Cape of Horn, Pakistan.

There was a lot more sky today than I've seen in a while. It was still closed in by the buildings and trees, not out in a big open plain, but the depth of it was more than I've had the chance to see for a while now. At least for today, the weather skipped over March directly into April, cool and light with just enough high breezes to clean all the possible clouds of the sky and leaving nothing but a gentle blue. I was walking north through Riverside Park when I saw it, when I looked up and realized the absence of anything between me and the sky.

I stopped a while to watch one of the red-tailed hawks circle around, as well. I don't know if anyone else noticed it, but I hope they noticed me, and tried to spot what it was I was looking at. Some time earlier, I'd been by the Empire State Building and pointed it out to someone I was with, because it seemed a sight worth taking in. I'd also gotten a look at the buildings around Madison Square Garden - not the main skyscrapers, but a view in between the apartment blocks and offices rising all jagged out of the city, the organic development of the neighborhood.

I'd be very happy if the concept of "looking up" was removed from the concept of tourism, because there's a lot of great stuff just above eye level. Anywhere, not just New York City. It's a big, beautiful sky.