Fort Myers Beach has a very special place in my heart. As a child, every summer my family and I would take the trip to the beach to enjoy some ‘fun in the sun’. Going back to Fort Myers Beach as a young adult, I never would have imagined that I would learn that so much history could be found! I learned so many new things on my trip with my Colloquium class. For example, the story about giving a manatee too much water was so influential to me. I never knew that if you give a manatee too much water they will sink to the bottom and literally die before this trip.
Another interesting fact that I didn’t know or had ever heard of before this trip was that all shrimp that is caught is frozen. My favorite food in the entire world is shrimp so anytime I would see signs that would say, “Fresh Shrimp” I would be the first to stop to pick up a few pounds. Now that I know that those signs really don’t mean fresh shrimp (because all shrimp is frozen at one point) I probably won’t be stopping so quickly at these false advertised places : )
Finally, the story that I found most interesting during my visit to Fort Myers Beach was the burial story of Cyrus Teed. I recently visited Koreshan State Park to learn more about Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan belief. I found it fascinating that people actually followed this man based on a single vision he had. The story I heard about how his followers trying to actually avert from burying his corpse with the idea that he would rise from the dead was astounding to me.
In conclusion, my trip to Fort Myers Beach brought many memories to mind of when I was a child and also evoked many emotions with all of the new information I learned this visit.
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