It sounds pretty lame today, but it was a big deal 40 years ago. I was at Camp Cho Yeh in Livingston, Texas when it was time for the first Moonwalk (not by Michael Jackson, children!) There were no video recorders or TEVO back then . . . if you missed it, you really missed it (except now we can click on the You Tube link above and watch it like it was the first time)! So the camp director plugged in a big black and white console TV in their front yard, and the whole camp came over with sleeping bags to watch the historic moment. I may not have been able to see the TV picture much better than it looks today, but it was pretty awesome to be in the Texas piney woods under a black sky loaded with stars, watching Neil Armstrong take "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." 20 July 2009
First Moon Landing at Camp Cho Yeh
It sounds pretty lame today, but it was a big deal 40 years ago. I was at Camp Cho Yeh in Livingston, Texas when it was time for the first Moonwalk (not by Michael Jackson, children!) There were no video recorders or TEVO back then . . . if you missed it, you really missed it (except now we can click on the You Tube link above and watch it like it was the first time)! So the camp director plugged in a big black and white console TV in their front yard, and the whole camp came over with sleeping bags to watch the historic moment. I may not have been able to see the TV picture much better than it looks today, but it was pretty awesome to be in the Texas piney woods under a black sky loaded with stars, watching Neil Armstrong take "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." 
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Oh, this is a wondrous story! What a special memory...thanks for sharing. I can't help but choke up watching.
I was at Camp Crestridge. It was between sessions---that was the first summer I got to stay for the whole summer---and we all sat on the floor in the dining hall watching the TV set that they probably hauled up the hill from the conference center (oops, back then it was the "Assembly"). Great memories!
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