Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Cooperstown, NY

Cooperstown...hmmm, where have I heard that name before?...think baseball...oh yeah! We started our day in Cooperstown by visiting Doubleday Field (built in 1839) where baseball was first played. From there, we went down the street to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. There, we saw exhibits and read all about famous ballplayers like Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Lou Gehrig, Pee Wee Reese, Hank Aaron and the various teams and their interesting history. If you like baseball, you gotta see this place.




On the way back, we stopped in at the Ommegang Brewery (who specialize in brewing Belgian style beers) and took a tour of their brewery. Of course, there was a beer tasting event afterwords. We also stopped in to visit the Cooperstown Brewing Company and enjoyed even more fine beer samples. What a nice day - yesterday we learned about making glass and today we found something good to fill a glass with. ;-)

1 comment:

D McGinnis said...

Did you see Jimmy "Catfish" Hunter? He was a friend of mine. He let me make out a check in his check book one time & then he signed it. LOL. He was just like all the other farmers in Perquimans County, NC.