More Pictures from Florida

Here are some final pictures from Florida.  On our last day, we visited the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.  This is a pretty cool place.  I wasn't aware of this, but Thomas Edison and Henry Ford lived next to each other in Fort Myers in the winters.  Their houses and work areas (including Edison's lab) remain intact and are now open for tours.  You get to see many of Edison's inventions, along with some amazing rubber trees that were brought over from India and were used to produce a source of rubber.

Angie and I spent about three hours there, and we easily could have stayed longer.  It was a fascinating look at the genius and inegenuity of those two men.  Of course, we couldn't resist the urge to get pictures with the two men for which it's named:

In these pictures, Angie is telling Thomas how much she values her inventions and how she can't believe that it's in the 50s and cloudy in Florida, and I'm telling Henry that I can't believe I'm still driving his Escort.  (Yeah, they told us that the statues are drawn above scale.)  Notice the size of the tree in the background of Angie's picture.  It appears to be a group of trees, but it's actually a single tree.

One other place we visited on our trip was the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium.  We went on a walk through the nature area, and saw some unique animals.  The cool weather caused many of the animals to be put inside, but it was still a nice tour.

Once again, we'd like to thank Bill and Linda for hosting us.  We had a fun time, and will definitely be back someday.