Ft. Myers Municipal Yacht Basin

Caloosahatchee River District

Week 3

Happy Valentine!
Just the two of us!

 

A visit to Ft. Myers wouldn't be complete without lunch in Ford's Garage.

Ford's Garage.  The best hamburgers around!

The ladies' room in Ford Garage.

The hamburgers from Ford's Garage are directly related to Henry Ford's success.  In 1855, Mr. Ford visited a friend's meat packing company. In his autobiography "My Life and Work",   he states that visiting that meat processing company opened his eyes to the virtues of using a conveyor belt.  There he got his idea of an assembly line which attributed to his success in the automobile industry.

We eat a lot, but not ALL the time.  We finally saw manatees up close in Manatee Park.

A mother and her young one.

 A mother nurses her calf up to two years.

Do you see some surfacing to breathe? They spend approximately 50% of the day sleeping submerged, surfacing for air regularly at intervals of less than 20 minutes.

When they aren't sleeping, they are eating!  A 1,000-pound manatee eats up to 100 pounds of vegetation a day.  

Colorful Kayaks waiting for playful Manatees

Back in the city.

We were able to enjoy the Allure Your Senses Sculpture Exhibit only in Ft. Myers January-March. Allure Your Senses is a 23-piece exhibit of iron sculptures by renowned Colombian artist Edgardo Carmona.

Utopia.  Boy fishing

10.0 Balance, movement and internal and external strengths come together.

Juego de Domino.  Domino players, a part of tradition and life in the Caribbean and Antilles.

It's a Wrap

So we end this last week saying goodbye to the 3 who have help put Ft. Myers on the map: Ford, Firestone and Edison relaxing in Centennial Park. 

To be continued as we plan to move east and explore more of the Caloosahatchee in March . . .