Seeing the Sights (locally)

The Girl was out at a sleepover, and the rest of us got up late-ish.  The weather was good - bright and not too cold.  Some of us fancied visiting the Empire State Building, others thought a trip to Niagara would be fun.  Since we couldn't realistically do both, or even (given the time by then) either, we opted for the closest local equivalents:

Cohoes Falls (impressively frozen)

and the observation deck of Albany's 589 foot high Corning Tower.

With a big enough telescope you could have (almost) seen our house.  It's interesting to view the familiar from a different angle once in a while.