Fort Myers and Sanibel Island

This posting will catch up on our trip.  Mark has been doing a better job of posting than I have.  You can look at his blog site to see more pictures!

We left the show, and got a site in a KOA on Pine Island for one night, with the intent to find a cheaper site.  We ended up staying there Sunday thru Tuesday night and did our sight seeing from there.

On Monday, we took a day trip to Sanibel Island.  It cost $6 to take a toll bridge across to the island.  We ate lunch at a chain restaurant (according to Mark, because we had never seen one) called Cheeburger Cheeburger , and we had the best onion rings that I have ever had!!  Here is a sign on the way to the restroom at the restaurant that Mark wanted me to shoot: (Note: The restaurant was on Periwinkle St.)

The following are pictures on the way to the island and on the beach.  The first is the Ft Myers road to the island:

The Toll Booth to the island…….

Sanibel Island Welcome Center and Patsy at the Entry Door.  The pastel colors are typical of this part of Florida…….

Beach scenery…. a lot of sea “stuff” washes up…

 

The lighthouse on Sanibel Island…..

We also saw a large nest on a pole.  It turned out that it is an Osprey nest.  You can see it in the center of the next photo.  The next picture is Patsy and Mark on a walkway near it, and pictures of the chick in the nest and taking a bit of food from an adult bird.  The latter picture is one that Mark took and I stole it from his blog…..

 

There was a lot of trees being planted along all of the roadways similar to below.  We were wondering if it is part of Obama’s ‘handout’ monies…….

When we left the island, we went to the area of Ft. Myers where the Edison-Ford homes were.  It turned out that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford spent their winters here, and their homes are open for tours.  It was late and we only toured the open parts of Edison’s home.  Here are some pictures.  The first are fichus trees with their roots systems.  I have seen this in pots at home, but never in the ground……

Patsy at a statue of Mrs. Edison with her garden in the background………

Patsy and I at a statue of Tom Edison…..

A small description of this attraction…….

Part of the Ford estate across the street……

 

On Tuesday, we toured more of Pine Island and went to Boca Grande.  I will try to post that trip tonight.