[Ray Van]

Hey Jantz,
There are a bunch of card shops on the main street to kill time in, but not likely that you'll find anything too old or too cheap. Note that this time of year some of the shops will be closed for the season and last time I was there (back in March), some of them had closed for good. Not sure how the summer was for tourist traffic, but the economy seems to be hitting everything pretty hard and Cooperstown is no exception. This time of year it shouldn't be too busy even on weekends, but watch out for school field trips during the week - just when you expect to have the place to yourself it might get a little crazy.

The scenery should be nice with the leaves changing colour this time of year. Not sure of too many other attractions in the immediate area, I guess it depends what direction you are coming from. If you're a beer drinker, there's the Cooperstown Brewing Company south of town and they use baseball themes on their beer - a pretty nice memento of the trip.

Have fun! It's definitely worth it!

Ray