CTMQ’s Guide to Manchester
Everything Manchester 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” Manchester CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve missed anything in […]
Hockanum River Trail Intro
Hockanum River Watershed Association Hockanum River Trail East Hartford, Manchester, Vernon, Ellington HOCKANUM: From the Native American word “Hocquaun”, meaning a hook-shaped or crooked river. I love the Hockanum Trail. There are no mountains or even hills. There are barely any rocks. The trail takes hikers along, over, and under highways numerous times. It straddles […]
Enfield’s Town Trails
Enfield’s Town Trail There are towns with no town trails – meaning trails on town-owned property – so no one can make fun of Enfield for only having one trail at the time of this writing. What people can make fun of is the fact that Enfield’s lone town trail has a seedy history. One […]