January 14-15, Arrival in Vero Beach!!

We left Titusville Tuesday morning to head to Vero.  It seemed like a good idea to get there a day early, so we would could pick up the keys Wednesday morning and begin the moving in process.  As we approached Vero, it got cloudier and cloudier, and we needed a place for lunch.  We consulted the "Bring Fido" site and found a dog friendly restaurant (seating on a patio.)  We decided to take a chance on no rain and went to the Oceala Bistro.  Of course, once we were seated and had ordered, it began to drizzle.  But they were able to open a sun umbrella over us, so all was fine.  The food was excellent.  Sieg had a fancy sandwich and I tried their fish of the day, which was superb.  We'll go there again.
After lunch we checked in at the Holiday Inn Oceanside.  They put us in an end unit, right on the beach! (But neglected to tell us that there would be construction outside our door starting at 9 a.m.--didn't matter since we planned to leave early).  The beach was beautiful.

Holiday Inn from the beach

View from our patio

Our room

View from our patio

There are a group of beach side restaurants nearby, so we ended up having breakfast on Wednesday at Mulligan's.  They are quite well known here and have both an inside and outside section.  Standard beach/resort stuff--large quantities, decent food overall.
We headed to the realtor (David Walsh and Associates) and got the keys.  We found the  townhouse without incident, and I headed out to find a place to buy sandwiches for lunch.  It turns out that we are very near Wabasso Beach and there are two small food places right there.  We are also just across from the Disney Resort.
We spent the afternoon unpacking and then headed to Walmart and the grocery store.  By the time we got home, it was after 7 p.m.