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CTMQ > Sky's the Limit Challenge

Millers Pond State Park Trails

January 17, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hike It or Bike It Millers Pond State Park & Cockaponset State Forest, Durham/Haddam Septemeber 2016 & November 2023 There are several trails at Millers Pond and aside from the Mattabesett, they all pretty much loop back to the same parking lot near the Durham/Haddam border off of Foot Hills Road. In fact, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, cockaponset state forest, Damian, Durham, Haddam, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, millers pond state park, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Mashamoquet Brook State Park Trails

April 20, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do The Mash...amoquet Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret April & July 2011, August 2017 I've hiked the 6.5 miles of trails at Mashamoquet at different times and for different reasons. This page is a combination of previously published slightly divergent pages. I don't know for sure, but Mashamoquet might be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Swimming

TSTL’17.14: Putnam Memorial State Park

September 29, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #14 Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding/Bethel September 2017 Do you want to know something crazy? With this, our 14th and final Sky’s the Limit Challenge hike of 2017, Damian and I have now gone to ALL 42 TSTL challenge points over the last few years. Every. Single. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bethel, Calvin, Caves & Dens, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Military History, putnam memorial state park, Redding, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.13: Farmington Canal State Park Trail

September 27, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #13 Farmington Canal State Park Trail, Cheshire September 16, 2017 The story here has nothing at all to do with the historic lock or the walk or the museum that wasn't open - because it's pretty much never open. So let's dispense with all of that off the bat. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Canals and Dams, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.11: Chatfield Hollow State Park

August 31, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #11 Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth July 22, 2017 This Challenge point represented an all-new state park for me! That’s right, even though Chatfield Hollow contains a little nature center museum, “caves,” a covered bridge, a swimming pond, and a CFPA trail … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, chatfield hollow state park, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, killingworth, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park

July 13, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Lyme, Roads and Tunnels, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Trains and Trolleys

TSTL’17.9: Haley Farm State Park

May 29, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #9 Haley Farm State Park (Canopy Rock), Groton April 1, 2017 We're not big on April Fool's Day in the CTMQ household. Calvin is just beginning to understand the art of the prank and Damian, well, his special needs commitment to literalism hampers his ability to join in on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Rocks, Damian, Groton, Haley Farm State park, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.8: Air Line State Park Trail

May 27, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #8 Air Line State Park Trail (Blackledge River Bridge), Colchester March 25, 2017 In case you weren't aware, the Air Line State Park Trail traverses East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, and Thompson. We'd walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: air line state park, Calvin, Colchester, Cool Bridges, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, salmon river state forest, Sky's the Limit Challenge

TSTL’17.7 Indian Well State Park

May 15, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #7 Indian Well State Park (The Well), Shelton March 18, 2017 We had to go to IKEA for something. I never just drive to New Haven without picking up at least one or two things for CTMQ along the way. “Oh, hey, look! There’s a Sky’s the Limit Challenge spot right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Another Freaking Jumping Indian, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, indian well state park, Shelton, Sky's the Limit Challenge

General Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park

April 11, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

I Ain't Lyon General Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Eastford This was originally visited and written up as part of The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge. Eh, what the heck. If we were going to go all-in on the coldest day of Winter 2016-17 with a hike up in Union, we might as well pick up aother TSTL … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Eastford, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Military History, Natchaug State Forest, natchaug trail, nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Sky's the Limit Challenge

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