Last friday took us west (Susie, Linda & myself) west to Cooperstown, N. Y. that is and returning home we desided to visit Alice, of Alice’s restaurant fame along with the Norman Rockwell Museum Well – here goes:
The historic Village of Cooperstown is a small town in the heart of central New York with global appeal. One of the first things we noticed was the architecture – beautiful to say the least:
A few examples of what impressed us:



The village could have easily been up in central Vermont:
The local “general store“

Bank:

Another example of architecture:
Come lunch time we headed to the local diner, a small eatery downtown, which could of easily been located in “Maybury” to the point one expects deputy “Barny” to walk in. The hamburger we chose, with out a doubt, had to be somewhere between 1/2 to 3/4 lb.

Did I mention the fresh lemonaid?

The main reason for the trip was to visit the “Baseball Hall of Fame” my advise to those that plan on visiting is allow at least a full day. Visiting was a dream come true for myself.
One of, I hear, 24 baseball diamonds, Doubleday field, named for the man that invented baseball.

The “Babe” who both started and ended his career in Beane Towne:

My sentiments – exactly:

Fulfilling a dream – “Your Out“

Boston’s own – “The splinter” , more commonly known as “Ted Williams“
When one makes “The Hall“, you get a plaque mounted to the wall. Here are a few examples:



And ever a “New York Yankee“, George Herman Ruth, more commonly known as “The Babe“

Okay now, those that know me well, realize, I could go on days in regards to baseball but we will now move on to Mayberry, ah, Stockbridge, Mass. , home of the “Norman Rockwell” museum.
Normans studio, a beautiful area, over looking the Berkshires in the good old “Bay State” aka Massachusetts:
The museum:

And finally, being in Stockbridge, we decided to look up “Alice“, of Alice’s Restaurant fame, a song by Arlo Guthrie:

Knocking at the church door, looking for either Alice or Arlo, they were apparantly having lunch at, you guessed it, Alice;s Restaurant. Oh well another day in the life of “Sam i am”
