"Walktober" Wandering Through My Own Hometown
For the past twenty-two years, The Last Green Valley, Inc. has sponsored and promoted "Walktober" - a time when folks can get out and enjoy both the beautiful October weather as well as the beautiful places to be found in "The Last Green Valley", the popular name given to the 1,085 square mile Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor which was designated by Congress in 1994 as an area of national significance. Half the size of Grand Canyon National Park and more than ten times that of Acadia National Park, the region is made up of 35 towns which are surrounded by rolling hills, green fields and forests - "a relatively undeveloped rural island in the midst of the most urbanized region in the nation." One of the best ways to learn about some of the interesting history of the region, see some of Connecticut's quaintest towns, and revel in the beauty of the area is to take part in "Walktober" which provides both resid...