What) Thomas Edison said, "There is only one Fort Meyers and 90 million people are going to find it out."  The genius inventor first visited the town in 1885, quickly fell in love with area's natural beauty, had a house built and spent the last 30 winters of his life there.  Edison also was enamoured with the city's royal palm trees and had more imported from Cuba and planted on McGregor Boulevard, the street facing his home.  Today, scores of 50-75 foot tall majestic royal palms line this 15-mile street like solders standing at attention, guarding the elegant homes in the affluent neighbourhoods nearby. A highlight of the Edison estate is a banyan tree said to be the largest in the United States. (from the CAA Florida guidebook)

    Where) 1 mile southwest on SR 867 at 2350 McGregor Boulevard

    Why) Read the second last sentence and then tell me why you wouldn't want to go there.


























This is the view along McGregor Boulevard just down the street from Edison's place.







This is the entrance to Edison's estate.  We didn't go onto the grounds but we did see some nice sights while walking around.







Pam enjoyed the amazing display of this Bougainvillea hedge.







I enjoyed the complexity of this very large tree/trees.