Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut Thursday, February 21st at 6:30pm.
From the quaint splendor of the town of Kent in the northwest hills of Connecticut to the great restaurants that dot the shoreline of Westbrook, to New Britain’s industrial roots, travel and history author, Marty Podskoch is hoping to give Connecticut residents a chance to explore every municipality in the State of CT with his new book, Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut.
Martin Podskoch is a retired reading teacher from Delhi, NY and now lives in East Hampton, CT. He has compiled interesting information for his new Connecticut Travel Guide Book on the 169 towns, cities and villages in the State of Connecticut in the hopes of encouraging people to visit them all.
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Podskoch’s work is based on the premise that many people will continually visit one or two places in a state or generally hang out in their own town or city, but this causes them to miss the beauty and the interesting stories of other places right in their own state.
Podskoch is hoping to replicate the popularity of his previous travel books with his idea of traveling to every town, city and village in the State of CT. with the Connecticut 169 Club.
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Like its predecessor, The Adirondack 102 Club, the book will have a space for journaling and a place to gather a stamp, sticker or signature, from every municipality visited. Podskoch recruited writers, historians, and officials from each town and asked them to write a short description about their town’s history, interesting places to visit, and good places to eat.
The reward for visiting all 169 CT towns, cities and villages will be a 'Leatherman' patch which commemorates this legendary vagabond, who during the late 1800s wore leather clothes and traveled a 365-mile circuit in approx. 34 days between the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers while camping out in caves.
Podskoch suggests that the whole family, including grandparents, can enjoy the adventure of exploring all 169 Connecticut municipalities together. 'Let’s all take the road less traveled,' he said.
Copies will be available for sale and for signing.
Drop-in; no registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library. Questions? Christy Billings at cbillings@russelllibrary.org or 860-347-2528 x 160.
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