Kentucky Barn, Color or Black and White?

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I found a few more classic barns in Kentucky near Mammoth Cave National Park. I liked the slightly falling down appearance and especially the natural wood siding and rusting roof.  I shot it in color and also converted it to Black and White.  Any preference?

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Barn in the Early Sunrise Near Mammoth Cave

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We are camping near Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky to be close to the Park and visit easily. In the very early morning just as the sun was rising I took a walk into the nice Kentucky countryside. This old wooden barn was just getting lit up by sun rising and the horses nearby were stirring and circling. The air was still cool out on this summer morning.

Wine Vault Room at the Finger Lakes Boating Museum

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As we looked around the huge multi-floor Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport, New York on Keuka Lake, we came across another great holdover room.  The building used for the museum used to be the Taylor Wine factory and specifically the wine tasting rooms and storage barrels for wine.  We went through a small door and down a stairs and found these huge wooden coopered barrels that were formerly used by the winery.  They were beautiful and I am not sure if they were full or empty, but they had a distinctive wine smell.  The stone ceilings of these rooms too were vaulted and curved with a matching door. Each keg held 1900 gallons.

Hunting Cabin Inside the Finger Lakes Boating Museum

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While inside the Finger Lakes Boating Museum on Keuka lake, near Hammondsport, New York, we found this nice display.  It was of a hunters cabin by the lakefront from way back in the last century. They even had a Hoosier cabinet and an oak ice box on display along with a water pump and basin. 

Another Vault Room at the Finger Lakes Boat Museum

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When touring around the Finger Lakes Boat Museum in Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake, we saw the original vaults where they kept wine casks at the original Taylor Wine Factory that is now the Boating Museum.  This room has a domed ceiling in plaster and is now used for conferences and weddings. 

There were doors to the outside too, but they were doing construction so they are surrounded by ugly tools and cords:

Winery Vault in the Finger Lakes Boating Museum

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The Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport on Keuka Lake was originally the Taylor Wine company.  The museum is mostly housed in the old stone building that was the Taylor tasting room. There are many stories of museum here all full of boating and historical memorabilia.  The lowest level had huge arched stone ceilings and were the original vaults for storage of wine in a cool environment.  Here you can see the vault which is now used for receptions and weddings.  This room was in almost total darkness but high ISO was used to bring out the light and detail. 

Cabin of Anne LaBastille at the Adirondack Museum

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We are at the famous Adirondack Guideboat Museum (now Adirondack Experience) in Blue Mountain Lake in the Northern Adirondacks. Here they have actually moved the renowned cabin of famous Anne LaBastille and have it on display for everyone to see. Anne LaBastille was the author of “Woodswoman” and many other books that described her life in the Adirondacks where she built her own log cabin on “Black Bear Lake”.  She became a certified Adirondack guide and was a ecologist and professor.  She was called the “Carl Sagan of Conservation”.  This is a stitched panoramic view of her cabin inside the museum. You can see her typewriter like she just stepped away for a moment. 

Sporck Admissions Center at Paul Smiths, Adirondacks

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After walking down the long paved path along the water of Lower Saint Regis Lake at Paul Smith’s College in the Northern Adirondacks, we come to the end at one of the Administration buildings. This is Sporck Admissions Center and it was one of the original buildings of Paul Smith’s that was repurposed to the college. The entire hotel at the turn of the former century was this color and style with its white sides. 

Swans on the Green at Paul Smiths, Adirondacks

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These “Swans” out on the green are actually decoys or false swans used to try to keep the Canadian Geese away. There were dozens of Canadian Geese around this site, so I do not think it worked. We are at the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association meet at Paul Smith’s College in the Northern Adirondacks.  This is the shoreline of Lower Saint Regis lake and the lovely building is the student union with a tall tower in the center that used to be the elevator of the original Paul Smiths Hotel from the turn of the last century. 

Peeking at Paul Smiths College Through the Woods

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We are at Paul Smith’s College in the Northern Adirondacks at the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association meeting (WCHA).  We have walked around the shoreline of Lower Saint Regis Lake to the point of the peninsula and we are looking back at the Student Union and eating hall that is right on the water.  In the foreground you can see some wooden canoes tied up read to go out paddling and sailing.

Here is a closeup of the building: