When I was 8 my parents took me to Disneyland for the first time. It was the last year of my dad's life and he finally felt like he had extra money to spend, so we started to do a ton of travelling. Now when my dad travelled he liked to do it in style - i.e. hotel suites, limos, first class plane tickets.
While in Disneyland I found a giant, almost life sized gorilla in Adventureland and I became obsessed. The gorilla was a replica of "Koko," the real gorilla who was taught sign language and had a pet kitten. I loved the story of Koko and was sure that I was meant to have this stuffed animal! After a lot of begging dad surprised me with the gift - only problem, how do we get a huge gorilla home?
Easy, Paul simply buys another first class plane ticket for Koko!
Of course we boarded first and ordered drinks, so as the rest of the passengers took their seats they had to pass buy a grown man sitting next to a life sized stuffed gorilla - each had a Crown Royal on the rocks!
That was the fun Paul, totally crazy, spontaneous, generous!
I would probably not believe it was true, but I was there and a part of the adventure. Which makes me think, that maybe all the crazy adventures and stories he described to my mom (many of which are totally unbelievable) are actually all true....and if not, will someone out there please call "bull - _____" on my dad!
Echo - this is really great that you are doing this! I wish I could share some stories or had any insight for you, but since I cannot - I will definitely forward it on in hopes the world is small enough and someone from my world has information about your dad. I am enjoying reading each blog-thanks for sharing this journey with us!
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