Week 5 Part B

Downtown Field Trip

Our last field trip in Colloquium was to the Downtown area of Fort Myers. I was really excited about this trip because it was very different from the other trips we have taken. Most of the other field trips we have taken for this class has taken place are more of a natural setting, but this was the first trip we have taken to look at a more urban area around us. I was excited to roam downtown and get a better feel for the place. I knew that most of the buildings had a historic significance but the only time I had really been down there was to volunteer and doing service learning at the Imaginarium Science Center last spring and the summer. I really enjoyed the small museum we went to first of Jackson. I liked how they told the story of Fort Myers from prehistoric times to present. I was so surprised at the massive animals that lived here so long ago, like the giant sloth. Before going to this museum I did not know much about the history of the Native Americans. I had taken many history classes before this, but I cannot remember much about the Seminoles or the Caloousa Indian tribes. Another part of the trip I enjoyed was going to the top of the Indigo Hotel. Getting a birds eye view of Downtown Fort Myers gave me a good perspective of how big this area really is. I thought about what a cool place this could be to live if I could walk to work and the grocery store, it would be much better than driving everywhere.