After the cold front went through yesterday I awoke to 50 degrees this morning.It felt good and allowed me to turn the ac off and open up the boat. Continuing to look at the weather and our timing into Stuart, we decided to stay another night and leave here Monday morning. I did a few engine room chores early and we then set out on our new bikes for the Edison & Ford winter estates. The estates are next to each other and cover about 20 acres. There are 2 homes, a guest home, a caretakers cottage, a swimming pool and numerous other buildings. The grounds are covered in palms and many other tropical plants. Edison's home was built in 1886 and Ford's home was built in 1911 but he didn't purchase it until 1916.
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| The crew with Mr. Edison. |
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| Mrs. Edison's moonlight garden pond. |
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| Swimming pool with high and low dive boards. |
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| What a view! |
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| Edison house. |
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| some inside shots. |
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| Mr. Ford. |
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| Ford house. |
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| One of 4 Ford cars on display. |
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| Part of the kitchen in the Ford house. |
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| Banyan tree. |
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| Front view of the Ford house. |
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| Front view of the Edison house. |
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| More gardens. |
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| Entrance and old pilings from the pier. |
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| Lots of palm lined streets. |
Dinner was at a Mexican restaurant downtown. As we walked up we realized the entire downtown area was closed off for and old car show. After we ate we walked around and enjoyed seeing cars from our past.
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| Even a fake dog! |
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| Old VW pop up camper. |
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