Franklin County Route 1 - Part 2

I was headed north on Franklin County Route 1, from Bangor to Fort Covington, NY (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). I knew I was in Fort Covington when I passed the school. It was a large campus, much bigger than what you see here:

But there was still farm country to drive through to get to the center of Fort Covington, and this place with old equipment out back sure drew my attention:

 A farm house with barn and silo:

Was this a former one-room school house? It sure looked like it:

A small barn, peeking out from behind a spruce tree:

An old carriage house, now a garage:

I knew I was nearing the town center when I began seeing more residences:

And this giant, old farm with a number of outbuildings:

I came to the end of Franklin County Route 1 and laughed when I saw a Dollar General store. They seem to be everywhere around here. I turned east onto Highway 37 toward the Fort Covington town center, but I'll post about that tomorrow:

Franklin County Route 1 - Part 1

I turned north out of the town of Bangor, New York onto County Route 1 and headed toward the town of Fort Covington. The rural scenery along the was was so nice that I decided to start taking photos:

We'd had a stretch of snow and cold, but this day was above freezing and raining, with all the snow turning dirty, muddy and slushy. Nonetheless, the scenery was beautiful:

This old barn stood alone and looking forlorn, though it was in excellent shape:

The land around the road was flat and I could see for many miles. I suspect that this was part of the St. Lawrence valley even though the St. Lawrence River had turned north into Canada here:

There were large old farm houses:

And large, old family farms:

The old barn and silos in the above photo had been added onto with a newer barn and grain bins. I couldn't get the whole place in one photo:

A beautiful home with Christmas decorations;

A farm house with a great front porch. There was more to see as I drove northward, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: