Old Barns .............

When we went up to Northport on Monday we took an alternate route. I wanted to get some pictures of some old barns I remembered. I wondered if they were even still standing. We took Cherry Bend Road past Gerry's grandparents home, now long gone but the house still in the family. We turned off to head towards Suttons Bay. This was the road where I remembered seeing quite a few. We stopped to say hello to this little girl. I already posted her picture on the other post but she is so cute I had to share it again.


So this barn was close by

there were horses in their yard still with winter coats on.
I love these old barns, I wonder about how they were built and so long ago. Those early settlers helped each other so what was it like back then, what have those barns seen in their days.?


Most are plain ol barns but some have some real style.


Not too much to say about them in this post, mainly pictures for now. The ones in and around Port Oneida I know a bit of history but not these ones. These are still working barns.

It's a shame that they are so expensive to keep up. So many of these beautiful barns fall down and are replaced my the metal ones.


So many cherry farms are now Vineyards, big money and with that huge homes and wineries. I think I showed this beauty on the other post. I must get some better pictures next time out there and find out a bit about it.

I like the rooms where the workers stayed over the "picking" period.


I know I have shown many pictures of old barns around this area. I am fascinated by them. Probably because of my friends farm, Grove Farm where we played on rainy days in the hay barn and around. I still can see us now. Swinging from beams and jumping from hay bales the rain pounding on the roof. I know thats why I love them and hate to see them gone.