Rural Alburg Road In Moira, New York

I was taking a driving tour of some rural roads and came to the end of Elmer Road (yesterday's post), where I then turned right onto Alburg Road and passed by this outbuilding with its blue house door:

I remembered this elaborate tree house beside the road from passing it in previous years, but this time it was falling apart or being intentionally disassembled. I will never know, but I suspected the children were all grown up now and the tree house would soon be no more:

This looked to me like a classic Amish schoolhouse, with outhouses behind it and a pile of firewood to keep the kids warm:

I suspected this was an Amish barn, but I wasn't sure:

Every part of this farm looked Amish, and when I got home I discovered that one of my photos had caught an Amish woman who I hadn't noticed. I deleted the photo because I know they don't want their pictures taken:

One more Amish barn, this one with a wagon:

And across the road was a corn field, the stalks in traditional Amish shocks:

The next farm had a multitude of modern hay wagons:

And four gigantic silos:

The farm house stood on a hill, where it had magnificent views of the countryside:

Their mailbox was attached to an old-fashioned washing machine and painted to look like a Holstein. Some of the view which the house had can be seen in the valley below:

Another big farm with a grain bin:

And a herd of Black Angus:

As I neared the end of Alburg Road, I snapped a picture of this farm down in the valley below. Some day I'll try to find what road it is on, for I suspect it is a place I haven't yet seen. But this was the end of Alburg Road. I'll post pictures from the next road tomorrow:

Forests, Lake And Beauty On Lake Ozonia Road - Chapter 1

It was another cold but sunny day and I had to drive to Potsdam, so I once again decided to take a driving tour on the way. I chose Lake Ozonia Road in Hopkinton, a very rural road which runs through the Adirondack Park to Lake Ozonia, which is surrounded by cottages, and from there to Route 458. This very large and modern farm was my first stop on Lake Ozonia Road:

I believe this is a heifer farm and it big, impressive and modern:

Behind the giant grain bins, I saw a loaded log truck heading out of the forest toward the road and figured that logging was part of their farming operation:

But very quickly the road took me into the forest. This green shed was filled with firewood:

And this home advertised homegrown maple syrup. They had a farm stand, where one can buy maple syrup in warmer weather:

A lovely old farm home with many pillars:

A tree house on stilts, set back in the forest:

And a blue and white mobile home with pine log pillars:

The Adirondack forest was beautiful, glistening with snow:

I passed the Holy Cross Cemetery:

And, to my surprise, another tree house on stilts, back in the forest. I would likely have seen neither of these if it had been summertime and the trees all had leaves:

I passed by a frozen marsh. I'd known that Lake Ozonia Road was beautiful in the summer, but was surprised that it was so lovely in winter. But it was also rather long and I had a lot of road yet to travel. I'll post Chapter 2 tomorrow: