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Haha hah! Oh Steve is going to love thisView attachment 169448 What's a old barn without a Silo to store the feed for the cows?
Bookmarking this for my next ride, which will have to wait until I figure out my right side crank issue. Best motor boat design in history.We drive up to go hiking and boating. There's a beautiful free launch ramp and new floating dock at Lake Lillenonah. Here's the launch ramp. It's a destination for bikers. I saw this guy launching his Chriscraft. He told me the windshield was from a Messerschmidt. I have no way of knowing, but the chrome work (bright work, as boaters call it) was impeccable.
Keep tryin', Bob !Man I was so close! This morning I went riding out on some very rural, very poor condition roads out in the desert foothills. After about 45 minutes I spotted it, a picture perfect old barn! It looked like this,
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Old grey unpainted boards, some of them missing, tin roof that was more rust than galvanized. I spotted it from about a half mile away, I could see the roof and the top of the barn sticking up above a stand of trees. I tried to get closer and then I ran into the barbed wire fence and the gate. It was on private land way back from the road and surrounded by trees that obscured the view. I was so disappointed, old barns like that are exceedingly rare in the desert. I have a feeling this will be my white whale. Oh well, I gave it a shot.
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I was so disappointed, old barns like that are exceedingly rare in the desert. I have a feeling this will be my white whale. Oh well, I gave it a shot.
Very COOL!I was back touring the Catskill mountains yesterday on the '82.
Partly cloudy and 70's is what I refer to as Heavenly.
I have had a number of adventures in the small town of Durham over the years; here is a tidbit of local history:
The establishment of the first settlement in Durham is credited to three men, Lucas DeWitt, John Plank, and Hendrick Plank. These pioneers established homes at what was then called DeWittsburg, now Oak Hill. The American Revolution forced the pioneers to temporarily abandon their homes until the end of the war. Hendrick Plank was abducted by the Native Americans and removed to Canada, where he died in captivity. The two remaining pioneers and Hendrick's widow, who remarried to Leonard Patrie, all returned by about 1782 to reestablish their homes. DeWitt brought with him a small hand mill for grinding grain and was in one respect the first miller in the town as well as being a farmer.
...and a barn I came across:
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I like the over-hanging roof which covers what was probably (?) the hayloft entrance for bales.
Tried to find a specific name for this little roof in the reference books in my personal library, but couldn't find one.
The two books on the right
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were inherited from my Dad, who was intrigued with barns. In the 1960's, he got involved with barn preservation, painting large geometric designs on them (about 30 in New York State) in hopes that the farmers would maintain their buildings even more.
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Then off to the hamlet of Conesville, southwest of Windham. I've fallen in love with this place; I guess you could call me a Conehead
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On route 990V, there is this cool decorated barn on the edge of a dangerous 55mph curve;
I took my life in my hands as I got down on the tarmac to take this shot, just as a large truck came around the turn.....
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Welcome to Conesville.
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I was back touring the Catskill mountains yesterday on the '82.
Partly cloudy and 70's is what I refer to as Heavenly.
I have had a number of adventures in the small town of Durham over the years; here is a tidbit of local history:
The establishment of the first settlement in Durham is credited to three men, Lucas DeWitt, John Plank, and Hendrick Plank. These pioneers established homes at what was then called DeWittsburg, now Oak Hill. The American Revolution forced the pioneers to temporarily abandon their homes until the end of the war. Hendrick Plank was abducted by the Native Americans and removed to Canada, where he died in captivity. The two remaining pioneers and Hendrick's widow, who remarried to Leonard Patrie, all returned by about 1782 to reestablish their homes. DeWitt brought with him a small hand mill for grinding grain and was in one respect the first miller in the town as well as being a farmer.
...and a barn I came across:
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I like the over-hanging roof which covers what was probably (?) the hayloft entrance for bales.
Tried to find a specific name for this little roof in the reference books in my personal library, but couldn't find one.
The two books on the right
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were inherited from my Dad, who was intrigued with barns. In the 1960's, he got involved with barn preservation, painting large geometric designs on them (about 30 in New York State) in hopes that the farmers would maintain their buildings even more.
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Then off to the hamlet of Conesville, southwest of Windham. I've fallen in love with this place; I guess you could call me a Conehead
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On route 990V, there is this cool decorated barn on the edge of a dangerous 55mph curve;
I took my life in my hands as I got down on the tarmac to take this shot, just as a large truck came around the turn.....
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Welcome to Conesville.
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We don't talk about politics here at this forum.I would move to that part of New York in a heartbeat if it wasn't for the politics.
We don't talk about politics here at this forum.
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Sadly, this is more typical of barns around here.
Offend me ?My apologies if I gave offense, none was intended.
Every year, except this one, we go to the Thurman town wide garage sale, in the Adirondacks. One year, I picked up the pulley and hay grabber that hangs from a rope on a hook or eye below that overhang on the loft door. The pulley looks like it has a face and the hay bale grabber looks like big squarish ice tongs. I have it in the yard and when I get a chance, I'll post the pix. This one's near Lake Champlain.I was back touring the Catskill mountains yesterday on the '82.
Partly cloudy and 70's is what I refer to as Heavenly.
I have had a number of adventures in the small town of Durham over the years; here is a tidbit of local history:
The establishment of the first settlement in Durham is credited to three men, Lucas DeWitt, John Plank, and Hendrick Plank. These pioneers established homes at what was then called DeWittsburg, now Oak Hill. The American Revolution forced the pioneers to temporarily abandon their homes until the end of the war. Hendrick Plank was abducted by the Native Americans and removed to Canada, where he died in captivity. The two remaining pioneers and Hendrick's widow, who remarried to Leonard Patrie, all returned by about 1782 to reestablish their homes. DeWitt brought with him a small hand mill for grinding grain and was in one respect the first miller in the town as well as being a farmer.
...and a barn I came across:
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I like the over-hanging roof which covers what was probably (?) the hayloft entrance for bales.
Tried to find a specific name for this little roof in the reference books in my personal library, but couldn't find one.
The two books on the right
View attachment 169747
were inherited from my Dad, who was intrigued with barns. In the 1960's, he got involved with barn preservation, painting large geometric designs on them (about 30 in New York State) in hopes that the farmers would maintain their buildings even more.
View attachment 169742
Then off to the hamlet of Conesville, southwest of Windham. I've fallen in love with this place; I guess you could call me a Conehead
View attachment 169743
On route 990V, there is this cool decorated barn on the edge of a dangerous 55mph curve;
I took my life in my hands as I got down on the tarmac to take this shot, just as a large truck came around the turn.....
View attachment 169744
Welcome to Conesville.
View attachment 169745
Every year, except this one, we go to the Thurman town wide garage sale, in the Adirondacks. One year, I picked up the pulley and hay grabber that hangs from a rope on a hook or eye below that overhang on the loft door. The pulley looks like it has a face and the hay bale grabber looks like big squarish ice tongs. I have it in the yard and when I get a chance, I'll post the pix. This one's near Lake Champlain.