Brockway Road, Town Of Bangor, New York

I saw Brockway Road on the map and decided I'd never seen it, even though I pass right by it on my way to Malone. So when I did my grocery shopping, I went to Malone instead of Massena, turning onto Brockway Road when I got to the town of Bangor:

Brockway Road was short and rural, with a number of scenic old barns (my favorite subject):

This old barn and silo appeared to be unused, and it sat so close to the road that getting it into the photo was a problem:

The other end of the above barn, with large steel tanks out front:

A picturesque farm house with tall, old trees:

A busy and productive farm with bales of haylage plus a grain bin and silos:

Multiple silos and hay bales:

Farm equipment parked for the winter along the edge of the woods:

And an old John Deere disc harrow, parked at the end of a hedgerow:

Older equipment, looking abandoned on this property:

This farm house and barn looked historic and was my last photo on Brockway Road:

County Route 35, West Potsdam NY - Part 2

I was driving on St. Lawrence County Route 35 in West Potsdam, NY (see also Part 1, posted yesterday), and snapping photos of the rural scenery:

The landscape was mostly flat, but in places it was lower than the road, allowing wonderful scenic vistas:

This classic farm house looked as it must have many years ago:

This farm house appeared to have been remodeled and modernized:

An old, small barn with lots of equipment nearby:

Almost hidden behind the trees was an old farm house and barn, no doubt a family farm for many years:

A country auto repair shop:

This appeared to be an active farm, with multiple outbuildings (which had new roofs) and haylage stored out back:

A lovely mustard colored house with a great side porch for sitting and enjoying the rural scenery:

A system of barns and silo, right next to the road:

An old brick farm house, an uncommon thing in these parts. I think the brick part was the original home, and it still had its old plank door:

This was a modern building, but there were two big silos out back. The former barn must have collapsed or burned many years ago but the silos still looked new. This was the end of my driving tour so I put my camera away continued on toward Canton:

Baker Road, Towns Of Malone And Bangor, New York

I had just toured Limekiln Road in the town of Malone, but decided to turn onto Baker Road and head toward the town of Bangor on my way home. This small, abandoned house stood at the intersection of the two roads:


Baker Road looked far less suburban and less prosperous than Limekiln Road, but there were still farms along the road:

A silo and grain bin by this dairy barn, with lots of haylage bales out front:

This was the farm house which accompanied the above barn:

A barn with blue siding and a house with blue roofing. Notice the silo on the right and grain bin on the left of the barn:

I could tell that this barn once held dairy goats by the painting on its front wall. Because the snow was not plowed, however, I could also tell it wasn't used any more:

A very dark colored barn, again with the snow not plowed:

The house which went with the brown barn was built of perfectly cut, light colored stone. I'd love to know the story of that historic house:

This abandoned structure might have been a former house or a former barn - I couldn't tell. There was also an abandoned boat nearby, though, so my guess was that it used to be a home. But this was the last picture I took on Baker Road, so I put my camera away and concentrated on getting home to take care of my animals:

Taylor Road In Rural Bangor, New York

I was on my way to Malone, NY to shop at Walmart, this time specifically to take a rural photographic driving tour along the way. I turned onto Taylor Road in Bangor, New York and began at this giant, immaculate farm. There were many plastic wrapped bales of haylage out back which didn't fit into the picture, but you can see a few of them atop the bunker silo, holding down the tarp:

 The same farm as above, but from a different angle. There were many barns, and this pen of contented Holsteins:

 This abandoned old home had broken windows and an open door. I drove right past it and then backed up to take a picture:


A gigantic barn, which seemed big enough to house an entire village. It did not, however, look as if it was currently in use:

A multi-bay equipment shed:

 A family farm house with a porch for sitting:

 A cute little farm house, again with a porch for sitting and watching the rural beauty:

 I snapped a photo of this house, set back in the trees, and then drove on. It wasn't until I got home and began editing photos that I noticed it looked as if no one lived there anymore:

 Someone certainly lived in this grand home, apparently part of a successful family farm:

 A series of barns, farm equipment and grain bins:

 Someone's back yard, with an arbor, a covered bridge style pavilion and a perfect, tiny play house:

 A magnificent farm with a multitude of barns:

 More barns, grain bin, farm equipment and a wagon full of large, square bales:

 More barns:

 This classic, elegant farm house was at the end of Taylor Road. I thought it an appropriate end to this rural driving tour:

A Driving Tour Of Ferris Road - Part 1

The last time I drove Ferris Road was three years ago, even though I frequently pass this old stone house at the corner of the road. On this occasion, the log splitter was running but I saw no one tending it. Perhaps he had to run to the bathroom:

Ferris Road is a scenic, rural road in the town of Lawrence, with comfortable farm houses and large farms all along its length:

This farm operation was exceptionally large, with low rise barns stretching for perhaps an eighth of a mile:

The farm had multiple barns, silos, grain bins and a shed which appeared to be for sand or gravel:

This barn appeared to be a frame, covered with canvas. Though this looked like a cattle operation of some kind, I saw, heard or smelled no animals:

This magnificent barn was in great shape and gigantic, making my barn look like a dwarf:

The scenic farm house which accompanied the barn. The front porch is de rigueur around here:

Another spectacular, mammoth barn, though this one seemed to be on its way out:

There were lots of farm fields and lots of woods along Ferris Road. The woods all seemed young, meaning they were probably former farm fields allowed to grow wild:

And yet farming is making a comeback around here. The old, family farms are going out of business and a few entrepreneurs are buying up the old fields, clearing the stones, and adding drainage pipe. They then keep them fertilized and rotate their crops:

Another gigantic old barn. They used to build 'em big around here:

The hay bales and haylage lined up along the road looked exactly like they did three years earlier. I wondered if they line them up there every year of if they were the same bales, which had never been used. I couldn't tell, though the bales on the wagon sure looked old:

I remembered this house, with its two porches, one elevated, from three years ago. I admired it then also. Notice the silo behind it. This was part of a farm, which I'll show in Part 2. posted tomorrow: