The Empire State Building

Well since we had limited time in New York we had to schedule things when we could! So we planned to go to the top of the Empire State Building on Wed night after my flight landed. Unfortunately that night was 'limited visibility' because we were literally inside a cloud. It was very hard to see, but still SO very cool and we got some awesome glimpses of just how high we were..wow!

Here is a photo of us in the lobby afterwards..since we didn't get any photos of us up there...again..raining on us, freezing and foggy!

Here's a shot of Scott up there....isn't the visibility lovely??

There were times when the clouds would clear and we could see down. Scott said it was probably better for me that I couldn't see because of my fear of heights my stomach did a few flips when it could see! Yikes!

This is a view I got from the ground looking up before we went in...as you can see a good portion of the building is in the clouds.

This photo was taken from the observation deck on the 86th floor looking up!

Another view of the city....it was amazing...even with the limited view!

Scott just couldn't get enough of the sporadic views when the clouds would clear!

The elevator buttons made me laugh..i just had to take a photo to show my kids. It went from 2 to 68 and then there was a museum, educational area and then you would take another elevator up to the 86th floor. It was super neat! I couldn't believe how many line ropes they had set up! I guess it's worse than a Disneyland ride during the busy season...you can stand in line for hours to get up to the top. We didn't have that problem when we went though!

Scott videoing how fast the elevator climbed the floors!!

The next day as we were driving back into Manhattan we got a great view of the city...the fog had settled a bit!