When going to downtown Fort Myers I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had seen plenty of downtown areas before so I was trying to see what would be so different about Fort Myers. Well let me tell you, Downtown Fort Myers is not like any other downtown areas.
Of course there were a couple of skyscrapers but nothing like Miami or New York City. There were hotels and bars but it was a lot more intimate than any other downtown area I have ever been to. There wasn’t lot of traffic and the river flowed right through it all. It was very peaceful. Peaceful would not be a word I would use to describe any downtown areas that I have been to.
Our first stop downtown was to the railroad museum. It was old but had a lot of artifacts and a lot of history was in there. Starting off with a huge skeleton of a sloth. The sloth had to have been at lest 9 feet tall with big paws. When I think of a sloth I think of Sid on the Ice Age movie. The little sloth that was dumb. But obviously that was a movie and this was real life.
The next skeleton we saw was of the saber tooth tiger. It is the newest cat to die off. It is crazy about what kind of animals lived in Fort Myers thousands of years ago. It was crazy to see how big the animals were. They were all larger than life and I definitely wouldn’t want to see one of those animals walking down the street now.
The next section that we went into was the history about the Caloosa Indians. They would make hunting instruments out of sticks and put a seashell on the end and sharpen it so they could kill with it. They also used it them to dig out canoes and rivers. I definitely got the sense that these Indians were very driven people and fought for what they got.
The next stop was the history of Fort Myers. We saw a miniature model of how Fort Myers looked when the fort was right on the water. Now there are two streets in front of the fort. It was cool to see all the different phases Fort Myers has gone through and see how it has grown and has its own characteristics.
Once we got done with the museum it was time to park at Centennial Park and walk around. I enjoyed this a lot seeing the brick roads and the little restaurants and bar. It made me feel like I was in a little town not in downtown Fort Myers. There was that much traffic and the road were very clean. But seeing downtown from sky view had to be the best. Being on top of indigo’s roof at the restaurant and pool was such a lovely sight.
Looking over I could see everything and it made me think what was here before me. Was a saber tooth tiger walking this same ground that I was, or a dinosaur. Looking over and seeing so many small buildings and then just seeing forest isn’t what you usually see.
Downtown is a place that I will never forget mainly because out bus broke down and I had so much homework to do. But over seeing all the sights and really seeing what Fort Myers was about was a lot of fun.
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