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Day 4: Buffalo - Albany
I checked out of my hotel Saturday morning and headed East to drive
across New York. For being Fourth of July weekend, traffic wasn't so bad.
I drove past Rochester (didn't stop), Syracuse (drove through, didn't see
much), and Utica before I saw a sign for the exit to Cooperstown and the
Baseball Hall of Fame. I had an hour left to go to Albany and it was only
3 in the afternoon. I had nothing to do in Albany so I got off the beaten
path and took a journey to Cooperstown.
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Cooperstown is 40 miles south of I-90 in some green-forrested
mountains, right at the southern end of a beautiful mountain lake.
The road is narrow and winds like a snake through the mountains, the last
ten miles or so right beside the lake, it's a very picturesque drive.
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Cooperstown, NY, the baseball
capital of the world.
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A storefront in downtown Cooperstown.
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Cooperstown is a historically well preserved little town, with many
older houses and streets (sorry, there is only so much one can say about
small historical towns...umm...lets see...it has nice trees!) |
| Baseball is well represented here.
Literally every store, restaurant, pub, gas station had some sort of affiliation
with baseball. |
Cooperstown, NY.
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Doubleday Field, where the first
baseball game was played.
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The cause of all this baseball hoopla
is the fact that the game was originated here in the 1800's. I believe
that baseball merchandise and memorabilia also originated here a few years
later, followed shortly by the lame baseball-related business name for
every business in Cooperstown. |
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