Tripping on Travel: James L Goodwin State Forest, Hampton, CT

In part one of my visit to the James L Goodwin State Forest, I first enter a section that has seen some trees taken down in the pursuit of reducing fire and safety hazards among the many paths that people walk on. It's also a visit I made in late November 2023, when Autumn has settled in and things are looking rather drab. I begin the video with some black and white versions of five frames from the video footage I took that day. Why? Because it reminds the viewer just how much color is actually involved in that drab setting. It's still better than everything being in B&W. Nevertheless, regardless of the color scheme, some frames capture the chaos of nature. Because as one can capture the chaos of humanity, there is chaos in a natural setting that can be identified in a single frame of this footage. In this video, I also chose to enhance the footage with soft background music throughout. The natural sounds at the time were scarce, with the most outstanding sound heard in this footage being a plane flying overhead.

The Connecticut Parks website explains that, "Covering more than three square miles, the James L. Goodwin State Forest offers recreation for every season of the year. Fourteen miles of trails, including an equestrian trail and the miles-long Air Line Trail, 135-acre Pine Acres Lake, three large ponds, native plant wildlife gardens, and the Goodwin Conservation Center combine to make this forest an eastern Connecticut treasure. James L. Goodwin was one of the state’s earliest conservationists. After graduating from the Yale School of Forestry in the program’s infancy, Goodwin purchased property in Hampton, in his own words, “…it was my ambition to own, develop, and operate my own timber acres according to the best forestry principles.” He continued to expand and improve his forest lands throughout his life, and in 1964, generously gifted his nearly 2,000-acre personal forest to the state of Connecticut."

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References:

CTParks - James L Goodwin State Forest
https://ctparks.com/parks/james-l-goodwin-state-forest

Wikipedia - James L Goodwin State Forest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Goodwin_State_Forest

Friends of Goodwin Forest - Hazard Tree Mitigation
https://www.friendsofgoodwinforest.org/

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