The Aptly Named High Flats, New York, Part 1

Monday morning dawned bright and clear. Wally had taken ill but seemed to be improving - or, at the very least, holding his own. So I took the younger dogs out for a photographic outing. We began with the hamlet of High Flats, New York, within the state forest of the same name:

 The terrain does indeed seem to be atop a sort of mesa, though I haven't seen a topographic map to verify that. But I found there a considerable number of nice homes:

This place had a second story deck facing the forest:

I supposed this to be an old farm house with modern additions and remodeling:

An antique truck protected by its own little shed:

There were modern homes:

And homes far back off the road:

Modular homes:

This house sat right up next to the road and had a nice stone wall which had been painted brick red:

Back behind the trees, a brown house with a green roof. It seemed to blend right in with the forest:

A modular home with a brand new barn:

And an authentic, old style split rail fence - my favorite kind. But there was more to High Flats, New York and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: