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Unwinding

Unwinding

Our cross-country skis glide through an icy patch of snow with a zip, through powder with a hush. It’s our first trip in years to Winding Trails Cross Country Ski...

Unwinding

Our cross-country skis glide through an icy patch of snow with a zip, through powder with a hush. It’s our first trip in years to Winding Trails Cross Country Ski...

Outside Tracks

Outside Tracks

Long ago, the New Haven colony had outposts down the coast, as far away as what we now call Philadelphia. Today, New Haven’s diaspora goes in all directions, including to...

Outside Tracks

Long ago, the New Haven colony had outposts down the coast, as far away as what we now call Philadelphia. Today, New Haven’s diaspora goes in all directions, including to...

Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze

Late summer might be the perfect time for a day trip with a friend—especially this summer, when being together means being outdoors. I picked up my friend Heather on a...

Summer Breeze

Late summer might be the perfect time for a day trip with a friend—especially this summer, when being together means being outdoors. I picked up my friend Heather on a...

Island Getaway

Island Getaway

When Hamdenite Tory Bilski first landed in Iceland in 2001, it seemed isolated, “hanging off the map of Europe”—at least, to an American. The capital city of Reykjavik, with a...

Island Getaway

When Hamdenite Tory Bilski first landed in Iceland in 2001, it seemed isolated, “hanging off the map of Europe”—at least, to an American. The capital city of Reykjavik, with a...

Northern West

Northern West

At the intersection of two interstates, with its skyscrapers and gold-domed capitol, Hartford gets most of the day-to-day attention. But veer off I-91 onto Route 9, then head north on...

Northern West

At the intersection of two interstates, with its skyscrapers and gold-domed capitol, Hartford gets most of the day-to-day attention. But veer off I-91 onto Route 9, then head north on...

Liquid Asset

Liquid Asset

Swimming in an abandoned quarry has been a favorite summer pastime as long as there have been abandoned quarries. Swimming at the old brownstone quarry in Portland, Connecticut, takes this...

Liquid Asset

Swimming in an abandoned quarry has been a favorite summer pastime as long as there have been abandoned quarries. Swimming at the old brownstone quarry in Portland, Connecticut, takes this...