The Vermont Muench Family Blog

This year's visit with Rich Millet (and Kyle Blochl) was the best ever! We had Chinese food at Wo Hop, we saw dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, went to the Hayden planetarium, had lunch at South Street Seaport, went to Rockefeller Center and saw the tree, hung out at Lincoln Center and had dinner at Patsy's on 110th street (the restaurant where they filmed a scene from the Godfather). Rich is, as always, the ultimate host and treated us to an amazing time!

I had always wanted an "Astronaut" theme for a birthday party when I was a child. I just had to wait 40 years to get one. I was very fortunate to have three major players from the Apollo era speak at my adult Space and Time course. Gene Kranz, flight director, made famous by Ed Harris' portrayal of him in the movie Apollo 13 called in and answered questions. Andy Chaikin, author of A MAN ON THE MOON, was in attendance. Col. Jerry Carr, commander of Skylab 4, showed us home movies from space and answered many questions. We had parents, teachers, students and family members. It was a night to remember!
(The photo on the left is Jerry Carr, Andy and Vickie Chaikin and me)
(The other photo is mom and dad with Col. Jerry Carr)