Day 9: Cooperstown, NY

I think I am writing Laura's post today. I think that's what I am doing. Laura is working again this evening and - to be honest - we haven't done much today so one post should cover it admirably. Today was our last full day in Cooperstown and we enjoyed the chance to take things very easy. This morning we found a new mini-golf course to explore and managed to fit in some delicious ice cream before the sky filled with lovely cool-grey rain. Afterwards, with everything freshened up and the town smelling of the flower-filled gardens that line the streets, we wandered down to the lake and watched the ducks. We would have watched some more baseball too if the rain hadn't returned, but we didn't mind.

Tennessee and Virginia were both as hot as Houston, so being up here in the north with some cool weather is lovely. Tomorrow we're back on the road and heading even further, out towards the Berkshires, Boston, Nantucket and the Atlantic.



Today’s statistics:

• Percentage of the family scoring holes-in-one: 75%
• Percentage of the family shockingly not enamoured of cheesecake: 25%.
  
• Number of ducks spotted: 4
• Number of Wi-Fi hotspots linked to: 3
  
• Number of couples causing chaos on the forecourt of the petrol station by arguing over a map spread across the bonnet of their car whilst other customers queued up to get to the pump they were not even using: 1 (not us, either)
• Favourite placename: Feckit, NY
  
• Breakfast: Our apartment
• Lunch: Our apartment
  
• Dinner: Our apartment!
• Number of today's statistics made up: 1
  

Today’s Discoveries:

• Christopher sat and watched the washing machine in the laundromat for the entire 12 minute programme after I asked him to keep an eye on the countdown timer. So his powers can be harnessed for good.
  
• Lake Otsego is just as beautiful in the rain.
  
• None of us really wants to leave Cooperstown.