Where were you 40 years ago today?

Debbie Simmons and I were 15 years old. We were with her parents and brother enroute to Marblehead, Mass., to compete in the 420 Junior Nationals. We had stopped in Mystic, Conn., for the night. Her parents, Anne and Will, insisted that we watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. I was fairly clueless, but I gathered it was a pretty big deal given the way the adults were acting.

"One small step for man; One giant leap for mankind."