I was long out of there, but my neighbor was headed into the bush when they took off. His story about making sure he got back in one piece is funny, but basically he said he was afraid he'd never know if they landed and got back.

The day they were on the Moon I was working in northern Idaho. On the spur of the moment I took off and drove through the Craters of the Moon National Monument, listening to the radio and trying to imagine what it was like for them.

I had stayed up most of the night they landed, watching the Idaho Falls and TV, wasn't a bit tired. Had no idea that someday I could read the transcript of the entire trip on the ALSJ.

Amazing.

Arf