Field Trip 5

Down town Fort Myers

My family and I go downtown frequently. We love the park there and have participated in many school functions at Harborside Event Center. On this fieldtrip however we went to the Edison Home (hope that’s okay) and the museum. We walked the streets and ate at a little restaurant called Good Things. My children and husband enjoyed the stories that knew of down town Fort Myers. I grew up here in Lee County so I have seen so many changes.

Once again, I used the same 35mm camera to take these photos too, so my children colored re-peat photos of the ones we took and some we just saw. I think they enjoyed the Edison Home the most. I know that we not on the agenda but, I think it should be. The Edison home has many native plants on really old historic land. The water in the back of the Edison home is beautiful and knowing that you are stand in the same spot Thomas Edison once stood is awesome. He walked the ground through the same type leaves at his feet and enjoyed his natural surroundings. We tried to pick out some of the plants we have been learning about through our different trips during this course. I think they learned the most from ECHO because; they were using what we learned there to compare the most. They thought that they say a Neem plant but, we are really not sure, it did look like it. I took a photo to ask Prof. Davis, but don’t have it to show. I guide had no idea what it was, but my children were convinced they knew it was a Neem.

They thought it was so interesting that Edison touched the same plants they were touching. They saw butterflies and a few lady bugs too. Noah thought one went down this throat because, his mouth was open…hahaha, talking about “be one with nature”, hahaha.

My oldest swears he saw a bird down town like the one we were suppose to see at Corkscrew, but it was behind a big bush.

My youngest drew a beautiful picture of Edison's home. He said the little person with the crazy red hair was mommie (me) and that is him inside Edison's house comming up with new ideas to make the world better. Oh, and hw added the "weed flower" in this picture too. He swears he saw it there too.