Love the views of the bridges down here by the river. Also love the massive, old-growth trees that surround the “uncommon friends” fountain.
Love the views of the bridges down here by the river. Also love the massive, old-growth trees that surround the “uncommon friends” fountain.
Here’s more of the “Uncommon Friends” fountain. The flowers are part of the sculpture – they’re totally fake! Note there’s a cute little otter statue, too. Here are some manatees; I looked in the river for some, but didn’t find any.
Speaking of cute, how ’bout that baby petting the turtle, above? Below, we have Mo, Larry and Curly – oops, I mean Edison, Ford and Firestone. I passed the Ford and Edison estates on the way home (I took McGregor); I guess that will be another outting I’ll need to take soon.
Here are some cool statues of panthers, which sadly do no live around here any more. I’ve read that a male panther needs contiguous roaming area of 100 square miles, in which up to 6 females + cubs can also live. We definitely do not have that much contiguous forest any more ’round these parts. This is why they’ve taken down the “panther X-ing” signs on the road to the airport. Anyhow, I like...
I needed to get out of the house today to try and walk off cigarette cravings, so I decided that since I’ve been living here nearly two years, it was high time I visited Centennial Park, which is on the Fort Myers waterfront. Above, I’m driving down Hendry Street toward the Caloosahatchie River. Above, I’m still driving. I’m not sure how many bridges there are, or which one that is, above. It might be...