Blazes Appropriately Scarlet Simsbury Land Trust's Tanager Hill Property, Simsbury April 2020 Imagine Connecticut without the Metacomet Ridge that rises right up like a reptilian spine through the middle of the state. No Sleeping Giant, no Castle Craig, no Heublein Tower... no Talcott Mountain and no Penwood State … [Read more...]
SLT: Owen-Mortimer Trail
You'll Owen Me For This One Simsbury Land Trust's Owen-Mortimer Trail, Simsbury April 2020 This little blue-blazed trail could/should... will be important someday. More on that in a minute. I parked in a little pull-out on East Weatogue Street even though there's a true hiker's lot just south of there. Let … [Read more...]
LaSalette Trail
Ideas are Blooming LaSalette Trail, 6.6 miles Bloomfield & Simsbury At the time of this writing, I have no idea when the gaps in the LaSalette Trail will be closed - or even if they officially will be someday. Nor do I care, really. Such is my excitement for this trail that I'm forging ahead with hiking it and … [Read more...]
SLT: James Property
Jamesy-Pie James Property, Simsbury Land Trust October 14, 2015 My younger son Calvin has a friend named James and he calls him Jamesy-Pie for some reason that no one can explain. It is not said as an insult; it's actually used endearingly the best as I can tell, and Jamesy-Pie doesn't mind it. Hiking the … [Read more...]
SLT: Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot
Calvin's Favorite Hike Simsbury Land Trust's Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot, Simsbury October 31, 2015 No matter how many years pass, this remains one of my son's favorite hikes of all time. I think you can figure out why. I have written many times of my affinity or West Simsbury. Tulmeadow only adds to that … [Read more...]
SLT: Knapp
Don’t Knapp on This Place Knapp Property November 6, 2016 When one is redlining Simsbury, one must hike every trail. (Though really, to hike every trail in Simsbury would be pretty ridiculous, considering the networks at Ethel Walker and Stratton Brook to name just two.) And when one is redlining … [Read more...]
SLT: Glover Property
Fits Like a Glove. Seriously. It's that Small. Glover Property, Simsbury Land Trust October 14, 2015 This trailed property is so small, that I really don't have to write all that much. Heck, I could just plop the SLT's nice description here and be done with it. The Glover property is a wet meadow, one of … [Read more...]
SLT: Case
Terry’s Pain in the Butt Area Case, formerly Terry’s Plain Area, Simsbury Land Trust October 4, 2013 Because I care about you, dear reader (and the singular is probably apt here), I have thought long and hard about how to best present the trails and historical sites in this unique little part of Simsbury. What's … [Read more...]
SLT: Bog Walk
Bog Walk Trail Simsbury Land Trust September 12, 2013 I had planned for this "hike" to be the first "hike" for my two-year-old. As a father, I often daydream about hiking with my sons much like 60's television had us believing that all dads wanted to play baseball with their kids. This dream was deferred … [Read more...]
SLT: Ketchin Quarry
Step'n Ketch'it Ketchin Quarry, Simsbury Land Trust November 17, 2012 I feel weird. Weird because I take pride in writing almost every word on this site; only cutting and pasting in rare circumstances. But for this page, about a ridiculously short little "hike" along Quarry Road in Simsbury, it makes no … [Read more...]