2024 marks my eighth annual review for ExploreCT. What a year! Thank you all for taking the time to read and use the site. My hope is that ExploreCT… Read more…

This is my second county completed, I finished up Windham County in the Fall of 2022. Windham is my home county and where I cut my teeth… Read more…

I recently took a private flying lesson from Brainard Airport in Hartford, climbing to the air along the Connecticut River. I had just completed the last of… Read more…

The Great Recession of 2024 It has been four years since The Great Crash and recently the site ran into technical issues. It took about a week’s… Read more…

Trailsmen, stewards, guardians of green,In silent service, rarely seen.With hands that mend the trail’s worn face,You guide our wanderlust’s embrace. Through forests deep and mountains high,Ensuring paths… Read more…

2023 Year in Review Previous years:   2017  |   2018  |   2019  |   2020   |   2021 | 2022 Seventh annual review, inching closer to a decade of work… Read more…

It’s been three years since my last thru-hike on the Nipmuck Trail in June 2020. I’d been thinking about doing the whole Shenipsit Trail since then but… Read more…

If I asked you how many places you think there are to hike, paddle, and climb in Connecticut, what would you guess? I’ve been asking people lately… Read more…

Previous years:   2017  |   2018  |   2019  |   2020   |   2021 Sixth annual review here and I’m so thankful that you all continue to read, support, and…

My pick for best waterfall in the county (even if it is man-made) I don’t think I’ve taken enough time to sit back and digest what seems… Read more…