Yesterday, Sunday, we made our way once again to Fort Myers beach for the
Sand Sculpting Championship but this time we were earlier than the day before so traffic was not nearly as heavy. These sand sculptures are so impressive. We had been down this way last year and attended this event then. So much work goes into these beautiful works of art it seems such a shame that immediately after this event the sand is leveled and the art is gone. All that remains are photographs and memories.
Leaving this area we stopped for lunch at a
Pinchers Seafood Restaurant where we both had softshell crabs, almost as good as in Maryland.
After lunch we walked to a dock next door to see what the Pelicans were going after.
A charter fishing boat was cleaning the days catch and throwing the fish remains to them after filleting the Groper and Red Fish that were caught on the days trip.
Today we drove into the older area of Fort Myers to the
Edison and Ford Winter Estates. We choose a guided tour as oppose to an audio tour. The tour was about an hour long and moved along at a nice pace. Edison and Ford homes and caretaker's home were viewed from the outside looking into rooms from doorways.
The buildings and grounds are well maintained. A banyan tree planted in 1927 is reported to be the largest of its kind in the continental USA and is one of over 17,000 plants that was used for rubber research.
Today we had lunch at
Iguana Mia, a nice Mexican restaurant, followed with dessert at a
Rita's which we don't have in the area at The Villages. It was cooler today and mostly cloudy.
