We got an early start today—10:00 am. Well, that’s early for us! We drove over 60 miles to go to “The Baseball Hall of Fame.” Of course, it was almost lunchtime when we arrived, so first on the list was to find a place to eat. Cooperstown is a little bitty town, they call it a village. So we walked a couple of blocks in the village and ended up on the lake where the boats are docked. This is where we had our lunch and our first entertainment of the day!
This has to be a shallow lake, because the guy just backed his car right into the water, crawled out the window, over the top of the car and drove the boat onto the trailer. Then he crawls back into the car through the hatch and drives the whole thing out of the water! Not like the sloping cement boat ramps I’m used to seeing.
Just inside the door is a “baseball” cow. Check out the mitts on his horns. Is he a righty or a lefty?
Next we went to a short film about baseball, showing clips of some amazing catches and telling us stories about the game. The theater looks like we are in a baseball field.
This painting and the story that goes with it, I thought was really interesting.
After we left the Baseball Hall of Fame we headed back towards home, but we made one stop before we go.
This is the Farm Museum.
This is the entrance to an amazing display. We got there about 3:45 and they close at 5:00 pm. So we got in for 1/2 price and had to do a hurried tour through an 1850’s town. This is a real working town. They have animals, printing, pharmacy, weaving and do demonstrations of all of that during the day. I’m sorry we got there so late. But we did get to see some of the “inhabitants” at their jobs!
The Pharmacy and the herb garden right beside it.
A familiar sight to Frank. A hop baler! 1860’s style.
The kitchen above was inside a typical home.
This was one bedroom, with a full size loom right in the room where you sleep. Every square foot of the house has to be used.
The old school house.
Frank must be listening to some teacher from long ago!
OK, here is my ride—where are the horses?
One more really amazing feature that was in the Farm Museum: A Carousel!
Aren’t the animals amazing?
When we got back to the Coach we decided to go to “Jumpin Jacks,” where they have a water ski show on Tuesday nights. The guy that runs the campground is one of the performers in the show!
Brad is the second guy in from the front with a girl on his shoulders! They take off from dock behind them—all at the same time and come back with the girls forming a pyramid.
When you view the album, some of the pictures are a little fuzzy. They were really moving fast.
We arrived back at the coach a little after 8:00 pm. It was a very full and wonderful day—no rain!
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