Franklin County Route 5 In December-Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of Franklin County Route 5 (see Part 1, yesterday) and enjoying the variety of farms along the way. This was an Amish farm, and the black shirts were flapping on the clothesline:

A red barn, set high up on a hill:

An old stone farm house:

An old barn is deteriorating condition:

And a new horse barn in perfect condition:

A small red barn, out behind a yellow farm house:

And a front view of that same house, revealing its original structure and its large, country porch:

An old home, partially shuttered, up on a hill:

And a self sufficient looking farm, set far off the road:

As I arrived in the village of Moira, its rural roots were still easy to see:

And Moira had a large brick church:

I noticed that Moira has a town museum. It's closed for the winter now, but I hope to tour it next summer:

Franklin County Route 5 In December - Part 1

We'd had repeated snows in November and December, but each accumulation had melted when the next warm day arrived - not that I was complaining. So even though it was cold, it was not snowy and I decided it was a good day to take a driving tour of Franklin County Route 5, from the town of Dickinson to the town of Moira. I began at its intersection with Route 11B, at what clearly was once a fast food place. There's still an old sign there advertising hot dogs - or, as I like to call it, the "picture of the boy with the big wiener:"

Right across the road and at the same intersection, was the 4-Way restaurant. But that would be the last commercial enterprise I'd see until I arrived in the town of Moira:

The road was rural and had lots of old farm houses:

I passed the surprisingly large North Dickinson Cemetery:

And a lovely old church, though I saw no sign identifying it:

There were lots of old barns, some of them beginning to collapse:

Corn fields and hay fields:

An old steel sided barn up on a hill:

A farm trailer, which looked as if it had been parked in the field for many years:

Neat and well cared for farms:

And modern, giant farms:

Farm houses and silos:

And lots of hay, all ready for the winter ahead of us. But there was a lot more to see yet, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: