Mount Tom State Park Litchfield, Morris, & Washington I was about to say that my favorite fact about this place is that I find it very weird that Litchfield claims the park - and the state DEEP says it's in Litchfield - when, in fact, only like 10% of it is in the town. The bulk of it is in Washington, including … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Morris
Everything Morris I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Morris CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Morris’s Town Trails
Morris’s Town Trails You know what's funny? That the White Memorial Conservation Center and its vast network of trails is always associated with Litchfield when in fact, half of the place is in Morris. The area is hugely popular with hikers, kayakers, naturalists, etc... yet I've never heard anyone say, "let's go … [Read more...]
TSTL’15.12: Mount Tom
The Sky's the Limit 2015 Hiking Challenge #12 Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield, Washington, & Morris July 2015 We’re getting close, folks! Only three more spots to get Damian and I to all 14 TSTL Challenge points! We’re gonna do it! This climb of Mount Tom would get Calvin to his ninth, one shy of what he … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia State Park
Camp Columbia State Park Morris June 18, 2011 This is a funny one. It’s one of Connecticut’s many “undeveloped” state parks – but has a really cool thing in it that makes it one of the “undeveloped” parks well worth visiting. In fact, for the first time in my life, I wasn’t alone in an undeveloped state park! … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia Tower
Watch Your Step Camp Columbia State Park Tower June 18, 2011 (Officially Closed) Stone Tower [Update: The tower was open in 2014, though I doubt the state has officially made this "climbable."] As this tower sits atop a small hill in what is now a state park, and as the writer of this website I must make … [Read more...]
Mount Tom Tower
Mt. Tom Lookout Tower, Morris Stone Tower (34 feet) on Mt. Tom summit (1325 feet) Since I've visited Mt. Tom for different reasons over the years, there are multiple pages for this small park, but this page is only about the observation tower. You know how in California the locals are always bragging about … [Read more...]
Mount Tom State Park
Good Ol' Tom Litchfield, Morris, Washington July 2010 This is perhaps the easiest state park write-up in the state. Why? Because it’s small and there are two activities here. I did both on a sunny Saturday in July while Hoang and Damian stuck to the one they most enjoy: hitting the beach. As a kid I was … [Read more...]
147. James Morris Museum
He Knew George Washington! And Nathan Hale! And Alexander Hamilton! Morris (Google Maps Location) January 23, 2010 I often have recurring day-dreams of appearing on some "Connecticut Trivia" game show where they happen to ask picayune questions that only I know. After learning a lot about the unheralded town of … [Read more...]
Winvian Farm
Our Day With Paolo From Rome. In a Helicopter. Swoon. Winvian Farm, Morris January 23, 2010 [2018 Update: This is definitely a place that deserves a revisit... if only because I really want to revisit this place and take much better/bigger pictures.] It is so incongruous to everything else surrounding it, and so … [Read more...]