New York City Spring Break

On the highest viewing level (there are a total of 3), there's nothing between you and certain doom. The glass panels have been removed because there is no way that you could fall off from here. If you did, you would only fall like 15 feet down to the 2nd highest level. This allows for the wind to hit you full force and for you to feel how exposed you really are up here. It was only now that I began to get afraid of how high up we were. I felt like if I stopped paying attention for a minute then I would be blown right off of the building. Thankfully I kept my mind and body in check and stayed put, or else I wouldn't be here to tell you all about it.

This is the best view of the famed Chrysler Building that was destroyed by meteorites in the 1998 film Armageddon. Much of New York was totaled, but no building as completely as this one. It's a good thing that they were able to put it back together again.

Below is the area known to locals and tourists as Times Square. I know that it doesn't look like it normally does, but things look so much different when you are nearly 850 feet in the air looking down.

We decided to do the "Top of the Rock" thing because I had read favorable reviews about it. The premier top of NYC attraction is normally the Empire State building, but I had read that this one is cleaner and offers the same views. The Rockefeller reopened after the destruction of the World Trade Center because the Empire State building now had a monopoly on high rise views. We were happy to be up there to see the city; don't pay attention to the sour look on my Dad's face or the silliness of Jenny. Neither of them knew I was taking their picture.

Luckily these two got a shot at redemption and they made the best of it. They smile for the camera even though Jenny maintains that it is unnecessary considering smiling in a picture like this makes the picture look set up and non-realistic.

This picture however, is genuine because it represents our current mood at the time the picture was taken. We were overly glad to be here, especially on our Dad's dollar. So far, not a cent has come out of my own pocket, and I have my Dad to thank for that.