Travel, Family & The Best Things in Life
The 75 foot tall Campbell Waterfall is split between two states. The waterfall itself is located in Massachusetts while the boundary marker that starts the trail is considered to be in Connecticut. The park was gifted to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the White Memorial Foundation of Litchfield, Connecticut and in 1924 special laws were […]
I have to admit Enders Falls in Granby, CT is one of our favorite waterfall hikes while in this area of Connecticut and for so many reasons. It is not a long trail, less than a mile round trip with decent elevation, but yet there is so much beauty in it. Each cascade is unique and leaves you in awe […]
We did little-to-no research on this excursion and that become obvious when the GPS proceeded to tell us to “board a boat in 1000 feet”. A little confused in the moment I had to quickly pull out my phone and double check to make sure we were on the correct road to the intended location being the Gillette Castle State […]
May might simply be my favorite season. And not only because its our baby girl’s birthday month but also because it’s the start of the warmer weather where we can actually go out and enjoy our days without our fingers freezing. It was on a late May day when while changing the clothes in our daughter’s closet as I do […]
Recently while driving through Avon, Connecticut on our way to a farm for some strawberry picking, our littles excitedly pointed to a tower purged on the top of a hill asking me what that could be. After some short research we discovered that what was standing on the top of Talcott Mountain was Heublein Tower. A 165-foot-tall tower built to […]
Just short of 5 mile moderate hike In Barkhamstead, Connecticut will take you to spectacular views over a white pine forest if you decide to follow the Indian Council Caves Trail located close to the border of Connecticut and Massachusetts. The trail is part of the 79 mile long Tunxis Trail and is located along Route 219 west of the […]