Usually, I know what other people are doing around me (it's a knack that comes with larger families [there's a 4th brother now]), but that day, all I can recall is me standing on those huge granite blocks and Apollo 11.

Afterwards, the campground cleared out and life got pretty boring. I've done some pretty amazing things in my life, but I don't think I've ever experienced anything that matches watching that launch.

Astronauts.

To actually see the launch is incredible, but there is no way to fathom the emotion of actually launching. Sitting on top of a stack, burning approx. 1,000 gallons of rocket fuel a second as you thunder into the heavens -- and not just once.

The lucky few,
Dan