Hi, I’m Zack and I hope you enjoy reading about some of my favorite places to travel to. I’m a lifelong adventurer whose travel itinerary was drastically altered with the birth of my first child in 2015. Plane trips and even long car rides became much less frequent. Instead, I learned that superb destinations could be […]
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Adventures on the Rec Path- Stowe, Vermont Daringly flying down the side of a steep mountain has never been of interest to me. The ski lodge, on the other hand, with an apres ski libation and a roaring fire, is definitely in my wheelhouse. Although winter sports aren’t my forte, Stowe, Vermont is still a
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When I am in Connecticut and the leaves start to change, Woodstock is a must-visit for me, for my annual autumnal pilgrimage up Route 169. It’s where life is a little less hectic and the pace is just a little slower. Woodstock Orchards fulfills the need for autumn in my life. Woodstock, Connecticut is most
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A view of Bailey’s Ravine on Ayer Mountain in Franklin on a rainy day in autumn. (above) Sharpe Hill Vineyards features wines like their award-winning “Ballet of Angels” to be sipped on their quintessentially New England grounds in Pomfret. (below) The Prudence Crandall House Museum in Canterbury is the stately home and schoolhouse
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Hidden oasis in the northwest hills of Connecticut
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Zagray Farm Spring Gas Up I have do not own a tractor nor do I would I need one since my total yard encompasses less than a quarter of an acre. Many of the entries on this website I can associate with on some level. This one did I did not, but I was intrigued,
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Three times a year my family and I would take trips out to Maple Lane Farms. In December we would choose our Christmas Tree there, in June we went to pick strawberries, and in late July their blueberries. While ‘picking my own’ a few years back, I was intrigued to see that Maple Lane had
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Although the forecast for the first day of spring in southern New England is two to five more inches of snow, turning the calendar page has never felt this good after we have been faced with this year’s snowfall record breaking winter. Soon it will be time to store away the winter hats, gloves
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HOSMER MOUNTAIN SODA – WILLIMANTIC and MANCHESTER, CT With the craft beer movement taking a stronghold on the state’s palette, soda has found itself relegated to the back of the fridge. Although fellow ‘Connecticut connoisseurs’ may be reaching for a double IPA instead of an Orange Dry soda, Hosmer Mountain Soda knows that trends come and go, but
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