County Route 47, Parishville-Norfolk Road - Part 4

I'd begun my driving tour of County Route 47 at the intersection of Route 11B and was driving north to Route 11. I knew that I was nearing my turnoff when I passed this farm yard full of equipment:

This garage/outbuilding had a row of deer antlers across the top of the door. Apparently the owner was a successful hunter:

This home was fascinating. The bottom half was built of logs, while the top half had clapboard siding. I don't suppose they'd have sided over only half of the logs, so perhaps it used to be a one story log cabin and they added a second story. At any rate, I found it especially appealing:

A neat and trim country home:

And an old style farm house:

A Quonset style barn with a khaki Jeep out front:

A friendly looking home with three vehicles parked in the driveway:

I passed through some heavily wooded areas and then saw this sign, explaining that I was in the Buckton State Forest:

I was almost to Route 11 when I photographed this old structure which clearly had collapsed many years ago. I've seen it many times before and always assumed it had been a barn, but this time I noticed that it had been a house. If you click to enlarge the photo, you can see evidence of old clapboards, doors and windows:

And at the very corner of Route 11 was this magnificent old barn. This was the end of my driving tour, and I put my camera away and continued on to do my shopping:

East Part Road, Part 1

It was a cold, cold day - but also sunny and a good opportunity for a driving tour. I chose East Part Road, though I haven't been able to figure out what town or towns it is in. It might be all or partially in the towns of Lawrence, Stockholm or Parishville. At any rate, I'd been there before and knew it would be scenic:

The houses nearest the highway were rather modern and I imagined their owners commuted to work in Potsdam or Canton:

But mostly East Part Road was incredibly rural, with fields and woodlands beneath amazingly blue skies:

The East Part Cemetery was so far off the road that I had to use my zoom lens to see it. There was no plowed access lane, so I surmised that no one had died recently and they'd plow if they had to:

The birches and pines danced with the clouds on snowy fields:

And bigger pines stood tall and looked quite serious, giving me the impression that there was some real forest here:

Indeed, I began to see "State Forest" signs, like this one on a giant old maple:

I wasn't passing many buildings of any kind, but I sure enjoyed the scenery - such as this snowy lane, leading off into unknown territory:

And then I found this sign which identified at least some of the forested lands I was seeing as Buckton State Forest, a place I'll check out for hiking with the dogs some time after the weather warms and the snow melts:

Everything looked mighty cold to me, but these houses were built for northern climates and were undoubtedly warm and comfy inside:

Another lane into the woods, this one with a gate preventing unauthorized entrance:

I usually won't stop and snap a photo if anyone is outside the home, but this woman never looked up from brushing snow off her car, so I took the picture anyway. But I was only halfway to the next intersection. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: