Que Zerah, Zerah Zerah N. Beach Preserve, Wallingford October 2022 I try to squeeze in "CTMQ stuff" whenever possible. As my sons have grown, they've taken me to different corners of the state for various reasons - and I've leveraged many of those trips for my own selfish purposes. Sometimes I almost make it into … [Read more...]
WLT: West Dayton Hill
Graham Crackers West Dayton Hill, 1.5 miles, Wallingford Land Trust April 2016 Since I trust that all of you have read all of my hikes of the Wallingford Land Trust properties... I kid, I kid. I can't imagine any of you have read any of them. Why would you have? There's really only one decent hike and you know … [Read more...]
WLT: Ravenswood
Can’t Rave About This One Either Ravenswood, 0.5 miles, Wallingford Land Trust January 17, 2015 As regular readers know, I’m a completist. For better or for worse. The entire website; this massive decades-long undertaking is nothing more than a bunch of lists that I feel compelled to complete. From our state’s … [Read more...]
WLT: Shookies Pond
Awwww, Shookie-Shookie Shookies Pond, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Am I a jerk? No, really. Am I? Yeah, probably to some degree. If you’ve read my Wallingford Land Trust pages, you probably think I’m a jerk. I’m an observational editorialist with years of experience. If a trail or property is … [Read more...]
WLT: Three Meadows
Stitches No hike, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Perhaps the fine Wallingford Land Trust volunteers will clear these trails in the spring. But from the look of what we found in mid-January, this place hasn’t been cleaned up for a couple of years. There was no hiking at Three Meadows on this day, or any … [Read more...]
Spruce Glen Falls
Fall Away From the Highway Spruce Glen Falls, Wallingford January 3, 2016 When I found my way to the end of an industrial road in Wallingford and set out on my hike around the Orchard-Spruce Glen land trust property, I had no idea people would actually care. I can never predict which things I write about … [Read more...]
WLT: Farnam Field
Um, Kestrels are Really Cool Farnam Field, .5 mile, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 I have no idea when you're reading this, but for some reason, once I started doing these little Wallingford Land Trust hikes, they've received way more interest than I'd ever thought possible. So I'm just going to keep on … [Read more...]
WLT: Fresh Meadows
Fresh as a Fetid Swamp Fresh Meadows, .5 mile, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 Do not hike this hike. Seriously. Don't. Now, I'm a guy who hikes any hike anywhere. I revel in the obscure, the urban, the creepy, and the strange. I am drawn to weird little land trust properties squeezed into … [Read more...]
WLT: Orchard and Spruce Glen
Not Bad. Could be Spruced up a Bit Orchard and Spruce Glen, ~2 miles, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 On the last day of a very long Christmas break with my children, I had to get out of the house. I had to hike. My random choice of Wallingford Land Trust trails was only slightly random: WLT can be … [Read more...]
Wallingford Land Trust Intro
Wallingford Land Trust Wallingford Before I began this website all those years ago, I had a fairly low opinion of Wallingford. Then a couple things happened: I visited Gouveia Vineyards and hiked the Mattabesett Trail east of I-91. Both are beautiful and have a definite remote feel. In Wallingford. My … [Read more...]