R Island: August 10, 2015 - Cooperstown NY

Cooperstown NY and the Baseball Hall of Fame! Neither of us are big baseball fans but we do enjoy Spring Training in Arizona, attending a few games during the season, and the playoffs. So it is a little surprising that we drove 2 hours SE of Brewerton to see the HOF, but it just seemed like the right thing to do! We had a great day at the HOF and spent most of our time learning about the early days of the sport along with it's development and growth during the early 1900's. They have great expeditions about the late 1800's, the Negro League, the Cuban League and the Women's league - we spent about 2 hours on these topics. They also do a nice job of showing the history in 20-30 year increments, so you can spend time on history that is important/interesting to you. We visited the great hall where all of the plaques are hung, but since Randy Johnson's was too new to be installed, we simply did not know most of the other players. Had a nice lunch at Doubleday's Diner, and drove around town looking at beautiful older homes. We took the local roads home and saw nice farms and countryside along with many small towns.