Downtown Fieldtrip

On Thursday June 27, 2013 our class went to downtown Fort Myers for our last field trip of the summer. The trip took twenty minutes, which to go downtown is not that far way. We first stopped at a food market outside which happens under the bridge every Thursday. There were all types of fruits, vegetables and different types of drinks. Although I would never buy anything from this place because they were a bit expensive. It was still interesting to walk around and see the different variety of things they had to sell. We next walked around most of downtown and explored the many different historic places that were still in preservation. We found out that the first port was created because the builders went past the original destination in Sarasota and arrived at Fort Myers. Thinking it was Sarasota they began to build the port by accident. The only thing that confuses me is, wouldn't the builders ask one person if they were in the right place or see one sign indicating it was not Sarasota and it was indeed Fort Myers, but I guess things were different back then.

We also learned of an old tree that got struck by lightning so many times that eventually an artist decided to change the ugly tree into a piece of art. He turned the tree into an eagle with amazing detail and was very impressive. I have never been good at art so seeing something like that was amazing. We also saw a large portrait with all the history of Fort Myers which was very interesting to learn about all the things that this city has gone through to get where they are today. I have been downtown before, but seeing it in a different view and understanding its history was an amazing experience.