Our main event today was visiting the Edison and Ford Winter Estates. This is where Thomas Edison (left) and Henry Ford (right) built houses next to each other right on the Caloosahatchee river. We did the self guided audio tour which had 20 pre-recorded messages to explain various places of interest of the property. The bottom two pictures show the views from their respective porches. When Edison built his house in 1885 there was no railroad service to Ft Myers so he built a dock 1/4 mile into the river so supplies could be shipped in by boat.
It warmed up into the 70's in the afternoon so we headed for Ft Myers beach. It was quite crowded so we drove around for a while, then grabbed some rays at our hotel pool. It was a very nice relaxing, warm and sunny afternoon.
Tomorrow we head east to West Palm Beach for Downton Abbey: The Exhibition, and then on to Fort Lauderdale to be close to the airport for our flight home Saturday.
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