The Foulks Visit the Basketball Hall of Fame

We decided to take a trip up to Boston to see Janelle's family at the beginning of April during our boys' spring break from school.  Janelle had previously told us about the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA and suggested that it might be some place that the boys would enjoy visiting on the way up to see her sometime.  We decided that we would give it a try this trip.  

It was a pretty cool place.  Steve had gone online and bought a groupon that allowed us to see the place at a much reduced rate.  It was great.  When you enter, they immediately take you up to the third floor via elevator and then you work your way through the museum by traveling down from floor to floor.

The top floor was a giant circle with pictures of all the inductees and then there were little write-ups about each one right below so that you could read all about the people you were interested in.  The above inductee was special to me because I had actually seen him in my childhood and my dad knew him well.  Dad would point him out at church meetings or at the baseball field.  I only knew him as "Cat Thompson".  It was pretty cool to see his picture and write up there after all these years.  

Here is the write-up about Kresimir Cosic.  He played for BYU and I remember my parents talking about him when I was little.  He was not only a basketball great, but a church pioneer in his home country of Croatia.  I remember that he died quite young, but made such a difference with his courage and talent.

From the top floor circular area, you could look down two floors to this big court with multiple shooting areas and activities.  The design of the building was really original.

This shot shows the view from the court shown in the previous photo.  Each of the lighted squares up on the third floor is an inductee.  The second floor was full of displays about every aspect of the game both professional and college over years of history.  So interesting to look through.

One of the displays on the second floor was this giant American flag made entirely of basketball high tops.  Pretty impressive!!

Nate and Evan probably would have stayed for hours at the court.  There were a bunch of different versions of baskets over the years.  This particular shot shows the boys shooting at an actual peach basket.  They learned that it took a totally different technique than today's versions.

A departing shot......Thanks for the suggestion, Janelle.  We had a great time!!