The Banyan Trees
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
On Sunday, my friend and I drove down McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, with its impressive Royal Palm trees lining the street. We were looking for interesting trees to paint. Perhaps there would be some on a side street where parking was available. As luck would have it, we found nothing. Either there were no trees, or if trees, then no parking.
Eventually, as we drove around the downtown area we found 2 large banyan trees on the Court House lawn. We set up our easels in the almost vacant parking lot and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of plein air painting, something not possible during a busy week. We later learned that the Court House is to be razed and rebuilt. What a loss! It’s a beautiful old structure!