Another Small Town Parade - Part 2

I was enjoying the Tri-Town summer festival parade (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) in the charming small town of Brasher Falls, NY. This parade entrant was from Stewarts, a convenience store chain which made its name selling milk and ice cream. Now they sell nearly everything and can found nearly everywhere in northeastern New York:

Another country singer in the back of a pickup truck, this one with her own guitarist:

I promised myself I wouldn't take any fire truck photos this time, but they make up such a big part of every small town parade that I figured I needed at least one. This fire truck was from the Brasher-Winthrop fire district:

The local Girl Scout troop with their space themed float:

Horses and riders. The woman walking is my neighbor and she always marches in parades with her horses to promote suicide awareness (she lost a daughter):

Another country band on the back of  a truck:

A Tyrannosaurus, who wisely declined trying to march:

And this float was a mystery to me:

More horses and a buggy:

Riders whose helmets had antennae to keep with the space theme:

And I don't know why this man was last, but he was good. A man in a wheelchair, wearing kilts and playing the bagpipes:

St. Lawrence Power And Equipment Museum - Part 1

I'd been hearing and reading about the Power Equipment Museum in the town of Madrid but learned that it is only open the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, June through October. So I picked a Saturday, drove to Madrid, parked my car and headed for this big, modern barn:

Old time equipment was parked outside, around the doors to the barn. This, I think, was a corn planter:

And a fire department pumper:

Inside, there were so many machines, wagons, etc. that it was hard to know where to begin. This was labelled as a shucker - for corn, I assume:

Antique harrows. Please leave a comment if I misidentify something:

OK, I didn't see any sign and I can't even take a guess at what this was:

An old buckboard:

An oil tanker:

Antique buggies:

And sleighs for winter. This is, after all, real snow country:

A manure spreader:

A more modern manure spreader. These were only a few of the many exhibits in the first barn and there was much more to see, so I left the building and continued my walking tour. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: