On the Road Again

  As you have probably noticed, our blog has been pretty slow this last month. Our main reason for starting this blog was to keep in touch while I was away for training. Being at home for the last few weeks kind of too the priority off the blogging. Well, I'm back in Germany so I guess the blogging should pick back up. This will be my longest trip yet, lasting almost a month. I'm already missing my family!
  We took a trip this weekend to the German Technology Museum in Munich. We planned to spend all of Saturday there but a bad traffic jam cut us down to having about 5 hours. This museum is huge and covers all kinds of stuff. We only seen 3 sections of probably 10. I want to go back another weekend when I can spend all day. Here are a few pictures from the museum and downtown Munich. 

The Goof Troop Left to Right: Rodney, Ron, Chase, and Scott

We spent a good bit of time in the aviation wing. Lots of interesting stuff.

We also saw the nautical, aerospace, and mining sections.

This is closer to downtown Munich.

Stores, stores, and more stores. And this is not the center city. It's even bigger!

This is my ride for this trip. An auto transmission with built in GPS. NICE!

The car shot was at dusk with very little light. I had to use a 4" shutter speed to get it right!

Notice "ghost" Chase. We need to work on this, but it could make a cool shot

A Mercedes dealership

Mercedes dealership continued

New additions to the Powell Family!

 Big news in our household this week. We have some new additions!!! No, it's not what you think. We have new kittens. Our kids love their cat and Orangie is the best cat we've had. It's no surprise that I'm not wild about cats -I'm a dog guy- but I even like Orangie. She lets the kids handle her about any way they want to and she will even come to me when I call. She had her litter of 6 orange kittens last Sunday afternoon, the first litter to all look like her. They are a week old today and one of them already has it's eyes open. They will be looking for a good home in about 5 or 6 weeks, free for the asking ;)

Our new additions

Removed from their home under the watchful eye of mom

A bundle of fun

The early bird calling for mom

On a more serious big news note, we do have a new addition coming to our family. Congratulations to Ross and Allison! If you don't know yet, they are expecting a little girl in a few months. We have a new niece on the way. Now that is exciting news!

High Dollar Supper

After a hard day training, we asked the guys at Index for a good place to eat a steak. They recommended a place called Ruth's Chris Steak House. A couple of the guys had heard of the place but never eaten there. We done a little shopping and then hit Ruth's Chris. When we set down we figured it was a nice place, probably pretty pricey. But we have been doing good with our meals, so one nice meal shouldn't hurt, right? Well, they bring out some bread, fill our water glasses, and give us menus. See below.

So there was some serious debate about getting up and leaving. We decided to stick our necks out and go for it. Want to take a guess at the final bill? And the only drinks were waters. Try $256.50!!! We were a little shocked again to find out that the above prices were for the steak only. Baked potatoes, fries, ect. was an extra $8.50. Simply unbelievable. For the record, everything -except one guy's french fries- was great. We had a great meal, I just hope we still have a job when my boss finds out!