Nice $&^$! Museum... #$&$! Thompson (Google Maps location) May 28, 2014 I apologize for my crude title, but it's just very hard for me to say "Tourtellote" without thinking of Tourettes Syndrome. As a parent of a special needs child with very different, but similarly debilitating behaviors, I'm not making fun of … [Read more...]
Air Line State Park Trail Intro
Air Line... NOT "Airline!" 58.5 Miles, Portland, East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson My title above is for one Mr. Peter Marteka who is enamored with this particular trail to an unhealthy degree. Envisioned as a high speed passenger railroad … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Thompson
Everything Thompson 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” Thompson CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Wyndham Land Trust Intro
Wyndham Land Trust Brooklyn, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock Hm. The Wyndham Land Trust ostensibly covers the town of Windham, but has no property there. In fact, according to this map, they’ve commandeered the entire northeast corner of the state. (Also known as Windham … [Read more...]
Wolf Den Land Trust Intro
Wolf Den Land Trust (Ashford, Brooklyn, Scotland, Hampton, Killingly, Eastford, Thompson, Windham) I didn't know this land trust existed (despite maintaining a list of the ten-million or so that we have in Connecticut) until putting the finishing touches on my "Completing Ashford" page. You must forgive me, as … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.12: Airline State Park Tri-Point
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #12 Air Line State Park Trail (CTMARI Tri-point), Thompson October 16, 2016 Every so often I have one of those proud dad experiences out in the woods with my boys that affect me in ways I couldn’t have foreseen. These have almost exclusively been hikes during which … [Read more...]
Wilsonville Fault
For Once, It’s Not My Fault Wilsonville Fault, Thompson June 5, 2011 2015 Update: This page got a TON of views in early 2015 as there were a lot of little earthquakes in the Quiet Corner. This inspired NPR's Patrick Skahill to write a better page about this thing than I did. It’s funny that I bothered to … [Read more...]
CT-MA-RI Tri-Point
This Borders on Being Triply Awesome CT-MA-RI Tri-point, Thompson June 3, 2011 I revisited this tri-point with my sons in 2016. Very different report and better pictures! On the hike out to the CT-MA-NY tri-point, the trail hits the highest point in Connecticut (CTMQ Visit here). On the way out to the CT-NY-RI … [Read more...]
Site of The Great East Thompson Train Wreck
Wreck it Out! E Thompson and New Roads, Thompson June 3, 2011 I recently posted a poll on the CTMQ Facebook page (which, if you’re reading this, you really, really should be a fan of here by “liking” it) asking people what they liked most about CTMQ. After a day, only ONE person chose “the completely random … [Read more...]
Lake Chargoggagogg…maugg
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Thompson, CT & Webster, MA June 3, 2011 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug is one of the longest words in the English language (that's a stretch) and certainly one of the longest place name in the world. Lake … [Read more...]