Friday, September 7, 2018

A Trip Out of the Country

Doug left yesterday morning for Toronto.  He had a board meeting tomorrow and needed to be there for a dinner with the equity firm tonight.  It was the first time he had traveled out of the country in over ten years.  He went to Mexico quite a bit when he worked for Group Dekko, but traveled little when he was at Grabill and Renegade.  His last trip to Canada was with me about twenty years ago when we drove through the country on our way to Niagara Falls.  That was before US citizens needed passports to visit Canada.

As Doug had never been to Toronto before he decided to walk around the downtown area before their dinner.  There were quite a few craft breweries close to his hotel and the hockey hall of fame was in walking distance as well.  Their dinner last night was very nice although he found out later that two people had been murdered there while eating in the past few months.  The theory was that they were mob hits.  Thankfully, everyone survived and Doug enjoyed his fish dinner.

This morning's board meeting went well.  He had a presentation to give that last fifteen to twenty minutes during it.  He was pleased with it and felt he was well prepared.  He received high marks from his boss which I would have expected, but it was nice to hear that he was happy with how it went.  The trip home was an easy one.  They flew out of Toronto's small airport which was only a mile from their meeting.  The plane was a smaller one, but was a direct flight.  Therefore, in a little less than two hours they were back in the states.  He will have to go back again in November for a couple of days.  I am hoping to one day go with him.  That would make for a fun adventure.

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