Maple Ridge Road In Brasher, New York - Part 3

Maple Ridge Road took me alongside the St. Regis River (see also Parts 1 and 2, posted previously):

This old barn sat back in the trees as if it hadn't been used in many years:

The St. Regis River ran beside the road for a long way, making it very scenic:

And yet there were still farms, barns and silos along the way:

Non-farmers had been building homes in this scenic, rural environment because they loved country life. Who wouldn't want to live here?:

This old cemetery suggested the settlement here was once called Carville:

A hip roofed home, set back in the pines:

A neat and tidy farm, with its buildings lined up in a row:

I came to the end of Maple Ridge Road and toward the hamlet of Helena, NY. This large dairy operation drew my attention, though, so I kept snapping photos:

Forage wagons and barns. This was a large, busy farm:

Old and new barns with silos and grain bins. The white plastic off to the right appeared to be bagged silage, a modern version of the bunker silo:

I arrived in the Hamlet of Helena and stopped at this old church, which a sign said was now the museum for the town of Brasher. I hope to find out more and possibly visit it:

Garvin Road In Moira, New York

I had just finished a driving tour of Wagner Road in the rural town of Moira, New York (previous two posts) and then turned onto Garvin Road on my way to do some shopping in Malone. I stopped to photograph this silage operation:

There were bunker silos all ready for winter storage and the work appeared to be done for the season:

Farther along Garvin Road, I saw this well tended sugar house with an abundant firewood supply:

This old farm house and barn appeared to need repairs and I assumed it was no longer occupied, but the driveway seemed to be clear and it may still have been occupied. It was sure a lovely location:

A busy farm with barns, tractors, silos and grain bins:

A busy operation, presumably dairy:

The view out over the autumn fields to the hills beyond:

A very large barn which appeared unused - except that someone was parked there:

An old farm with multiple outbuildings and a silo:

Almost to the end of Garvin Road, I stopped to snap a picture of this corn crib, an old style one rarely sees anymore:

A lovely farm with grazing cattle of many colors, including whites and linebacks:

When I reached the highway, I stopped again to photograph this classic barn with two silos:

And directly across the highway was this prosperous looking farm. I took the picture from Garvin Road so I wouldn't have to stop on the highway:

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:

Alburg Road, In Moira, New York - Part 2

I was on Alburg Road in rural Franklin County and enjoying the spectacular scenery. Across this hay field, I could see a valley with more farms - and mountains in the distance:

A bunker silo:

And a grand old farm house:

A clever cow mailbox, created out of an antique washing machine:

A field of grazing cattle behind a fence and an antique saw:

Holsteins:

And more picturesque farms, set down in a valley, with grazing cattle and a meandering creek:

This pasture was rougher, full of brush and rocks. But the cows seemed happy in it, and it sure was pretty:

The last picture I took on Alburg Road was of this farm, down in a hollow behind a field of corn stubble and row of trees:

Beautiful, Rural Bombay, New York - Part 1

I'd just finished a short winter hike with my four youngest dogs in the Brasher State Forest and was on my way to find the small town of Bombay, New York. I passed by some Amish farms where the corn was shocked (stacked in bundles). This was to keep the ears off the ground to allow them to dry for storage:

And right down the road was a large, modern farm with a sizable barn and silos:

And as I passed by this barn I discovered that it was bigger than I had at first realized:

And there were concrete bunker silos and feed bins:

The bunker silos only appeared about half full which surprised me that early in the winter. I never did figure out why:

And then, according to the sign, I arrived in the town of Bombay:

Bombay still looked pretty rural to me, a collection of pleasant homes clustered together on the County Road:

A wheelchair ramp and plywood moose - or were those reindeer left over from Christmas?

Comfortable, friendly looking homes:

The houses grew closer together as I apparently approached the center of town:

I didn't see any grand homes but lots of bungalows, modular homes and older, two story frame houses:

Most houses were built close to the road, a wise thing in snow country on a County road: