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Making of: 1st Annual Kentucky Craft Beer Festival video

I started working on this video in late June, but it kind of got sidelined for a while for no real reason at all. Just the typical me struggling to finish a task.

Case and point. Today I loaded the dishwasher, but left 2 things sitting on the counter, technically holding me up from marking the task off my list. WTF?

Anyways, I uploaded this video to YouTube early one morning this week and now I’ve added the tags and description that I think should accompany the video on it’s journey  on the Internet.

I really want to thank my brother-in-law, Allen for letting me use the music from his band, Mays Run in my video. They’re a local band with a lot of talent and I thought they were a perfect match for a beer festival rooted in Kentucky and a couple of surrounding states.

The beer festival was refreshing. I think I paid something like $35 for a VIP ticket that got me into the drinking area an hour before regular admission and a t-shirt. Early entry was crucial, because near the end of the venue the breweries started running out of alcohol and some people were just walking in the doors. *Note if you plan to attend next year, get the VIP tickets!

I was able to use an intro and outro from my new source for customizable video renders and I got to try out a new alpha technique when introducing the Blue Stallion beers.  Here’s a list of all the beers that were on tap at the event.

Craft Beer List

In the video you get to hear me slurring some words which is all courtesy of the fine brews that were on hand at the 2016 Kentucky Craft Beer Festival. My second beer of the day had at least 10% alcohol content and was good to the last drop.

Check out the video and let me know what you think.

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Team Mexico watches LouCity FC Pro Soccer game

A few weeks after the Spring soccer season at EYSA wrapped up, the team got together to watch the pros play and take notes. We met at the Louisville Slugger Field for a match between LouCity FC and FC Cincinnati. Even though the game ended in a draw, Louisville looked to be the better team as they dominated much of the ball possession time. The kids had fun watching the games, but I would say the highlight was all the sweets they had while we were there. Caleb had birthday cake Dippin’ Dots as a treat. [Read more…] about Team Mexico watches LouCity FC Pro Soccer game

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Trip to Red River Gorge

Last week was filled with excitement as we prepared for our trip to Red River Gorge on Friday. Aimee and I texted back and forth throughout the week about how quickly our trip was coming up and that we couldn’t wait to get away for a bit. I had Friday off, thanks to all you Veterans out there, so we headed out the door shortly after Aimee made it home from her morning class. The drive was a little over 2 hours and Caleb was a happy traveler like always. We stopped for some lunch and then got back on the road.

Once we arrived in the Red River Gorge area, we met up with Phil and his 2 daughters; Erin and Alise to explore into the Daniel Boone National Forest where Aimee visited in her childhood. The entrance to the forest required us to drive through the Nada Tunnel, a hole carved through solid rock only wide enough for one lane of traffic at a time. After a short hike to a suspension bridge we met up with the Mills Family and checked into our housing for the next couple nights, a large 3 bedroom log cabin.

The cabin was everything I expected and more! Big rooms, a game room with a pool table, big wrap-around deck with a hot tub on it, fire pit out back, a kitchen full of amenities, the works… When we weren’t out hiking we were enjoying a comfortable stay in our cabin with friends. Art and Phil are a couple of my cigar buddies so we had our own little Fumadores Cigar Club hangout and broke out the corn hold boards the cabin owners provided. The deck was so large Caleb was able to ride his Strider up and down it.

Caleb had fun playing and chasing the other kids all weekend. Thanks to Ethan, Maya, Alise, and Erin for being so entertaining to him!

Hiking was amazing. We visited several points of interest; Sky Bridge, Angel’s Windows, Natural Bridge, and Chimney Rock. The two bridges were made of large rocks with the bottom middle missing to form a bridge and both trails took us over and around the bridges putting in perspective how high we were.

The weather was perfect in my opinion. It got a bit chilly at night and the wind blew constantly while we were there, but it was nothing to complain about. Thanks to everyone that went with us and we hope to do it again sometime.

Here’s the full slideshow from our camera and be sure to check out Lauren’s pics on Facebook too.

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Camping at Otter Creek

The weather this weekend couldn’t have been any better for a camping adventure in October. I left work an hour early, packed up the Vera Cruz and headed to Otter Creek, which is a few miles on the other side of Fort Knox, with Aimee and Caleb. This was Caleb’s first time camping and although he sounded anxious when he repeated, “We’re going camping!” He really had no idea what he was in for. We met up at the camp site with our friends Art and Lauren who had their 2 kids Ethan and Maya with them and were later joined by another friend, Phil. Caleb enjoyed running around with Ethan and Maya and throwing sticks in the fire. When it neared his bedtime he told us he wanted to go home and although he let out a short cry when we laid him down he slept perfectly in our tent.

Our nighttime activities included eating brats and hot dogs, apple pie moonshine, cigars, roasted marshmallows, sitting by the fire, and a trip to a haunted forest. The next day Aimee whipped up some excellent breakfast burritos followed by a stroll around the camp site on the Strider. Later another friend and her kids joined us for some fun in the stream and a hike on the nature trails which are perfect for walkers, mountain bikers, and horse back riding. A little while after we made it out of the woods from the hike we headed home and relaxed.

Caleb did very well and I’m sure the next time we say, “We’re going camping” he will know exactly what we are talking about.

Below is a slideshow of our trip, a video of Caleb by the fire, and a still shot of a spider Lauren found looking for a place to have some lunch!

Scary shot of spider with fly