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Claire Marie – Born 9/23/2011
Laura and I are happy to report the birth of our daughter, Claire Marie Mohn, on September 23, 2011. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 1/4 inches in length. Laura and Claire are both healthy and happy and we are having fun adjusting to life as first-time parents. I’ll be [...]
Blues, Cruise and BBQ’s at French Lick, IN
This weekend marked the first competition BBQ appearance for one of my good friends, Drew. Three of us met Drew up in French Lick, IN at the casino/resort for their Blues, Cruise, and BBQ event. Essential our ‘autocrossing team’ from a few years back has become a competitive BBQ team now that we’re all out [...]
2010 Lap of Kentucky
I should probably preface this by pointing out that I bought my first motorcycle, my KLR650, back in February. Since then I’ve been riding as much as I can around town and hitting a lot of the Thursday night rides organized on our KYADVRiders mailing list. By May I was feeling confident enough that I [...]
Kentucky Derby and Oaks 2010
The first week of May each year always manages to bring out the best (and some might say the worst) in what Louisville has to offer the world. Yes, the Kentucky Derby is here…
Focus.
I often joke with a lot of my friends that every few years you should completely reinvent yourself – or in my case, every few months. You see, I’ve never been accused of being someone that has a very long attention span or a good sense of focus. I’m always chasing after the next new [...]
Laura’s Parents Visit Europe – Easter 2009
On Good Friday, Laura and I woke up early to head to the airport in Düsseldorf to welcome her parents, Barney and Donna, for their week long visit to Europe. I’d been sick for the week leading up to their arrival (*very* bad stomach bug) and was a little unsure about whether I’d be able [...]
Catching Up… Switzerland in September
Waaay back in September – Sep 19-21 to be exact – Laura and I left work early on a Friday afternoon to take a train into Switzerland. A friend of ours from college, Justin, had been living in Neuchatel, Switzerland as part of a temporary work assignment and invited us to join him for some [...]
Weekend Trip to Paris
After a few stressful weeks at work and some weekends of bad weather and bad luck (including my bike getting stolen) in Düsseldorf, Laura and I were ready to do some traveling again. We spent the last weekend (Aug 8-10) in Paris and had a wonderful time. The weekend began early on Friday morning, with [...]
Back from a trip to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc (The Netherlands)
We picked up our rental car Friday night, as well as a new bike rack, and by 10am on Saturday morning, were on our way to The Netherlands. Düsseldorf is approximately 91 km from the Germany/Netherlands border and a trip to Amsterdam – the first stop of the weekend – is less than two and [...]
Pushing buttons
I’ve spent the past few weeks since arriving here in Germany playing with my new favorite toy – my Nikon D40 DSLR camera. It’s been almost ten years since I played with a camera with more than a push-button point-and-shoot mode. The advent of cheap consumer level cameras with the types of advance features and [...]
Working finally…
Well, I finally started work this week after a full month (actually 5 weeks) of waiting for my work permit to be approved by the Düsseldorf City office. I'm working as an 'environmental manager' at the Corporate Center. I really had no idea what all that entailed until showing up for work on Thursday. I'm [...]
Weekend trip to Köln (Cologne) and Bonn
Laura and I took a trip to Köln (Cologne), Germany on Saturday since the weather was nice and we had some free time. Köln is about 30 minutes south of Düsseldorf along the Rhine River. We purchased a Schönes Wochenende (Nice Weekend) train ticket, which would allow us to travel to any other town within [...]
We’re Here!
Well, we’re here now – have been for right at 2 weeks now – and we’re finally settled in, so I thought I’d catch everyone up. Obviously, the last 15 days have been pretty crazy, starting with the the 7 of our 8 checked pieces of luggage *not* making it on the plane from Louisville [...]
Moving to Germany
Well folks, things are finally going to get interesting around here. Laura has accepted a position with her company's (E.On) corporate center in Düsseldorf, Germany. Obviously, this is quite a unique opportunity that's been presented with us, and after much deliberation, stress, worrying, prayers, and a huge leap of faith – we decided we're making the [...]