Limekiln Road, Town Of Malone, New York

I drove to Limekiln Road one day only to discover that the drizzling rain and melting snow had caused a fog too thick to take photos. I gave up the project, but when the sun came out (more or less) the next day, I drove back. The first farm I came to was a big, prosperous looking one:

Limekiln Road was close to the village of Malone, and therefore had a growing number of suburban type dwellings - but it was still farm country:

This old farm house was a classic:

And so were its barns and silos:

It is now maple syrup season, and this house was tapping its maple trees the old fashioned way:

Another old barn:

This barn sat downhill from a row of White Pines, but I did my best to get a photo:

But when I drove just a little farther, I did indeed get a better view. I noticed that the snow had not been plowed, so I surmised that this barn was no longer used. Our snow is melting rapidly, but our recent blizzard had left a lot of it:

A small logging operation:

A long valley, filled with water:

I might have driven right past this scene if I hadn't noticed the bright orange tractor. It was parked in the woods to be used collecting the sap in the buckets which were attached to every maple tree. But this was the last picture I took on Limekiln Road. I then turned onto Baker Road, and I'll post those photos tomorrow:

Limekiln Road, In The Town Of Malone, New York - Part 2

I continued on my driving tour of Limekiln Road in the town of Malone. It was a long, rural road and I was by now a number of miles from the highway. I figured that folks who lived out here truly loved rural life, but then I suppose one could say the same about my house:

This old barn seemed to still be in active use:

This small home, however, was not. It was abandoned:

There were quite a few modern homes, some of considerable size, probably built by people who worked in Malone but loved the country lifestyle:

This new home was even larger, and they were building a new barn or possibly a sugar house nearby:

I passed forests, fields and wetlands:

And lovely old farm houses with extensive front porches:

A barn which seemed to be no longer in use:

And a beaver marsh which appeared to have spread across an entire valley:

A woodsy style home:

And a spiffy barn behind a row of Cedar trees:

I reached the end of Limekiln Road and turned back the way I'd come, stopping one last time to photograph the first farm I'd come to when I began this driving tour. This time, however, I was able to capture the whole farm in one photo:

Limekiln Road, In The Town Of Malone, New York - Part 1

I've taken driving tours of so many local, rural roads that I now sometimes use Google Maps to locate new ones. That's how I came across Limekiln Road in Malone. It was over twenty miles from home, but it looked promising. The first farm house I came to was a country classic:

The barn and silo which went with the above farm house were also beauties, and it was such a lovely day that I figured I'd found a perfect road for a driving tour:

The above farm had this new steel building as well:

The houses on Limekiln Road were rather far apart, as would be expected, but interesting:

There were big farms, small farms and suburban style homes. I think I'd classify this one as a small farm house:

And some homes, such as the left side of this one, looked historic:

This farm house also looked historic:

And the barn and silo which went with it were also scenic:

There were farm fields, bordered by forest, with farm equipment parked on them for the winter:

And every home I came to was interesting:

This old farm house looked somewhat forlorn and the I noticed the sign which said it was soon to be auctioned:

Someone's tiny home once upon a time, now just an abandoned shell. But there was more to see on Limekiln Road and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: