Our Day on Block Island • August 14, 2017 We’ve spent our summer in Connecticut trying to experience life in New England to its fullest, whether that be hiking in the woods, strolling town and city streets, and walking along rocky coastlines. We’ve eaten fresh seafood and overpriced ice cream from local road side shops. We’ve admired…
Day Trip to Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts • August 6, 2017 • Written by Jess & Curtis When planning for our summer in New England, we made a bucket list of the places we felt we had to see while here. After living in New York for 10 months and now Connecticut for 1.5, it seemed like we should…
Indian Well State Park • Weir Farm National Historic Site • Lovers Leap State Park • August 4, 2017 Curtis had a 3 day weekend for the first weekend of August, so we planned a little day trip to visit our final Connecticut county. It’s much easier to knock out whole states when there are only 8 counties!…
Visiting Downtown Hartford • Talcott Mountain State Park • Stratton Brook State Park • Salmon River State Forest • July 29, 2017 • Written by Curtis & Jess The weekend after visiting Rhode Island’s state capitol, we thought it was about time we visit Connecticut’s. We got up early and hit the road on Saturday, driving North directly into the…
Lock 12 Historic Park • Sleeping Giant State Park • July 25, 2017 Curtis: On the recommendation of a friend, we decided to take a midweek trip to go hiking at Sleeping Giant State Park. Believe it or not, but Southeastern Connecticut is flat — at least flat in comparison to the Adirondacks or Arizona. Whenever we…
July 23, 2017 • Natchaug State Forest • Mashamoquet Brook State Park The day after our trip through Rhode Island, we spend most of the morning weighing our options for what we could possibly do. We came up with many ideas: staying local, going to Hartford, going to Boston, going to the Western part of the state….