Tag: Collinsville

May 29, 2021  |  Panoramas 3 Plus: Hydro Powaaa!

YAGR (yet another greenway ride), but with a detour to the aforementioned upper dam. Unbeknownst to me, this hydro was already in the process of getting powered.

I don’t think you can mill corn with these turbines, but I’m sure they’ll help power a plug-in miller if that’s what you really need.

And the remains of the Collins Company:

Collins was a world-famous manufacturer of axes, but following damage from the Flood of 1955, the company itself got the ax (-_-);;

The greenway’s nice, but with vaccinations afoot, the unblinking eye turns its gaze south…

May 2, 2021  |  Panoramas 3: Everyday Scenery

A bog normal ride, with straight greenway runs, conifer-assisted rest stops, and suburban backyards patrolled by suits of armor.

Pano 1 (of 2-Pano set)

The Collinsville “lower” dam. Unlike that uppity dam upstream, this one knows how to lay low and gracefully accept its fate as a graffiti canvas. I’ve heard rumbles of plans to create a new hydroelectric plant, for those who can’t be content with just throwing up a water wheel and milling some corn.

Pano 2 (of 2-Pano set)

Stratton Brook. I remember swimming here as a child, but I haven’t in decades and I can’t remember seeing an adult in the water here. There’s no actual posted age limit, it’s like we all just understand that when you reach a certain age, you swim at Bar-CAM-in-stead (-_-);;

All for now,
soldiering on…
May 25, 2019  |  Town & Country: Country

First longish ride of the year, and HB-03’s first time scaling the Metacomet Ridge.

  • “Connecticut’s Largest Tree”
  • “The Ridge”
  • “The Loop”

On the other side of The Ridge is miles of easygoing greenway, the return loop hugging the gently-flowing Farmington River.