Thursday, February 19th
Last night we had record low temperatures. It was pretty
chilly when we woke up this morning and all our windows were steamed. At least,
they weren’t frosted or iced. Cordell drew a smiley face in the condensation on
our bedroom window pane. He took a photo and only later did he discover that
the tree outside made it look like a snowman!
When Jim, Cordell and I took a walk through the
neighborhood, we noticed that a few of the residents had covered their bushes
and flowers to protect them from any frost.
It was a good day for us to spend most of our time
inside.
Friday, February 20th
Barb and Jim checked out of Hotel Black and went to spend
a few days on Marco Island. Cordell and did laundry and then we made a trip to
the grocery store.
I have never seen a head of cabbage as large as this one. I needed both of my hands just to hold it.
Early evening, we went to the airport and picked up my
cousin, Kathy, who flew in from Vienna Virginia, to spend a couple of days with
us. I advised her that we were having cooler weather here and the temps were
going to be from the high 60’s to the mid 70’s. She was looking forward to that
prospect considering that snow was arriving in her area tonight.
The airport at Fort Myers has some pretty decorations and
this is one that I like,
Saturday, February 21st
Kathy and I enjoyed spending some “cousin time” together this
morning.
Later, we took her to Six Mile Cypress Swamp Preserve.
This was our third trip to this preserve in the past
three weeks. Each time, we have seen something different.
Even though we saw baby alligators and their mother just
off the boardwalk when we were here with Janelle, Kathy was satisfied that the
only ones in sight today were sunning on the opposite side of the lake.
But, we did see a wild pig run right under our feet while
we were still on the boardwalk. There were several baby pigs running back and
forth along the side, but none of them had the courage to run under the
boardwalk. It is sad to think that these cute animals are invasive in this area
and measures are taken to eradicate them.
After we left the preserve, we took Kathy to Bonita
Springs where she saw the huge banyan tree that I love to visit.
We came back to the condo for lunch and Kathy enjoyed
sitting outside on the lanai.
Later, we drove to old town Fort Myers to attend the
Festival of Lights Parade which honors Thomas Edison, who spent many winters
here in the latter part of his life.
After walking around town for a while, we had a nice dinner
at one of the local restaurants.
We had purchased Street Seats from the local church and
they were folding chairs set up on the sidewalk. Nonprofit organizations were allowed
to sell seats in certain sections. Ours were located in the front row. We had a great
vantage point to see the fireworks that were set off.
The parade began at 7:00 p.m. and lasted 1 ½ hours. It
was interesting to see all the different ways the various units displayed
lights. As is common in parades in small towns, there were lots of fire trucks,
EMT units, police cars and motorcycles, politicians riding in convertibles in
addition to the floats and marching bands.
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Each year a light bulb balloon signifying one of Edison’s
greatest inventions is in the parade.
Wells Fargo had a
stage coach pulled by Clydesdale horses which looked really huge from our
seats.
All the marching bands found clever ways to incorporate lights
and I especially was impressed with some musicians who wrapped rope lights
completely around their trumpets.
It was a very enjoyable evening and we were
delighted that it was warm enough that we only needed to wear light weight wind
breakers.
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