Larry Johnson -- veteran, empty-nester, Californian

Trailboss,
Larry Johnson checking in from out west in sunny California.
I moved to Sacramento shortly after graduation and had no more than unpacked, when the long arm of the Douglas county draft board located me and delivered my draft notice. I was inducted into the Army in 1966 and did a tour of duty in Vietnam from early 1967 to 1968.

A California girl
I was in the 1st Infantry Division while serving in Vietnam. It was one of the longest years of my life. After I was discharged, I returned to the Sacramento area and married a wonderful California girl, Linda. We celebrated our 35th last August.
We have three children; all are grown and out of the house. We have four grandchildren, two boys and two girls, and love being grandparents. All our kids live within 10 miles of us, so we see them all the time.
I have been working in the insurance industry as an Insurance Broker for the last 20- plus years and plan to retire from this field very soon.

Camping? Well . . .
We enjoy traveling and did a lot of it up until about two years ago when my wife suffered a debilitating injury to her back and can only travel short distances these days. We have been doing some short trips around this area, visiting the Gold Rush area. We do seem to get to Reno several times a year. We also do the Las Vegas trip at least once a year.
After living in the jungles of Vietnam for a year, I swore that I would never go camping again. Never say never. I bought a RV. We love to take the grandchildren out camping. We do, however, have certain criteria that the RV parks must meet --- Full hook ups, with no less than 50-channel cable connections.
I will try to make the reunion in August but will have to put off that decision until we get closer to the date. With health issues, it’s hard to plan too far ahead.