{"id":11326,"date":"2012-08-09T18:26:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T23:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=11326"},"modified":"2022-05-21T06:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T11:14:50","slug":"ct-geo-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ct-geo-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Extremes: Humidity and Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Extreme Connecticut Geo-Tour began a day early for me with a seven-hour drive from the Washington, DC area to a hotel in Avon, CT that I used as my home base. I timed the drive well, managing to avoid various rush hours along a nefarious traffic corridor. Then I shot an email to Steve of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctmq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Connecticut Museum Quest<\/a>, our geo-guide and master of all useful Connecticut Trivia, to let him know I&#8217;d arrived safely. I would be ready to go the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1qOZYvDZCaV8zjuStEx79m1l-nrw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warm-up Jog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve reminded me that it was early afternoon and that, oh by the way, the <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=409\">Southwick Jog<\/a> was a straight-shot north from my hotel maybe ten miles. I really should go out and see it in person. And there was a brewpub right by it too. That preempted my preconceived plans for the remainder of the day: sitting by the hotel pool and taking a nap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8842998675\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7345\/8842998675_d23c55cebc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Southwick Jog. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jog was an easy capture and it removed any possible pressure for the remainder of the trip. Now I had at least one geo-oddity under my belt no matter how the adventure unfolded the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do realize that the Southwick Jog belongs to Massachusetts &#8212; I thought I&#8217;d mention it before someone else points it out &#8212; however it <em>should<\/em> belong to Connecticut. It will return to Connecticut some day when justice finally rights this wrong. Then Massachusetts will slide into the sea without a nub to hold it into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Northernmost Spot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8842995381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2887\/8842995381_16385c6cd5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Northernmost Connecticut. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt like a kid on Christmas Eve that night and 5:00 am couldn&#8217;t come quickly enough. I met Steve in the hotel parking lot. Our fellow adventurer, Scott from <a href=\"https:\/\/thescenicdrive.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Scenic Drive<\/a> joined us a minute later and we began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We drove to Connecticut&#8217;s northwestern corner, stopping as close as possible to the northernmost point of the state. A casual viewer might consider the border between Connecticut and Massachusetts as a straight line (except for the Southwick Jog). Logically, any point along that border would be &#8220;northernmost&#8221; by definition. Things are never that simple. Borders, especially old borders established and surveyed during colonial times, display small margins of error. Courts have generally upheld these old boundaries too. They&#8217;ve become accepted official boundaries over time even with their minor mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the border between Connecticut and Massachusetts wanders a tiny bit north and a tiny bit south here-and-there as it forms an approximately straight line. The border strays the farthest north at a marker called Angle Bound #196 (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/q3mDekXwYiKQ9SrQ7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). That was our goal and we achieved it. Photographic proof is provided above. I won&#8217;t bother going into detail about the route we took other than to say that none of us felt comfortable trespassing on private property (unnecessarily as it turns out). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctmuseumquest.com\/?page_id=18532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve described all of that<\/a> much better than I could ever hope to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elevation Highpoint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The temperature never cooled down much overnight and dawn broke with stifling heat and humidity. I dripped with sweat even after that easy hike through the woods. It would set a tone for things to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d23699.320469101804!2d-73.479495!3d42.055722!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89dd874c887cfe05%3A0x854a3efcce7bebb8!2sMt%20Frissell!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624450206816!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This little northwest corner was filled with other geo-oddity goodies. Steve drove up Mt. Washington Road and parked at a small turnout just north of Connecticut&#8217;s border with Massachusetts. This served as a trailhead for Mount Frissell, and we intended to hike about five miles round-trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve and Scott are both experienced hikers and climbed the steep hills like mountain goats. I made a huge tactical mistake &#8212; trying to keep up with them. The extreme humidity sapped my power and I started sucking air badly. I couldn&#8217;t keep up with them and it was pointless to try. I felt like an extra in a bad World War II movie, &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m done for it boys, leave me behind and finish the mission. Tell the family I love them. Arggg&#8230;<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually all I had to do was slow down, way down, like turtle speed, and keep moving. Steve and Scott didn&#8217;t rub it in too much and we all accomplished our geography goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CT Highpoint and CTMANY Tripoint\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_RmWm60r2a4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We made it to the summit of Mt. Frissell and then we walked downhill, yes <em>downhill<\/em>, to the Connecticut highpoint. Take a look at the map. Most of Mt. Frissell including the summit falls within Massachusetts. The Connecticut highpoint takes place on the state border on Frissell&#8217;s southwest shoulder. <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1872\">Some states<\/a> mark their highpoints with large obelisks. Connecticut? They use a four-inch metal rod. Way to underwhelm me, Connecticut. The hike nearly drowned me in my own sweat and this was the best you could do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">State Tripoint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From there it was only a stone&#8217;s throw to the Connecticut-Massachusetts-New York (CTMANY) Tripoint, perhaps a five minute walk away. You&#8217;ll also probably want to check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctmuseumquest.com\/?page_id=18575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve&#8217;s account<\/a> on this portion of the adventure. I don&#8217;t remember much of that stop other than swatting at flies and wishing I could catch a cool mountain breeze that never materialized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was kicking myself in the tail all the way back from the tripoint to the car. We had only a single set time during the entire trip that could not be changed &#8212; a 2:00 ferry ride to the southernmost point. That was also the most important oddity I wanted to reach all day. I was pissed that my lack of hiking speed might prevent a ferry ride later, as I recovered in an air-conditioned car chugging Gatorade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve said everything would be fine, but would it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles in the Connecticut Extremes series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11310\">My Craziest Geo-Oddity Adventure Ever<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11321\">Appetizer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11326\">Humidity and Humility<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11328\">Water, Water Everywhere<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11332\">Are We There Yet?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Extreme Connecticut Geo-Tour began a day early for me with a seven-hour drive from the Washington, DC area to a hotel in Avon, CT that I used as my home base. 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