Corny Foster Family Farm, South Windsor September 24, 2017 I had never in my life done a corn maze. So I figured I should do one. "Completing" South Windsor gave me such an opportunity. I have now done a corn maze. In fact, according to the Foster Family Farm website, I've now experienced Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Wapping Park
Have To Do It... A Wapping Good Time! South Windsor: Wapping Park ~1.5 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly … [Read more...]
Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve
Respect South Windsor: Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve ~1 mile, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Rasham
Pak it up, Pak it in, Let Me Begin Rasham, South Windsor June 2017 For the record, I waffled between the House of Pain lyric in my subtitle versus "Rasham-a-lamma ding-dong." (By Otis Day And The Knights, a fictional band created for Animal House.) But really, Irish Bostonians or fake black doo-woppers have … [Read more...]
East Windsor Hill Post Office
Is This Possibly True? Oldest Active Post Office in US South Windsor Something that is definitely true: I often do "hidden giveaways" towards the end of CTMQ posts. The thrill I get from knowing people read things I write is bigger for me than the thrill of winning is for them. The last one I did was for … [Read more...]
South Windsor’s Town Trails
South Windsor’s Town Trails Every time I quickly put together another “town trails” page I’m always sort of amazed and confused by them. They are almost never easy for a bunch of different reasons. Mostly because I don’t really have any idea how “hikeable” a lot of these properties truly are, but also … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to South Windsor
Everything South Windsor 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” South Windsor CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
217. Pleasant Valley School Museum
Another Pleasant Valley Tuesday… South Windsor (Google Maps location) August 2, 2011 I’m not Monkee-ing around here. Hey, did you know the song the Monkees made famous (“Pleasant Valley Sunday”) was written by Carole King? I didn’t. But I did know that one of the Monkees, Peter Tork, was raised in the … [Read more...]
Bissell’s Ferry
Bissell’s Really Cleans Up My Ferry List Bissell's Ferry Site, Windsor/South Windsor "Site of the Oldest Ferry in the US" Most Nutmeggers know about the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US that connects Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. About half of them probably know about the other old ferry – the second … [Read more...]
Wood Memorial Library and Museum
Fact Check: This Isn't Named After Me South Windsor (Google Maps Location) February 2009 Connecticut museum visit #88. Weird. No, not the fact that a rarely open library has a museum that they advertise as a museum. What's weird is going somewhere named the Wood Memorial. Seeing as though my last name … [Read more...]