Grasshopper No.1 and my favorite son-in-law took an autumn trek through northern Wisconsin up into Canada culminating in a scenic train ride through the woods. I don’t know any details except that being escourted across the Mackinaw Bridge by State police at 20 mph because winds were so strong doesn’t sound good. Some vacations don’t turn out as good as others.
Last weekend your Mom and I spent the weekend in Minneapolis. It is always like a little Camelot. Grasshopper No.5 was a gracious host as always. She is 4-5 months into her new job as “Web Designer/Programmer” with Gameinformer. I thought Grasshopper No.5 designed futuristic video games. You know, “zap, smash, k-boom”. Nope I was wrong.
No.5’s company is a small Minneapolis magazine company named Gameinformer consisting of 34 people and designed to inform people about computerized video games including critiques of new video releases. The company “Gameinformer” is so good at what they do, they were purchased several years ago by “GameStop”, the world’s largest retailer of video game products and PC entertainment software. GameStop has 6700 retail stores worldwide including an online video game order system. It does over $2 billion in sales each year. That is $2 billion with a capital “B”. Grasshopper No.5 designs formats that make transition for video products to PC’s, iPads, iPods and other electronic products easy. It sounds futuristic. Grasshopper No.5 loves it. No she did not give me any free samples.
The trip to Minneapolis was after “peak colors”, but we did miss the 4 inches of rain that Wisconsin got. It never rains in Camelot.
Love,
Dad