Sunday was a rainy day, and slow for visitors. For some reason the captain gave the entire crew a day off today (Monday). So I played tourist. Ft. Myers is a really pretty town - especially the downtown revitalized part.
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had summer homes in Ft. Myers, and Edison had a laboratory and botanical gardens here. I toured them today. It was pretty impressive. Both their homes were pretty modest considering the wealth they accumulated during the lives.
We leave in the morning for Titusville about 200 miles away. The trip will probably take two days. We pass through two locks on the waterway, and that will be a new experience for me.
In the Ford musuem was a restored 1937 Ford. That was the first car I owned, and though mine was a convertible, the memory of that car was refreshed by seeing the one here. I bought it in 1951 when I was 15 years old. I actually drove it to get my first driver's liscense when I turned 16.
It doesn't look right in blue. Mine was black like an early Ford was supposed to be.
Ft. Myers is pretty, but a little artificial and antiseptic. The brick pavers are nice.
Edison's lab looks like a highschool lab room.
I met Tom and Henry walking around their places. They both seemed pretty nice - even ordinary - though kinda' quiet. Neither had much to say.
Tom's and Henry's houses. They lived next door to each other. Of course Tom had a swimming pool in the back.
