The last field trip of the semester; man, how time flies. It just seems like yesterday I was running around trying to find where the bus was. Anyway, I digress. I think that this was one of the field trips I really enjoyed, and unsurprising as that is. We got to walk around downtown Fort Myers and look at everything the urbanized world had to offer. It was like a mini-adventure. A lot of the sights my group and I saw really stuck into my head. The first one that comes to mind was the Edison, Ford and Firestone statue by where the bus dropped us off. That sculpture was absolutely hilarious, seeing such famous men just relaxing in the middle of a pond. In fact, I left the statue still pondering which one of the three men represented in the statue was the one laying down on his side. In addition to the statue, I also found the homey feel of downtown to be quite surprising. When I heard we were going to downtown Fort Myers, I was expecting it to be something downtown Miami. Yet, I was surprised to find all the structures had a old New England style to them. It reminded me of my trips up to Connecticut, where structures from the beginning of the colonies still existed. Not only that, but all the buildings were decorated for Christmas, giving the atmosphere a winter glow. Despite the fact that the art museum was closed and my group and I spent most of our time inside the more obscure and tinier shops, I have to say that I really enjoyed myself.
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