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Cooperstown, The Other Days

Well, many months have passed since I started writing about our trip to Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame was pretty great. I learned a lot and got to see Felix Pie's shoes! Howe Caverns was very pretty. We were excited to go there because of the underground boat ride that they are known for. Unfortunately, there had been a whole lot of rain in the weeks prior to our visit and that part of the cavern was flooded. Howe Caverns was discovered by a farmer who realized his cows preferred standing in the bright sun in the middle of the fields. His neighbor's cows all liked to stand under trees during the day. He investigated and found a cool breeze coming up out of the land and below that were the caves. Lake Otsego was practically overflowing because of all of the rain that week. The Joseph L. Popp Butterfly Conservatory was very small, but beautiful. We had a chance to get very close to some butterflies, birds, and a turtle eating a banana! Breakfast at Stagecoach Coffee was delicious and we had a fantastic fancy dinner at the Hoffman Lane Bistro next to where we stayed. Overall, a great trip! In the future, if we go back, I would like to go in late spring or early summer because a lot of the other attractions opened the day we left (April 1st). It is a quaint, small town with very friendly people. The Cooperstown General Store was also outstanding and old fashioned. I bought some Lilies of the Valley bulbs there that have grown nicely in my garden.