Wheeler Road In Bangor, New York - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour on Wheeler Road in rural Bangor, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). This attractive farm house had a lovely front porch and what looked like a new roof:

A traditional family farm, with barns and silo:

A busy barnyard:

A beautiful old barn:

The road narrowed and may have been called by another name as I continued north, but my focus was on the rural scenery such as these barns and silo:

An attractive farm house with front porch:

This farm had several red barns and white board fences:

It also had some black and gold colored cattle, munching on a hay bale:


Another farm house with a front porch and a chimney:

I had to pull off onto a short dead end road to photograph these handsome horses:

Another barn and silo on the same farm as the horses:

And right after I'd photographed the barn in the above photo, this black and white horse walked out from behind the fence. I'm glad I didn't drive away before I saw him. But this was the end of my driving tour, so I put away my camera and continued on toward home:

Wheeler Road In Bangor, New York - Part 1

I began a driving tour of Wheeler Road, in the town of Bangor, New York, just as a spring snowstorm began. I decided to proceed anyway, and began with this brick farm house, surrounded by cedars:

A beautiful white farm house, with a white barn out back:

This barn sat up on a hill and had an elevated entrance. I remembered it from a previous driving tour, but it had been so many years ago that I decided it was time to take another look at this scenic, rural road:

One of the biggest barns I've ever seen. I would get tired, just walking back and forth from one end to the other:

The next barn was almost as big as the last one. This was indeed the land of giant barns:

A comfortable looking farm house:

And an old barn. It had a great roof, but the rest of it seemed run down:

And the farm house which went with the above barn. It too had a sturdy, new looking roof. These people understood the importance of good roofs:

A picturesque farm:

A farm house with steep roof because of the heavy snowfalls around here:

This old barn was on its way out. I continued on my way, taking photos, and will post Part 2 tomorrow:

Wheeler And Fay Roads, Franklin County NY - Part 2

At some point (it wasn't clear where), Wheeler Road became Fay Road and I passed from the town of Malone into the town of Bangor. The road did narrow suddenly and had less traffic, so that may (or may not) have been the place both changes happened. At any rate, it continued to be rural and scenic, with lots of historic farms. These old barns were amazing to see:

Here's another view of the above old barns:

A traditional farm house with front porch and additions, everything neat and clean and glistening in the sun:

A farm house, garage and barn, all laid out in a row:

A very old barn which looked as if it was still in use:

This operation looked as if someone was fixing it all up, and that led to me wondering about the holes in the concrete silo. Were they part of the silo originally and only exposed when the old barn was demolished or were they cut into the concrete as part of a plan to re-purpose the silo?:

I passed this herd of red cattle which did not look like Red Angus and certainly not like Red Polls. They looked like photos I've seen of Lincoln Red, but they are a rare breed so it was not likely:

The old, exposed wood in this complex of farm buildings gave it the look of an outpost in the old west:

A closer view of the last three buildings in the above photo. That first building in particular looked to me like those I've seen in the old west:

A well kept, traditionally red barn. It even had shutters on the windows. But I had reached the end of Fay Road and had to find a way back to Route 11 so I could drive to the feed store. I put my camera away and concentrated on my driving:

Wheeler And Fay Roads, Franklin County NY - Part 1

It was a beautiful but cold day and I was having trouble getting moving. So I decided to take a driving tour on my way to the feed store, choosing Wheeler Road, which heads north from Route 11 just west of the village of Malone, NY. The road was altogether rural, although this brick house may seem urban in style:

There were lots of farms, almost all of them large and prosperous looking:

This is a better look at the barn in the above photo. It sat up on a hill and was difficult to photograph, but I thought it was a real beauty:

This farm was so gigantic and any livestock was so contained within its multiple barns that I never quite learned what kind of farm it was. Perhaps they raised heifers for dairies or perhaps it was a dairy:

A traditional barn so long that I wondered if they needed a golf cart to get back and forth inside it:

Another long barn not far from the previous one. I guessed these were dairy farms but couldn't be sure because I never saw, heard or smelled cattle:

A particularly picturesque farm house:

An older barn which was becoming weather-beaten, although the owners appeared to have put on a new roof. That new roof, hopefully, will help it last for many more years:

Another picturesque farm house, this one looking like it hadn't changed much in the past century or so except that it too had a new roof:

Another large and prosperous looking farm:

A well kept farm house with a wonderful front porch and a swimming pool out back. But there was still more to see on this road and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: