In This Episode, Part 4: Our Florida Trip from June to July 1969 - The Holmes family of South Shore, Kentucky (William C Holmes Jr (principal of Sunshine Elementary in South Shore, Kentucky) and wife, Betty Jo and kids, Valerie and Bill III) continue a Florida Vacation to Cape Canaveral to watch the launch of Apollo 11 (first man on the moon), then back to the Fort Pierce beach for some fun, an Indrio Road hiking trip, a nurse shark caught on the Fort Pierce beach, a flounder fish, another dead armadillo and young Bill surfs on a Styrofoam surf board! Wow.
Fascinating-- my family was at an Apollo launch also. I have never been sure which launch we saw. But I have a vivid memory of the rocket disappearing behind the cloud as it arched over. And I recall terrible traffic jams and hot morning weather. Your home movies are the first time I've seen home movies that corroborate the "rocket behind the cloud" memory. It was a lot for a 5 year old to take in! thanks.
RingoNot 1 year ago