The outer room was heavily damaged with windows blown out during Jeanne and it is closed but being repaired. Hundreds of land crabs had "invaded" the Inn and that was quite a project returning them to the beach/lagoon. The biggest change you will notice is the beach and temporary beach access which is where the campfire used to be. Most of you will not recognize the beach. They have brought in around 10,000 tons of sand and it is wider now. With most of the dune and some foilage gone ,you have more of a view of the ocean from the Inn. Lots of new foilage/flowers have been planted with a Crocodile "Welcome Home" topiary and a Sea Turtle topiary out front at the entrance to the lobby.most of the lobby floor has been replaced. The sod has also been freshly replaced in the lawn area. Hope to get the pictures posted late tonight or tommorrow. Haven't been down to Vero in awhile,hopefully flafam can help you with that.Most public beach accesses still closed(including Wabasso,Ambersands,SeaGrape and Turtle Trail(which are some of the closest to the VB resort) A few have reopened including Sebastian State Park. Many of the Sebastian restaurants are now reopened and dock repairs have started at some marinas. Having a problem with insects(mainly gnats and tiny fruit flies) along restaurant row on Indian River Drive. US1 north is still one lane in some small stretches between Sebastian and Melbourne.Roofers,plumbers,electricians can be very hard to near impossible to find. Unfortunately what was normal will be along time coming but things are looking up.
You'd think they'd have closed the "shutters", wouldn't you?
Seriously, that is their real purpose; plus they're pretty. But in storms as ferocious as Frances and Jeanne, I guess I am not surprised.
Hmmmm, those shairs don't look very wheelchair accessible. Let's hope there is something by January or we will have a very disappointed 7 yr old boy in my family.
