Thinking about home.

Tuesday, March 25^th

The day began with clouds this morning and a forecast for cooler temperatures in the low to mid 70’s—not ideal for the beach or the swimming pool. We had news of yet more snow falling today back at home and once again gave thanks that we decided to spend this additional month here.

 

 

 

We made an easy decision to go on another geocaching adventure. The areas that we visited today reminded me how different this terrain in Southwest Florida is compared to Maryland and Virginia.

Looking for a cache in these rocks was like looking for a needle in a haystack. We never did find it. Unfortunately, fire ants found me again and I wound up with a few bites. They don’t hurt, but within a day’s time they cause itching that I think is worse than poison ivy.

 

A puzzle cache that we were able to solve took us inside the county library. We have never seen a cache placed like this and we found it very interesting.

 

 



At one point in our travels, we drove into and through a rather heavy afternoon rain shower which only lasted a few minutes. Afterwards, the skies cleared and we had nice weather for the remainder of the day. We continue to enjoy beautiful sunsets over the lake. This is our last week here in Florida and at times, it seems like the days have passed too quickly.

Wednesday, March 26^th

 

Today, we went back to old Fort Myers, which I have found to be a very charming and interesting town.

We returned to Centennial Park to the site of a geocache that we could not find when we were there last Thursday. In fact, the cache was missing and the owner replaced it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We ate our lunch at Ford’s Garage restaurant and rather than wait for seating inside, we chose to have lunch outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It gave us an opportunity to view the nearby buildings and to people watch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford’s Garage advertises itself as a burger joint and bar that pays tribute to Henry Ford who we know spent most of his time in the winter just a few minutes away at his estate. The restaurant is decorated to give the feel of an old barn that has been converted into a 1920’s service station by day, moonlighting as a bootleg prohibition bar by night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The door handles are made of gas pump nozzles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bathroom sinks are automobile tires with nozzles for spigots.

 

 

 

They serve a variety of handmade burgers that I found too big to bite and the French fries came in a miniature fry basket.

 

 

The menu lists a 10 pound Big Red Billy Burger, the size of a Model T wheel, which costs $125.00. If a one person can finish eating it in 2 hours, the burger is free.

 

 

We learned that the burgers at Ford’s Garage are directly related to Henry Ford’s success. When he visited a friend’s meat packing company in Chicago, his eyes were opened to the virtues of employing the moving conveyer system and the fixed work stations that were being used there. He adapted this idea in his Ford Motor Company assembly line.

 

We spent some more time in town, browsing in some of the wonderful shops. I could have spent the entire day there. I am sure I will be spending more time here next year.