Back to the mainland and a surprise by the Navy.

Pics start at the bottom!

The old Proctor and Gamble "Colgate" clock still lives.

One World Trade Center building.

Badass!

North along the Hudson River.

I could see the eyes of the pilots!

3 of them touring the statue in style.

The Navy!

Holy shit!  What's this!?

Windy!

Churning water behind the boat.

Amazing.

Fire boat!

There's her ass!

Main doors to the pedestal.

Some of Fort Wood was unearthed when they renovated the base a few years ago.

Lady Liberty day 2, part 2.

Let's go up into the pedestal of the statue!

Start at the bottom, AGAIN!

WOW!

Sporting his new hoodie at the base looking towards the Port of New Jersey.

Copper has leached into the stone!

Closeup.

More nuts holding her down.

Spiral stairs.  

There was only one ticket available when Altair bought our tickets months ago.

You can see the inside of the copper sheets that form the statue.

Riveted support beam.

Spiral staircase.

Looking up into the statue framework.

Southern view.  Ferry boats everywhere!

Look up!

Plaza and Visitor's Center at the top.

The wind made for some clear skies.  Ellis Island north of us.

It was high!  And windy!

A joint connecting the tie bars to each other.

Altair taking a pic.

Halfway up the 196 steps to get to the observation platform.

Cast spacers are a nice touch.  

Note the rivets, electric arc welding hadn't been invented the she was built.

The nuts holding her down to the base.

Boat ride back and the Navy treated us to a personal flyover tomorrow!