Richfield Springs, New York.
We stopped briefly in the hamlet of Schuyler Lake, New York when we noticed the small historical society. It was not open but the phone number for a contact person was on the door.
Next stop: DYN'S CIDER MILL on Route 20 west of Richfield Springs. The owner was very friendly and offered us several samples. We spent about twenty minutes before moving on. We watched for the BAKER OCTAGON BARN, on her suggestion. It was just down the road.
We arrived in Richfield Springs and stopped at SPRING PARK. Carol had never seen it up close. I tried a taste of the sulphur water from the spring and we walked around a bit and I took a few pictures.
By this time it was lunch time and I suggested that we take a short drive to Jordanville to CINDY'S KITCHEN AND PANTRY,
a place I had read about on the www. Unfortunately, Cindy and her staff seem to be on vacation, so the place was closed. It looks like the small building may have once been a small town general store, and indeed it still does sell some merchandise as well as provide meals. I hope to return someday. We headed back to Richfield Springs but stopped to take a few pictures of a very interesting small church. It is the CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD (Episcopal) in Cullen, New York. Here is a picture of it. 
Once we got back to Richfield Springs, we "cruised" Main Street before deciding to
eat lunch at a small diner. Carol and I split a cheesesteak sandwich and fries. They were VERY slow in preparing our order, but when it came, it was fine.
Our next stop was the RICHFIELD SPRINGS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MUSEUM. They do not have a whole lot of artifacts at this small museum, but they do have a lot of historical information. We learned a bit about the "hotel days". Richfield Springs served a wealthy clientele in the summer time in those good old days.
We went into a small antique store for a few minuts and looked around for a place that had postcards, but we were not successful.
Then it was time to head to Cooperstown so that we could be at Brookwood Gardens by three p.m. The woman I spoke to on the phone the previous day said that if we were at the gardens at three p.m., we would be able to go into the Garden House, since she had an appointment to open it up to show to a prospective bride.
We had a bit of extra time, so along the way we stopped for two geocaches. The first one we were unable to search for because of a HORSE!
An Amish guy seems to have driven his horse and buggy pulling a trailer with a boat to the fishing access spot. His horse was parked right where my GPS was pointing, so I skipped looking for that particular geocache. I was successful at the next one, which was ROCK OF AGES, and hidden behind a sign at the intersection of 20 and 80, just outside of a cemetery.We arrived at Brookwood Gardens a couple of minutes after three p.m. and went inside the Garden House and walked around the gardens, and I took a lot of pictures, which can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juneny/sets/72157624467063898/ It was a great day, and I think Carol M. enjoyed it as much as I did!
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