Journal 9(I did Fort Myers trip instead of Invasive Species)

Our trip to Downtown Fort Myers was extremely eye opening. For almost the entire semester I had been curious to try and picture where they had dropped the cows off "A Land Remembered". Although it might not be an exact location, it gave me a great idea. The park where we first got off the bust was really quiet and the fountain with Thomas Edison was really cool. I thought it was a little funny how they even had statues of fake fish in the water though! Once we started walking around some and we then got the see the Buffalo Soldier statue and then made our way to the Olympian Art Museum. My favorite part of the museum was the painted shoes walking on the wall by the entrances to the bathrooms. It had adult shoes as well as children’s ones all painted in different colors. The entire museum was really great. I wish I could afford to buy some of the art that they had....maybe one day!! I also really enjoyed going to the hotel and seeing the view from the roof. Even just walking down the street was great. They had all of these little shops that you can't find anywhere else. If given more time I would have loved to go inside and see what some of them had for sale. After living here for 7 years and not knowing everything that was around, it was great to go see everything! I will definitely try and go back to the arcade theatre and see a show. Even though it is older the seats and atmosphere in the building were great. It makes me wonder what it was like when they first built it. Especially since, now it is surrounded by other skyscrapers and tall buildings! I love that we live in such a diverse place….and not diverse in that we have lots of different people, but diverse in a way that Fort Myers has so many unique things to offer.

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