June 15

We started the day with about a 4 hour drive to Cooperstown.

If you go to the Hall of Fame, here is a little warning – there is really no off-street parking. The Hall of Fame does not have a parking lot…it’s all on street, 2 hour parking. They do have a shuttle into town. It sounds like a good idea now. There is a little parking lot about 4 blocks from the HoF…cost $5…we parked there for the day.

The Hall of Fame should be a pilgrimage for every baseball fan. Start on the second floor, then third, then 1st floor where all the Hall of Fame trophies are arranged by year inducted. It’s an amazing museum to the history of professional baseball.

I thought it was interesting that the VFW has put a little plaque under the Hall of Famers main plaque who were veterans. Many WWI, WWII, and Korean vets in the Hall of Fame (even one Civil War vet)…there wasn’t one Vietnam vet.

It rained most of the day, but who cares – we were inside.

We traveled 2 hours to Kingston,NY to stay with my stepdad’s daughter and son-in-law (now that’s being related through marriage). Pat and Margaret Ryan live in a beautiful home in the foothills of the Catskills. What Hospitality!! Nice to not to stay in a hotel.

The best kept secret for the Pennsylvania and New York travel bureaus is the western parts of their states. The major cities get all the press, but it’s the wonderful wilderness away from the major cities of these states that is dazzling.