A great weekend in Cooperstown, NY

We made our annual trip to Copperstown this past weekend for the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend. We had great time. The weather turned out great, considering we thought it was going to rain the whole time, according to the weather report we heard in Maine before we left. It only rained twice once in the middle of the night and another quick shower in the evening. So that was great. We decided to make our trip a little longer this year and decided to come up on Thursday and stay till Monday which I think worked out a lot better than last year. It was a more relaxing trip. We started each day with a trip to the golf course in the morning, however it was not for golfing but for autographs. A lot of the returning Hall of Famers come back Cooperstown for this weekend and play golf each morning. So we along with hundreds of other baseball fans stand along the rock wall around the golf course and try to get autographs from the players as they golf. Sounds kind of weird but it's actually really neat. Eddie and Alison and I have to split up in to 2 different spots because where Eddie goes is a little to dangerous for Alison because the people are pretty pushy so we go to a less agressive part. Eddie was able to get 7 and Alison and I only got 1 but it was fun trying. After a few hours of doing that each day we spent time walking through town, going to the museums, and swimming back at the campground. Alison's favorite part by far was our visit to the Farmer's Museum to see all the animals and ride on the carousel. Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Even though it rained the ride there we where able to catch a quick rainbow as we drove.

Had to put this in here. She is just so darn cute.

showing me her "fower" she picked at our campsite and telling me to "mel it"

Cooperstown has a beautiful waterfront so here we are looking at the ducks and huge fish.

Enjoying her ride on the trolley. They have trolleys that run all through the town. Alison called them "chareys". She loved them.

Enjoying the sun at the pool after a quick swim.

Smiles at our autograph wall

Eddie at his crazy autograph wall. He's the one with the 62 on the back of his shirt.

Snack break

a little snack in front of the Fenimore Art Museum

Waiting for our number to be called to get Ralph Branca's autograph

Daddy and Alison with Ralph Branca

Daddy and Alison in front of the Hall of Fame

Yogi Berra on the Golf Course.

Saying hi to Daisy at the Farmer's Museum.

Milking the cow. A fake cow that is.

notice that "baby" goes everywhere these days. It's really cute.

Drinking a home-made ice cream shake after learning how to make ice cream.

Petting Ella the 3 week old cow at the Farmer's Museum. Alison thought it was so funny when Ella licked her arm.

Looking cute at the Farm Museum

visiting with "Fine and Dandy" the baby goats

looking at the sheep

The first ride on the carousel.

After throwing an absolute fit because she wanted to go on again. Here she is on her second ride on the carousel. She loved it.

Eddie enjoying the sights in the Hall of Fame

Sitting like Baby. Check out her arms. God she cracks me up.

All smiles with baby in the Hall of Fame's "sandlot"

Our future Hall of Famer

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. We sure enjoyed taking them. It was a great trip and we can't wait to go next year.