The downtown field trip was hands down, the best school related, off-campus function that I have ever participated in. I’m new to Fort Myers, moving here last January, and have only driven through the downtown riverside district. I thought there was a lot to see in the little store fronts. Being from Florida, I know that there is little history here, besides local Indian tribe mounds and so forth. The lack of history makes it kind of difficult to be a history buff in Florida, compared to the historically rich North East, or Wild West. Even with the lack of history in most Floridian destinations, Ft. Myers had a modest amount of information of the founding of the city as a military outpost and later as a cattle port during the civil war.
The field trip would have been fun just as a scavenger hunt, but it was made even better by the competition introduced by extra credit giving to the winners. As a competitive person, this aspect made the field trip exciting. Overall the downtown field trip was a great time and the perfect end to colloquium. Much better than a trip the local recycling plant could ever be.
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