Tag: Simsbury

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…
April 12, 2021  |  Encore Là / Basile Day

After a winter eventful in all the wrong ways, it’s a relief to be able to call the current situation, overall, merely “dicey”…

Nearing its final form

Unlogged late year activity included installing fenders on Grand Toro. A hopeful gesture, since on a drizzly day right after repairing and cleaning my commuter (read: beater), I still took out the latter. Maybe I’ll have the stomach to subject Toro to the weather it’s built for next year (-_-).

This drizzly ride took us to the shores of Lake Basile, a residential water slab of which there are dozens in Greater Hartford. Basile, however, has the unique distinction of being in Simsbury, just off the greenway. You won’t find another small pond in the county as well-signed and exposited:

On a distantly related note – I don’t like conflating commercial and civic benefit, but the state of broadband in our area is pretty moribund. If anyone in Bloomfield chances across this blog, I’d like to refer you to GoNetspeed. Checking availability for your address registers interest and increases the likelihood of our area receiving their fiber-to-premises service. (Though it’s more likely people from other towns will see this and move Bloomfield further down the queue (-_-);

May 8, 2020
  • Mid-January roseless garden
  • Not-so-seasonal mid-April snow

Winter took its time departing these realms, and even now as it lifts, a deeper chill has descended.

The greenways unnervingly crowded, I took to the streets and was treated to some new angles of old views:

  • 36 Views of Heublein Tower: Nod Road
  • An overstuffed Farmington River
  • Pinchot Sycamore from the south

This season’s agenda included a long anticipated bikecamping trip, but now I’ll be pleased as punch to simply stay safe and healthy.

Wishing the same for you and yours.