- Journal # 6: Reflections on your Fort Myers Beach Field trip
- Word count : 331
The field trip to Fort Myers beach was honestly not the most interesting one being that we did not really go to the beach. We only got a view of it from the bus, but we did see the water from the mangroves. The mangroves are probably the least interesting of all the landscapes we have visited only because being a native here I always see them. I am not a fan of crabs and mosquitoes so going on this field trip put me outside of my comfort zone just a little. Fortunately the crabs were all on the mangroves and at least I could enjoy them from afar unlike all the mosquitoes swarming around the group. Thinking about all those mosquitoes just makes me itch.
The guest speaker who was at the house was an old lady who was very nice. It was interesting to learn about Ponce de-Leon a little bit more. I know how to spell his name now so I am mildly happy! Disney latest Pirate movie was about the fountain of youth and it is nice to see history living on. The island was a barrier island and I wonder if the reason the Spanish stopped on the island was that they saw the Indians there in the first place. However I like history of the America’s more during the revolution and beyond. Like knowing that the Germans came to the United States to sabotage American manufacturing and moral, but I do know my share of prehistory and early history of the America’s.
Fun facts that I learned was that Shrimp was known as “Pink Gold” and that one oyster in one hour filter nine gallons of water. My Spanish is not so good so Matanzas meaning massacre is interesting to know. Also that the Miami Hurricanes are named after the 1926 hurricane, is interesting, but I’ll forget that soon.
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