Edison and Ford Winter Estates

Yesterday we went to see where Thomas Edison and, later, Henry Ford spent time in the winter.
Edison, who had worked for Ford at one time, came in the 1880s; Ford bought the house next door in 1916.  It isn't very far but we made a bad choice of route which involved a half hour at walking pace through Fort Myers Beach.  On the way back we were also delayed, for an hour, by a road closure after what looked like a bad road accident.

In between there was a lot to see, between exotic plants and trees, Edison and Ford's houses, a workshop and research lab and a museum.  The research lab was set up by Edison to research a domestic source of latex for rubber.
Their houses are fairly modest given their wealth. Here are a couple of photos.
Edison's House

Ford's House

As always C was interested in the various plants around the estate. 

The most interesting for us was a cinnamon tree never having seen one before. 


The only other comment C would like to make is that tourist places like this do NOT have places to eat! There was a only a small catering-trailer with a guy selling hot dogs (until he ran out of buns!), some teriyaki and cans of coke. I remember it was the same in the Miami Botanical Gardens last year.    
Very odd. 

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