Every year we make an excuse, oh the rowdy crowds and this and that, but for some reason this year we dragged ourselves out and got on the subway and in 30 minutes got to our spot. The spot was in Long Island City right across the river from 34th street. New York is such a great city and we just don’t take enough advantage of it . The fireworks were spectacular, beautiful. We will be making this a tradition. One of the coolest things about watching the fireworks in NYC is that within my immediate radar there were couples, and families of just about every possible race, ethnic background, all enjoying for 30 minutes the tremendous spectacle Macy’s puts out for the 4th. Supposedly, 1000 shells per second were launched. These fireworks were the second largest in NYC history second to the millenium celebrations. Here are some shots, I did not take them , I figured somebody would.