I grew up in the second smallest state, live in the third smallest and vacation in the smallest. That’s weird, right? No, no, not weird that … [Read more...]
Dalice Elizabeth Winery
ImPrest? In Preston Dalice Elizabeth Winery, Preston August 2010 & November 2011 With over 30 wineries in the state at the time of this writing, there's bound to be one that I sort of gloss over and don't really give a fair shake. This would be the one. First of all, it's in Preston and it's not like Preston is a … [Read more...]
Montreal 2001
Burlington VT/Montreal, QC October 2001 Truth be told I'm just cleaning up my desktop and came across these old scanned in pictures from a little weekend trip Hoang and I took to Montreal back in October 2001. I happen to love Montreal and used to go up there more than I'd go to New York in my pre-children days. … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 11
Section 11: You Can't Pen These Woods Penwood State Park to Farmington River, 6.2 miles, Simsbury & Bloomfield October 2011 2019 Update: This section was written up in 2011, shortly before I started converting everything to a larger format, so please forgive the tiny pictures. If you want to start at the beginning … [Read more...]
212. Nathan Hale Schoolhouse (v.NL)
”I Have But One Life to Give – And Two Schoolhouses of Course” New London (Google Maps location) May 21, 2011 I don’t know how many states have “State Heroes,” but I’m glad we do. Or rather, I’m glad Nathan Hale is “ours.” The house of his birth (that, as it turns out, he probably wasn’t born in nor did he … [Read more...]
218. Woodruff Farm Barn Museum
Lots of Wood. Ruff, Ruff Wood Guilford (Google Maps location) September 18, 2011 “How do you possibly find time to go to all these museums?” people often ask. I submit the Woodruff Farm Barn Museum as evidence as to why it’s really not all that hard to do. Total time spent in the museum: 3 minutes. Total … [Read more...]
Lost Acres Vineyard
Land of the Lost Lost Acres Vineyard, Granby September 25, 2011 Annnnnd we’re back! The CTMQ family traveling to inappropriate places with small children is on the road again! After a pregnant winter and the birth of our second son Calvin in April 2011 and his infant summer, we’re back on the road on the weekends … [Read more...]
Strain Family Horse Farm Cowboy Museum
Neigh! A Cowboy Museum in Connecticut?! Yee Haw! Granby (Google Maps location) September 2011 I really, really wish I could remember how I found out about this place. I know it was fairly recently and I think it was the result of my 73,704th time checking those awful aggregator websites for anything they've … [Read more...]
Day 13. Le Grand Bornand & The Alps
July 22 Ahhhh. The day before was spent hiking up a mountain then standing on it for hours to watch the Tour de France time trial. As if that weren't enough, we then had to deal with a traffic and crazy roads through the Alps to get to the ski resort town of Le Grand Bornand - site of the next day's Tour finish. … [Read more...]
Day 12: L’Alpe d’Huez, France (TdF)
July 20 We made it! The famous 2004 individual time trial stage straight up L'Alpe d'Huez. It's is referenced to this day as one of the largest crowds ever for a sporting event - they like to say there were one million people on L'Alpe that day. Who knows... We woke up pre-dawn, took one of the thousands of … [Read more...]
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