Like most people of that time, I know exactly where I was. We were on a trip and had a reservation at a motel (there was a beautiful motel of that chain in my home town). We stopped and Myrna went in. She said, "This is a real tacky dump." However, we stayed because we did not want to miss the moon landing.
When we returned from the trip we mentioned this to the kids. Greg, Glenn's older brother, asked why on earth we stayed in the dump. He thought it was no big deal His comment was, "We have the technology so why would you stay in a dump just to watch it on TV?" It makes me sad, even today, to think that he considered the landing a non-event. Maybe I am just a romantic.
Enjoy,
JimB