Harkness Memorial State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park Waterford May 2011 This is a page I wrote long ago that doesn’t really follow my usual state park template, but it’s not terrible and you’re here, so… here you go. All other Harkness pages are here. Harkness is not your typical Connecticut state park. There are no hills to climb […]
210. Eolia (Harkness Mansion)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Glory be to this Museee-um! Waterford (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 As I begin to write up this page I’m a little bit bothered by something. It’s stupid, and no one will care, but I can’t help it. You see, when I visited the Harkness Mansion I had to […]
Harkness Memorial State Park Gardens
Harkness Memorial State Park Gardens Waterford May 18, 2011 As I work my way through these historic gardens, I find I most like the ones that truly retain the original layouts. What’s that? That’s the point of these things? Oh yeah. I knew that. But how many of them still have original heliotrope planted by […]
Camp Harkness State Park
Camp Harkness State Park Waterford Everyone’s always asking me what my favorite [insert anything I ever write about] is. I pretty much never answer because quite frankly, I don’t have an answer for them. But when it comes to “what’s your favorite Connecticut State park,” I now have an answer. And with probably a hundred […]