Estero Bay

The Estero Bay field trip was hands down my favorite field trip we went on. I was truly enticed by Jo Hughes’s stories. Jo talked about how life in Fort Myers beach was like many years ago. Before listening to Jo talk about how beautiful this Island was and how rich in history it is, I honestly did not appreciate Fort Myers beach. I always thought of it as the murky polluted beach that all the college kids went to party. I’ve had my fair share of fun on this Island, but while doing so I never once thought about the history of it.

Jo mentioned that when she was a kid she loved playing in the beautiful waters of the beach. It saddens me to know that this beach was once pristine and full of beautiful marine life. Now Fort Myers Beach is murky with little water clarity. I would kill to experience this Island before pollution and over population. It probably would’ve been like something out of a movie. Many efforts have been put in place to help get the waters of the Island back to how they once were. It is nice to see that we are finally realizing all the harm that we have done to beautiful places like these, and are making efforts to reverse our footprints.