Field of Dreams Tour: Cooperstown

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We got in to our motel on Lake Otsego, just outside Cooperstown, late last night and crawled into bed. We woke up to a real East Coast thunder and lighting show. Sure, we get those on occassion in California but their infrequent enough that neither of my kids have a memory of one. Of course, the kids sleep right through it waking up five minutes after its ended (sure, we try to wake 'em).

Cooperstown is a really cool little town - a village in the New England venacular- and would well be worth visiting even without the Baseball Hall of Fame. We found a frightfully cute little diner for breakfast (got the local's recommendation) and then headed down Main Street to the Hall.

The Baseball Hall of Fame is one really cool museum. I don't think you need to be a basebal fan to really enjoy it, though it is heaven if you are. Cooperstown is full of families with kids in the summer, not only visiting the Hall of Fame, but also participating in the numerous baseball camps held in Cooperstown in the summer. The kids go to camp, the families grab a cabin or motel on the Lake - its lovely. Of course, you see fans sporting the colors all over the place. Not just Major League teams but Minor Leagues, Pony and Little League teams. Heck, we even saw a pair of teams of men ranging from 30 to 77 who played "fantasy baseball" associated with the Baltimore Orieles.

Inside the Hall, we enjoyed seeing exhibits for Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson, Lou Gherig - Zoe particularly liked the Babe Ruth room. Zack and I had fun in the Negro Leagues Exhibit while Cherie loved the exhibits about the old stadiums and the Girls Professional Baseball League. Naturally, the Museum Shop was a de rigeur stop.

Posted by Tom Hammer on August 3, 2007 11:32 PM | Permalink