Frank (FKA Gaylord) Johnson

Exited EC summer of '72 to take a 1-year "sabbatical" in San Francisco which opened my eyes to a big beautiful world - returned home then went on to Duluth and Twin Cities before escaping to Southern CA in 1975 where I had a 12-year blast - shifted gears and returned to EC in '87 to reconnect with family before moving on to Hudson, Twin Cities, St. Louis, Springfield IL, Des Moines, Columbus, and Jacksonville before coming full-circle to finish-up in Minneapolis 2018 - put myself out to pasture in Osage Beach, MO where I recently partnered with son, Alex, on 10 acres which we plan to develop and cultivate when we get around to it - in retrospect, its been quite a journey for "Franky-J" (as my friends in CA referred to me), and I wouldn't trade my experiences even-up with anyone.

Had a ton of fun and a million laughs with good buddies Jim Ayres, Tim Mosel, Bob Reninger, and my crazy friend since grade school, Mark Stanton - we got ourselves into a few tight spots but consistently weaseled out of predicaments on the strength of our bullshit.