I would have never experienced the travels of what I now know to be, seen the places I’ve been, and met the friends that I have met and still to this day stay in contact with had it not been for a non-descript website that with a simple text search of - Costa Rica - landed me into Don Gordo’s world of Fun & Adventure.
How easy it was back then to be dropped from this cyber network at play to be directed right to the center source of what all was happening in a world that I never knew. The site was plain as a butcher’s wrap but the flavor of the text kept me coming back for more, and more and how could one resist. It’s a tribute that a gracious man cherished by many having the foresight and willingness to share his time, his words, his being with so many here on this site from the very beginnings. The world is so big and Don Gordo filled his space so well, I am one of the few fortunate that happens to live in South Florida and recall my last meeting with Don Gordo as he was guest of honor for our local CRT Chapter meeting at the Hard Rock Café. Sitting at the main and table, Godfather holding court, no bigger smile, no happier heart pounding strong and proud was Don Gordo. It was official, he was retiring and would now have the opportunity to spend the majority of his new life in the pleasure lands that he so much brought into the minds of many that followed.
I had a brought as a party gift a very large mardi gras necklace that had beads the size of bowling balls and he placed that necklace around his neck and then proceeded to ask every Hooters server if they wanted to touch his big balls … DG was a very entertaining person and no words can really convey how much we loved, respected, and now remember a beloved brother.
Don Gordo, at last count your precious and forever noted site has a visitor count of over 340,000 visitors, but you have doubled that number with the amount of friends, fellows, and journeymen that have been blessed to know you.
RIP …. JB
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