The Asplundh Tree Expert Co. was founded in 1928 in Pennsylvania by brothers Griffith, Lester and Carl Asplundh, members of a Swedish-American family who combined their educations and experience in arboriculture, electrical engineering and finance. The later is Beth’s father-in-law and we joined her this morning at his winter home before leaving for our flight back to Concord. The company was the first to specialize in trimming trees around power and telephone lines instead of residential services and has been enormously successful. When we arrived at the residence, Kris was totally surprised when greeted by her son Colin who had secretly traveled to Florida from Salt Lake City to visit with his parents. Beth and Colin enjoyed paddle boarding on the river, while Kris and Jeanine relaxed in the pool.