No better way to start the day than 86 stories above this bustling city. Also, there’s much less of a line at the Empire State Building before 9:00 am.

The views were clear, just obstructed by the safety bars. Here are pictures taken in between the bars.

Just try not to make it a day up at the observation decks and get too comfy. There’s more people coming, so they want you to keep moving.

After the views from the Empire State Building, we came across Gotham Poke on the way to the subway. Unfortunately, they didn’t open until bumbye.

No, I didn’t see new Knick, Derrick Rose, at Madison Square Garden, just caught the subway at the subterranean Penn Station.

From there, our next stop was the American Museum of Natural History. Had fun interacting with butterflies but the most fascinating had to have been the display of dinosaurs.

An extremely late lunch brought us to Shake Shake. Yes, the fries are better than In-n-Out.

Another day of walking the streets, and we were done. Back to home base.

Bishop Museum’s latest attraction is Scream Machines, the Science of Roller Coasters. Typically, these exhibits are somewhat static even though they’re touted as interactive, but I must say there’s fun stuff to do at Scream Machines. At the entry way, you can watch a model car zoom through a fictitious mini roller coaster. If it were to scale, no human could survive the ride.

Off to the left is a simulator taking passengers on virtual rides on America’s most famous roller coasters. Now this was pretty cool. Although the video of the simulation wasn’t high definition, the rides were believable enough, and you could see and hear differences between wooden and steel coasters.

The inner displays focus on the science of the roller coasters, analyzing speed, height, curvature, angles, and more. Roll balls down the tracks to see the impact of the differences.

Think you understand all the physics and science of roller coasters? Now go build one yourself. Not a real coaster per se but a customizable track with turns, loops, falls, and everything else you learned.

I don’t have pictures of the Revolver demo where participants stand on a spinning platform to learn about angular velocity. Walk a straight line? Real tough. Roll a ball in a straight line, and it curves, or does it? This was a fun demo to wait for. And if you’re feeling nauseous from all the movement, there’s a display explaining what the human body is going through when you upchuck. Basically, it’s like this.

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The science of barfing

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Oh and on a totally unrelated note, the orange and navy VH07V shirt looks great in the sun or under black lights.