Scenic, Rural Bangor Road - Part 2

I was touring Franklin County Route 53, running north from West Bangor, NY to North Bangor, NY, and had turned off onto Mill Road, a short stretch which soon dead-ended. It was interesting, though. Even though the day was warm, the horses down the hill had their quilted blankets on:

Another old stone house, this one part of a family farm. The colorful blobs in the front yard were deflated Christmas decorations, not yet brought indoors for storage until the next Yuletide:

And the barns and equipment which accompanied the above house:

Mill Road was exceedingly short, so I was soon back on Bangor Road, where I stopped at this family alpaca farm:

The alpacas were out back, so I used my zoom lens to get a look at them:

A pleasant, country home with the usual big front porch. The scenery around here is so nice that most homes, it seems, have a spacious porch on which to sit and ponder the view:

As I headed north, I began to see more farms. This one, for instance, which was immaculate:

An old brick farm house with sap lines running between the Sugar Maples in the front yard:

Out behind the brick farm house was this corn crib for ear corn:

The last farm I photographed on Bangor Road was this sprawling collection of barns and sheds:

I stopped for a closeup of the big, red barn, with hay elevator and hay wagon. It was part of the collection of outbuildings in the above photo:

And an equipment shed and lean-to for livestock. But this was the end of the road, so I put my camera away and continued on to Walmart to do some shopping:

Scenic, Rural Bangor Road - Part 1

I was once again on my way to the Walmart in Malone, New York when I decided to detour down a scenic rural road for a driving photo tour. I chose Franklin County Route 53, which runs between West Bangor and North Bangor, New York. I turned off of the highway at the former Mallettes Garage:

And across the road from the garage was Fat Bob's Deli. I've stopped there several times for a coffee or sandwich as I passed by:

Bangor is close enough to Malone to be considered a sort of suburb, so I wasn't surprised at first that I saw few farms. This lovely old house, however, still had a traditional barn behind it:

I couldn't tell if this was an old barn which had been remodeled or a newly constructed barn to be used as a garage. Either way, I liked it:

A historic looking brick home with stucco, and horses out back:

A stunning house which an architect friend told me showed a Canadian influence:

This home may have been a building which had been repurposed, but what I liked was the collection of bird houses and feeders on the two posts, and on the ropes between them:

A comfortable farm house with a former barn, now a garage, out back:

I saw a number of stone houses along the way. This one sat up on a hill, overlooking the rural scenery:

Another stone home, this one all fixed up and modernized:

I turned off onto Mill Road, a very short, dead-end street, just to see what was there. I was not disappointed with the first home I photographed, a rambling old home with a large carriage house out back. There was more to see still on Mill Road and the main road, County Route 53, and I'll more post photos tomorrow, in Part 2:

Bacon Road, Franklin County Road 16 - Part 2

I was driving rural, scenic Bacon Road in West Bangor, New York (see Part 1, yesterday's post). Historic barns and farm houses were everywhere:

And there were plenty of corn and hay fields:

Old outbuildings, silos, snowmobile and pickup truck:

A historic barn, apparently built in sections over the years:

A classic farm house, with a small model of a Holstein cow on the front lawn:

A red farm house beneath a tree which was just beginning to leaf out:

More corn stubble, evidence of last year's crop:

A major farm with multiple barns, bins and silos:

I'd imagine this was where much of the corn grown in the surrounding fields was dried and stored:

This elaborate farm appeared to be very large and much of the family which lived there was outside, mending fences alongside the road:

I imagined this farm house as a place to return to for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner:

The last photo I took on Bacon Road was of this old farm house, laid out in the linear, New England manner. That was the end of my driving tour, so I put my camera away and headed for home:

Bacon Road, Franklin County Road 16 - Part 1

We had another beautiful spring day and I was on the road, so I decided to take a driving tour of a scenic, rural road. I turned onto Bacon Road in West Bangor, New York:

The road began as pleasant, suburban homes in a country setting:

The homes here looked to me to not be farms but just folks who loved rural life:

I stopped for a photo of this lovely patch of Daffodils in someone's lawn:

This was probably a farm house when it was built:

Even the woodlands were dotted with Daffodils:

This carport didn't strike me as unusual until I got home and looked more closely at the photo. Then I wondered how they'd gotten the car in there - and why:

The road began to look more agricultural as farm fields, barns and silos became more common:

There were lots of corn fields, with last year's stubble:

 This old barn sat right up next to the road and appeared to still be in active service, even though part of it had collapsed:

On the other side of the barn was an addition which appeared to be unused:

A bright red sugar house and bulk containers for sap. The road was becoming ever more scenic and rural, so I kept driving and snapping photos. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: