Naugatuck State Forest Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect & Seymour Naugatuck State Forest consists of five separate blocks in the towns listed above. They are not necessarily all connected either. Basically, when you drive up Route 8 through the valley south of Waterbury … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Seymour
Everything Seymour 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” Seymour CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Seymour’s Town Trails Intro
Seymour’s Town Trails Suddenly Seymour... has its own town trails intro page! Seymour presented the challenge many towns do when I compile these "town trails" pages. That is, they make it very difficult to sort out which parcels are town owned vs. land trust owned vs. state owned, and in the case of … [Read more...]
Seymour Land Conservation Trust Intro
Seymour Land Conservation Trust Seymour and Oxford I've become fairly adept at writing these trails orgs' intro pages. I can usually rip through putting one together in under ten minutes. Not so with Seymour's Land Conservation Trust. Their website in its current (September 2018) state is terri-- let's say, … [Read more...]
SCCRWA Trails Intro
SCCRWA, OMG STFU, SRSLY? South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Trails This page exists because years and years ago I thought that the South Central Regional Council of Governments trail listing was unique in and of itself. It included the RWA trails. I've since grown wiser and realized that the bulk of … [Read more...]
Hotdogs at Carolyn’s Weenie Wagon (RIP)
See More Weenies! 109 River Road, Seymour Super Cheap For a guy who really doesn’t eat meat, let alone mysterious hot dog “meat,” I sure do love hot dogs. I’ve become sort of grateful that the Stern’s felt the need to include so many hot dogs on their “Eat Before You Die” list. With each dog eaten for this blog, … [Read more...]