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CTMQ > Newington

Mortensen’s Ice Cream

February 24, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hartford County, Newington

Churchill Bridge

February 6, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Taking a Gambrel on the Design Churchill Covered Bridge, Newington One of my favorite CTMQ readers once wrote a comment regarding one of these newer, uglier covered bridges, "Even the classics we all love were new once." Indeed. That doesn't mean that these random, rather non-functional covered bridges … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Covered Bridges, Hartford County, Newington

National Iwo Jima Memorial

February 1, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oorah! National Iwo Jima Memorial, Newington & New Britain We all have "those things" that we live near that we just never check out. Be it a museum or a hike or restaurant or whatever. I think the unconscious thinking is, "I live nearby, so it's easy to get to, so I'll make the effort someday." The National … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Military History, Monuments and Plaques, New Britain, Newington

Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve

January 26, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Okay Balf Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve, Newington January 2023 If you happen to be a Newington resident and have read some of the other pages I've written about Newington trails, you're probably gritting your teeth preparing for another smarmy screed from me. I can hear you from here... "here we go, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Great Views, Hartford County, Newington

Newington Greenway

January 22, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

F Greenway Trail Newington Greenway, Newington January 2023 If you have found yourself on this page, congratulations! It's one of those that I've written and published but didn't give it tags to stand out on the site and I never mentioned it on social media. In fact, it's one of those pages I shouldn't be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Indian Hill Trail

January 19, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Proper Troll Indian Hill Trail, Newington January 2023 Oh Newington, you vexing mistress, you. First, you go and elect a guy with my name as mayor (He didn't run in 2016, but whatever). Then you claim to have the "world's smallest waterfall" which is just the dumbest thing - that screams out for me to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Robert Stanley Nature Trail

January 9, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mighty Phragmites Robert Stanley Nature Trail, Newington January 2023 Newington has a lot of sports fields for a town its size. It doesn't have very many trailed properties, but it does publish a trails guide. Most of the hikes in that guide are walks along suburban streets to connect the town's parks. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

ARRL Heritage Museum

August 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Go Ahead, Ham it Up Newington (Google Maps location) August 2016 Hoo boy. Here's a museum that I'm afraid I don't know much about. I clearly visited it. I clearly spent a good amount of time there. And I was clearly welcomed by the kind folks in Newington: Awwww *blushing*. That was very sweet. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Newington

Mill Brook Trail

March 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Milling About Mill Brook Trail, Newington June 2018 There are a lot of Mill Brooks in Connecticut. I assume there are a lot in surrounding states as well. Since I don't worry about "keywords" or SEO content, I don't care that there are so many Mill Brooks on CTMQ and I don't note which Mill Brook is which in any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Young’s Farm/Rock Hole

November 23, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not Getting Any Younger Young's Farm/Rock Hole Trails, Newington July 2021 This is not really a place a hiker will come to hike. This is a place where local dog walkers and high school amateur photographers come to do their thing. But that's also what makes it great: a large tract of open land with cleared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

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