Downtown Fort Myers

For our final field trip we took a tour of downtown Fort Myers. Amazingly, I have lived in Estero since August 2012 and this was the first time I'd ever been to the downtown area. I feel that the best part of this field trip was having a teacher as a guide who knew so much of the rich history of the area. Learning about the "Uncommon Friends" statue was interesting. You wouldn't usually stop to think learn about the history of the fountain if you were just alone in the park, but it tells you a story about major events in the area. We also learned about the building that was originally on the pier. I never knew that Fort Myers was the best travel spot for young people in the past. We also learned the history of the mural on the federal building and what each person on it represented.