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07-18-2019, 05:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Moline, IL
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Where were you 50 years ago? (Apollo 11)
Where were you?
I was actually with my parents, (I was 14), in our 21' Travco motorhome at some campground in Colorado.
The CG was selected for its TV reception. Just for the landing, Dad bought an AC/DC 12" B/W Sears TV. We watched the landing and EVA while we were boondocking.
That MH wasn't a lot bigger than the LM, especially for 3 people and a recirculating toilet. 
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1968 Travco 21'
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07-18-2019, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Watertown NY USA
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No doubt I was right here. Not in my house but laying blocks for the cellar. I worked every night the weather would allow me to after a full day's work at the car dealership I worked at. I usually quit around 11: 00 PM. Normally I was alone but once in a while a friend would stop by and I put them to work. I didn't have too many friends that summer. Wife was pregnant for my son and was caring for our 2 year old daughter.
Finished my house and moved in January 3 1975.
Didn't know about camping trailers. We were living in a 10' X 50' mobile home with an Expando living room. Maybe that is why I have NO interest in going full timing in a MH. I've had my time in a cracker box.
Lynn
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2002 Fleetwood Storm 30H on Workhorse P32 chassis 8.1 gas.
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07-18-2019, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: The Bluegrass State
Posts: 8,889
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I was in college and we were all gather around a elevated TV in the commons area watching it. Way Cool!
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Central Kentucky
2006 Fleetwood Discovery 35H, 2014 Honda CR-V, M&G Engineering Braking System
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07-18-2019, 07:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sacramento, California
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I was almost 10 years old. The family was glued to the TV EVERY Apollo event! My parents made it a family event every time!
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07-18-2019, 07:06 PM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Winter Garden, Fl.
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Da Nang, RVN. Army. Missed lots of things happening back home.
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07-18-2019, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
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I was sitting at home, having just graduated from dental school, with my dad, watching it on television.
Particularly interesting as my dad had a a hand in the production of the Apollo rocket at NorthAmerican/Rockwell.
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2006 Bounder 38L DP
2012 GMC Terrain
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07-18-2019, 07:20 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,481
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On Guam ... working on submarines. Good times 
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2018 Winnebago View 24D
2014 Tiffin Breeze 32BR, 2012 Winnebago Navion 24G, 2006 Winnebago View 23H
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07-18-2019, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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I was only 15. Was living with my grandparents near Buffalo NY. Went to the pool hall with my cousin to shoot pool. They had the television on and we watched it there.
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2011 Harley Davidson CVO Street Glide
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07-18-2019, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: South Coast of Mississippi
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Watched it on TV
Fort Hood TX., I was 18, just got orders for VN
We went outside to see the moon.
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Happy Trails Amigos
Keep on Truckin'
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07-18-2019, 08:16 PM
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Senior Member
Rexhall Owners Group
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Beavercreek, OH
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Tech school at Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls TX.
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07-18-2019, 08:19 PM
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Community Moderator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Posts: 31,512
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Flight instructor, Laughlin AFB, Del Rio,TX
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2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
No amount of money can buy you an extra second of time.
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07-18-2019, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,565
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At work watching on tv. Company I worked for made the controls they used to land on the moon. We watched them take off from the Earth, land on the moon, leave the moon and land back here.
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07-18-2019, 08:42 PM
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RV Mutant #14
Winnebago Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Freightliner Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 17,209
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Hill 55, Vietnam.
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Lexi - Goldendoodle
2015 Winnebago Tour 42QD - 2020 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve
It is what it is, and then it is what you make of it.
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07-18-2019, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Pahrump, Nevada
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I was on the USS Hornet CVS 12 floating around waiting to recover Apollo 11. 18 yrs old and didn't think anything about at the time. WOW, had I known then what I know now.
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2005 Roadtrek Chevy 210V
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