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Montreal 2001

December 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: canada, Hoang

Metacomet Trail: Section 11

October 22, 2011 by Steve 5 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff", State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bloomfield, Blue Trails Challenge, Damian, Great Views, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail, penwood state park, Simsbury

212. Nathan Hale Schoolhouse (v.NL)

October 1, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

”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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, New London, School Houses, Tiny Museums

218. Woodruff Farm Barn Museum

September 28, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Cars and Trucks, Damian, Fairs and Festivals, Guilford, Hoang, Tools

Lost Acres Vineyard

September 27, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Granby, Hoang

Strain Family Horse Farm Cowboy Museum

September 26, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Granby, Hoang, Tiny Museums

Day 13. Le Grand Bornand & The Alps

September 25, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: France, Hoang, Vacations

Day 12: L’Alpe d’Huez, France (TdF)

September 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: cycling, France, Hoang, Vacations

Days 10 & 11: Carcassonne & Grenoble

September 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

July 19 and 20 I was told by a friend that we should avoid Carcassonne on our trip. We did avoid staying there - or even really staying too long there - as it's basically a tourist trap. A really, really cool tourist trap. We went to the city's famous fort and then pretty much got out of there and over to Grenoble … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: France, Hoang, Vacations

Peter Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio

August 17, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

You Can Blow, But This Place Doesn’t Peter Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio, Barkhamsted (Google Maps location) February 2010 Connecticut museum visit #152. Wow. Where to begin? This place is sort of like three museums in one: A Riverton history museum, a world-class art gallery and a glass blowing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Barkhamsted, Damian, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum

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