Sanibel Reopens To The Public! Is The Island Ready After Hurricane Ian, Part 1:EXTENSIVE TOUR!!
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2023
- On New Year's Day, we made a narrated video tour of Sanibel. (3 months after Hurricane Ian). We plan to re-make the same video on January 1, 2024, to document the recovery of this magical place! Full transparency - it is difficult to watch, but we know how many people out there LOVE these islands as much as we do and are rooting for Sanibel & Captiva. We can't wait to show you the recovery! Nick, Lori & Max❤️
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Thank you for taking the time to make and narrate this video. As others have noted, we are heartbroken to see the devastation, but know in time the natural beauty of the island will return, and many of the physical structures will be rebuilt. God bless the island's residents, businesses, and all those working to make it whole again.
Thank you! Well said
I’m watching and continue to pray for everyone on Sanibel, Captiva and surrounding areas. My friends were planning on taking me just after my husband died last year and then Ian hit. It was shocking just how much damage. To have your home destroyed like this breaks my heart. God bless!
I hope you get to visit one day!
@@TheSanibelCaptivaGuide Honestly, it’s on y bucket list! I have been a part of a volunteer group that offers face characters to medically fragile children, charities, libraries, etc. My bucket list includes being a mermaid on Sanibel! One day! Prayers for rapid healing of the island and emotional healing of all the folks who live there.
I cried for the first time since Ian,, my beachfront home, contents and cars were totally destroyed, the reality of be airlifted with my little autistic brother in that basket ( prior to Ian landfall) is just hitting me,, we are lucky to now live in France with my grandmother but I've developed PTSD and have to take meds for the first time in my life , I'm 18 and have no plans to rebuild or return to the US 🇨🇵😓
We had the pleasure of visiting Sanibel and Captiva last February. I’m sad to see the devastation and hope for a speedy recovery. It looks like it will take years for the vegetation to grow back. Thanks for the video. Keep us updated.
This breaks my heart. Captiva is one of my favorite vacation destinations. Thank you for sharing Sanibel videos with us
Our family had a place at Sunset South from 1975 and it was nice to see it is still standing. Thank you
Nick - Would love to see a drive-through tour that goes all the way out to Lands End on Captiva.
I first came to the islands 30 years ago and fell in love with it.I am not a religious man but this is as close to heaven as your gonna get.
I am lucky to have a small condo on the island but probably won’t be able to visit for at least a year.
I count down the time till I can get home.We will rebuild stronger and go again.
Lots of love to the islands
Nick & Lori - Love seeing the ongoing rebuild through your eyes. Nick, I think I’ve watched most of your videos these last five+ years, but THIS one might meet the most to me on a personal level. THANKS!!
My wife and I vacationed last at this beautiful tranquil place more than ten years ago. Now all that’s left is hope.
We have hope!
I had many childhood trips here, my honeymoon here, and even a trip here about 1 month before Ian hit, I am happy too see the progress and that some of my favorite restaurants reopened. I will return one day, thank you for this amazing video!
Been visiting since 1980 and always felt like Sanibel was a slice of paradise. I found a Lion’s Paw at Blind Pass and filled many a box with treasures from the sea. My last trip was in December 2021. Little did I know. 😢 Thank you for the video. I don’t recall seeing the historic village nor library. I particularly fear for the fate of the historic buildings.
Wow how lucky to find a Lion's Paw! The Historical Museum suffered damage. You can follow their facebook page to get updates. The library is open.
@The Sanibel Captiva Guide,what is meant by Lion’s paw???
@@dorotheevonwerder4303 it’s a type of shell that you rarely find on the beaches of Sanibel so it is prized if you find one.
We appreciate the update. Thank you. We didn’t know what to expect, so this is enlightening. Hopefully, we’ll be able to return this year, but there’s a lot of work ahead. Who knows. We’re confident that things will improve at a decent pace. Sorry for all your pain and loss.
Thank you Mary. We hope you will be back soon!
We sure love Sanibel. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks so much for doing this video. I was fortunate enough to visit your slice of paradise last October and was just amazed at the beauty of the island with such lush vegetation and very kind and friendly locals. It broke my heart watching that hurricane head toward the island , I just kept praying for you guys. Watching this video now it looks like a ghost town but I continue to hope and pray for the residents and the business owners. We all very much appreciate the effort you all have put into making this video for us..❤️
Thank you Liz!
Thank you for the tour, sending hope and resilence through this difficult time! Mother Nature will return the beauty and praying for strength for the people who will rebuild!
Well said!
Thank you so much for filming this. You did an excellent job of narration, documentation and direction! Our family have had a presence on the island since the 1970’s and sold just months before Ian. My heart goes out to everyone on the island. Our inner
sea turtle always returns to their beach! Sanibel strong.
You are so welcome! Sanibel is a special place:)
I was also thinking it has seems rather quick to be opening. Good luck to all.
Thanks so much for the video. We stay at the West Wind Inn each year and very thankful we made the trip last year. Its continued prayers and strength for all until we can return and enjoy this wonderful place! Thanks again!
Let's gooooooo!!!! Whoo hoo spring break time. 🤣
Thank you for the feature of the shops and the kind words! I miss you guys - it was nice to listen to your voices and to see the tour of the island (I haven't been back since October). Sending love!
Awee! Maari we thought of you on New Year's Day. We were remembering the Polar Plunge. Let's bring it back for 2024!
So sad to see and hear of the damage. My family lived through Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina in 1989 and it will take 2+ years for the vegetation to come back. Stay strong.
We will stay strong!
I'm still in tears, even though I know that everything must change, nothing stays the same. Nature will reclaim this once luscious and beautiful Island.
Thank you for the video. I broke my leg during the evacuation process and did not have the opportunity to say a final goodbye to my home which is now destroyed on west gulf drive. Although I cried your video gave me the tour I needed
Oh my...We are so sorry to hear that. I hope you are healing.
I love that you are promoting the local business that are open or have an online presence. I’ve always dreamed of visiting. I wish the best for everyone.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this most helpful (though super sad) video. Sanibel had become our go-to getaway and we had plans to visit precisely when Ian hit. We are devastated by the destruction, but this video shows things are improving and we know we will return one day. Please keep posting updates. Sending prayers to all on the island.
Thanks for sharing this tour of the Island. Best wished to everyone on their recovery efforts.
Thank you kindly
I've lived in Florida since 1969 and have never seen things happen to get back to normal until Ron DeSantis. The man is a miracle worker
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. Sanibel is near & dear to my heart and so many of my family & friends. We all have spent countless visits there over the past 40++ years. While it’s devastating to watch, it also provided some encouragement…I hope to be able to drive down again one day and spend some time there…hopefully as more progress is made. Blessings to you & your family and for all the Islanders. May 2023 & beyond bring you all a bright and prosperous future!! 🙏🙏🙏
How kind..thank you!
I was at Sanibel Siesta on the Beach last May. It's really sad to see everything like this, but I know it will get better over time.
So sorry for such a beautiful island
Thank you for doing this. I have been wondering how Sanibel looked today.
I am glad to see that the Signal Inn buildings are still standing. They used to be in such a secluded and treed spot. You could not see the buildings from the road. Wow guys. Hopefully you will be back open soon. All the best for a speedy recovery.
Thank you Jean!
Thank you so much for this video. Our family has owned timeshares at Casa Ybel and Sanibel Beach Club since 1980. This is the first video I have seen that accurately and thoroughly portrays what the island of Sanibel looks like at this stage of its recovery. While still heartbreaking, it shows that Sanibel is in the process of recovering and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I look forward to seeing your January 1st (or 2nd) 2024 video.❤️
Thank you❤️
Thank you. My heart aches for this place...
Ours too :(
Family visited Clamshell Condos, Sanibel for the first time ever over Memorial Day 2022. Grateful we were able to see the beautiful scenery, lush character and laid back atmoshere of the community. Rooting for your comback!
Thank you!!!
We loved staying at Sandpiper Beach Condos on Old Middle Gulf Drive. It was so beautiful and quiet with the park on the one side. Many memories of playing shuffleboard with the family, the pool, the beach. What I can’t get over is how it looked like a lush rainforest before, the vegetation was so thick down there and now just all washed away. Sanibel was my happy place, never wanted to even think about going to other beaches! My son loved shelling with me and we would go out on the sandbar at Blind Pass in the morning and he always had the best eye, found all the good shells! So many memories. Makes me sad and wishing everyone the best on rebuilding!
Yes loved Olde Middle Gulf. Spent many vacations at Signal Inn & Clam Shell. Many happy memories ❤️
Thanks for sharing this.
This looks like it’s going to take decades to restore. WoW.
This is heartbreaking, we loved coming here, and now it’s just a beautiful memory🥲
Hopefully you will be able to revisit again one day.
Thank you so much for posting this video, there is amazing progress being made. We visit from Northeast Ga and we cannot wait to come back to Sanibel. God bless!
You are so welcome.
INCREDIBLE WAS WHEN EVERYONE/ANYONE COULD TRAVEL INTO SANIBEL WITHOUT fees. Those were beautiful days
Wow when was that? I thought they always charged a toll for the causeway.
I love Sanibel and Captiva. Been there 2x. Gorgeous place. Praying for full recovery
Thank you John.
Thx… for such a comprehensive video… I have been to sanibel many times… hoping for a full recovery 🙏❤️
We hope so too!
Saved my Time Thank You !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for doing this, guys. It brings both heartbreak and hope, as it should. And my hope is that you'll see so much positive and amazing change in the coming months, that you'll decide to do a July 1st video instead of waiting for January 1st (or 2nd)! All the best, my friends!
We will have more videos coming for sure! thanks for watching
Sanibel, Fort Myers beach, and Captiva are so beautiful ❤. I really hope we get back to normal ASAP. Thank you for the video, we’re supposed to be going this Monday.
Loved this island,so so sad,this is my vacation place when I go on vacations,this really makes me sick,thanks so much for sharing,stay strong Floridians,be safe
Thank you! We will stay strong.
My son caught his first fish on the bridge at Blind Pass when he was five, my son asked his than wife for her hand in marriage on Blind Pass beach, friends of my ex husband were married in the historic church on Sanibel with of course the gorgeous photos from the beach, so many memories I have goose bumps watching this 🌴🐬🦩🐟🐠🎣🐬🌞🕶️😎⛱️🏖️😍
Awe what great memories!
Thanks so much for this update. Wish you all the best in your rebuilding.
Thank you!!
Good afternoon, thank you so much for doing this video. I was a volunteer for OBR (Operation BBQ Relief and came to your Island for the first time ever. As you can imagine I was in complete shock at the damage. My heart is with each and every one of you. I was there the beginning of November. The residents and works on your Island were amazing. So friendly and thankful. I had the chance to speak with a few from the Island. They told their stories to me. We hugged, we laughed, and we cried together. I pray daily for your Island. My husband and I just recently revisited some of the areas damaged to show him where I was at for over a month. I wanted so badly to return to Sanibel Island but didn't know if it had opened back up. So thank you again formthe update. I hope you all can return your Island to its beauty. And I hope one day I will be able to return to see it in its beauty. God Bless all of you. Thank all of you for allowing us at OBR to help you all and feed you while we could. Seeing videos like this give us hope that what we do also makes a difference in your community. And in others lives. It's crazy to see the Island change so much already. Just from when I was there. You are all doing AMAZING work. Maybe someday we can meet.
Thank you for coming to the island with OBR! We had a few of the meals :) What a wonderful service you provided for the islands. Much thanks!
Thank you for this video. I'm on the other coast but love Florida, it's a beautiful state. I hope everyone that wants to will return soon.
I hope so too!
Thank u for showing the current state of the island! We were lucky enough to have stayed on the island in September 2022 and had left just three days before Ian hit. My husband and I had talked about the fact that it must be "maintenance month" in Sanibel, according to all the maintenance that was going on everywhere on the island during our stay. Painting, concrete work, repairs of any kind. We dont think that anyone at that time seemed to realize what was about going to happen. We love Sanibel and hope to return one day!
We hope you return too!!
Thank you for the tour. I am a Sanibel Island fan and very interested in seeing the reconstruction. ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
So sad. Went to Sanibel for the first time with the kids last July. We LOVED it so much. Hopefully comes back in full force sooner than later.
Yes Sanibel is a very special place ❤️
Oh I’m so glad you did this video…..we come to Sanibel Island every couple of years or so to Seahorse Cottages on Buttonwood Lane. Do you happen to know how they faired ???? We were so broken hearted when this happened and have been wanting to know how the island was doing. Thanks again for this video Take Care and good luck with all of your reconstruction in the future. ♥️♥️
Thank you for this informative video. Really appreciate you identifying all the landmarks, resorts and buildings. We have loved visiting Sanibel and have stayed at a few different places and dined at many of the restaurants. And of course shopped and biked and kayaked, and explored the island. Much luck to you and your family on your recovery of your business.
Thank you Kathy that is so kind of you!
Nick, Lori and Max. Thanks for showing us the recovery of Sanibel so far. We can’t wait for the day that we can return to your beautiful island for vacation. Until then we will continue watching your videos and podcast! Much love from Ohio!
Thanks Tammy!
@@TheSanibelCaptivaGuide thank you so much! Sending love from St Louis.
Beautiful
We and my wife had just been there Feb 2022 for the first time. So sad to see what happened.
This ground-level tour of Sanibel 3 months after Ian was very helpful and encouraging. Could you do the same with Captiva? That would be extremely helpful at this time.
Yup, for sure, keep a look out this week. Glad you found it helpful.
This still makes my eyes filling with tears ... unbelievable. Was there for vacation multiple times, lastly in july with my wife. So, so sad :(
Yes it is very sad.
My heart is broken! Come to Sanibel since 35 Years! Me and my wife got married 7 years ago, this place is so special to me! I really hope that, one day, when the island and of course the residents are reay, i can come back to my beloved Sanibel to support local businesses! I pray for you guys and for the whole island! #sanibelstrong
Thank you! We hope you get to visit soon!
They should keep it as a barrier island and let it do the job it was supposed to. Mother Nature will always win.❤
Pretty rough but doesn't look as bad as I thought it would.
Thank you so much for this video. I grew up in ft Myers and took some friends to Sanibel a year ago. I wish some people with money would fund a low interest rate loan for the small business owners so they can rebuild the cute little places that made Sanibel so beautiful. I know they have to be to code now but if there isn’t help the only places that will rebuild or buy the properties will be the big companies
Wow I cannot imagine. These people are sitting ducks. I must say I hope people appreciate all the hard work these workers are trying to get things back to the norm so to speak. I was there in the 70s and fell in love with the island. Praying for everyone down there and keep the faith.
Thank you for your prayers and kind words.
Thanks for the video
Devastatingly sad, but I hear the hope in your voices and see things happening and know it has just begun. I heard you mention the smell near the huge piles of rubbish, was there a not nice smell everywhere though? I would expect that low tide kind of smell. And thanks so much for making this video....
So sorry, I always loved it there. It does not seem that it will be restored for many years to come. If you never went there you can't imagine how beautiful and peaceful a place it was. ✨️ 🙏
Agree. These islands are a magical place.
It is so sad to think of Sanibel being so destroyed, my fave beach since first visiting in ‘77. I have friends who have lost their home, car, etc., so sad! Ian has done so much damage, it almost seems as if Sanibel will be unrecoverable. I will keep praying! 🙏🙏
People are going to love visiting the island and beaches while it’s underpopulated. Always great fishing. And get ready for people coming down your residential road to check things out. There’s a bunch of money to be made there if you want to work. It’s like the old days.
We lived in FL 24 years ago, for about 12 years. Had so much fun going over the bridge to Sanibel to the beach and stores. Never thought this would ever happen! Watching you travel over the bridge was like taking a trip down memory lane.
How could you think this would never happen? I lived and worked for the City over 40 years ago. I left because I knew this would happen someday. Took a while, but here it is.
Thank you for this update. Do you think you could do a similar drive-by video of Fort Myers Beach and Pine Island?
Thank you for the narrated video, you knew the place well, you toured the area we used to frequent on our annual visit in November since ‘82. Podcast info on Baileys was good to hear but it will be a year in the rebuilding I expect. Friends further south in the Caribbean islands have left their house because it will be 10yrs before it’s back to ‘normal’ and they roll have aged out….
Glad Sanibel is smartly pushing hard to get up and running.
I would Love to know about Ding darling preserve at some point .
Cheers Warren
Thanks Warren! Ding Darling is still not open. We hope to get Ranger Toni Westland on the podcast soon to give us an update.
Sad about the Island Inn. Years ago I worked there, and lived in the employee duplex across the street. I have fond memories of that time and place. Ahh... the good ol days....
Bet you have some great stories!
Thank you for this, Nick & family. It somewhat prepares me for seeing it in person. 😭 As always, #sanibelstrong No doubt in my mind. Continued prayers and thinking of you all. 🙏
Thank you Stephanie! ❤️
Thank you for sharing. My parents and I moved to Sanibel when I was going into 8th grade, and I lived there from 1997-2002 and again from 2014-2016. My grandmother lived on Roseate Lane, behind Cheeburger Cheeburger. She got five feet of water, at least, and wasn't able to save much of anything, although she was able to salvage one piece of my mom's artwork, at least. She bought a condo in Brandywine, off Winkler, and she plans to sell her gutted home as-is once she gets the OK from the insurance company. I bought tickets to come down in November and see it for myself, but I had a health crisis that put the trip on the back burner. I need to get down there and see it for myself to really process it, though. I hadn't been back since we moved away in 2016, and I wish I'd gone back at least once. I really consider Sanibel my hometown.
So sorry to hear about your gma. Hope you get to visit soon!
The best video of Sanibel/Captiva Islands so far. Covered everything best view of Pointe Santo de Sanibel the place we stayed for years. My memories of the Jacaranda Room, Bellini's on Captiva, J.N. "Ding Darling" and walking all the way up the beach from Pointe Santo for as far as I could walk. Didn't realize I was pregnant while staying on the island and I was drawn to an oil painting by L. Marcus of a little ginger girl shelling. Something kept screaming at me to get the painting, I did and my daughter always thought someone painted her shelling. Talk about strange, it was as though L. Marcus painted my future. Scary stuff. A lot of changes since then, moved from the big city to rural America, My old house had a Sanibel decor throughout including the nautical map of Florida behind glass. Stunning. I miss my house but not the crime and everyday I hear the horror stories of murder, madness & mayhem. This used to be my playground. I miss it want to go back but my choice this Sept. will be Europe. I would prefer to come back here but Europe it is. Going home to where it all began. I love this place, I watched it get destroyed until the cameras went out, I was inconsolable. I was screaming in my house that everything good is taken away.
Thank you, I wish you the best. I want to come back, I want to drive down Summer Lynn and know I'm close and getting butterflies in my stomach just once again. I love this place. I hope you do the chapel by the sea. Oh, the Sanibel Cafe holds such wonderful memories for my little girl, she fell in love with one of the servers there and she her. She actually had the server crying, her name was Nina. My daughter took to Nina like she knew her in another lifetime. It was another very peculiar incident. We still have video with my daughter & Nina. My daughter and our family will never forget her. My little girl was five at the time and took to her like she knew her forever. Amazing things happened on this island. Really should be called the Island of Magic. I wish you all the best.
We were just there the month of April of 22 and cancelled our planned trip to Fort Meyers Beach where we were supposed to stay all of October. So so sad to give the Christmas gifts that we purchased on Sanibel/ Captiva to others knowing the island will never again be as it was then! Told everyone to treasure those items we bought them, including our shells we brought back. ❤
Oh yes definitely treasure those memories❤️
Thank you very much for the update. I had been wondering how you were doing. Maybe do this again in another 3 months ? 😘
Yes thank you- we think we will 😀
Sanibel Cafe the best breakfast on the islands hands down
We love the Sanibel Cafe!
Tam sie. wybralismy z rodzina na kilka dni urlopu..ciekawi poszukujacy slawetnych zrodel wiecznej milosci.Piekne miejsce..wyjatkowo giscinne I urocze.
Thank you guys for keeping us updated! I can't wait to see the new Sanibel and what the mix of old and new will look like in the coming years. All any of us can do is hope for the best and build forward. Happy New Year!
You bet! Happy New Year to you too!
Build forward? I’m sorry but that’s a terrible idea. It’s going to happen again. Barrier islands shouldn’t be inhabited. The mainland can’t afford to subsidize your insurance rates. It affects all of us.
@@tyleredwards5643 I understand what you're saying and get your frustration with the cost of rebuilding but do you really believe that a place like Sanibel will be left by residents and tourists and be allowed to return to an uninhabited palm grove? The most realistic approach to preventing the kind of devastation we saw here would be to "build forward" using up-to-date techniques and designs to mitigate the severity of damage from a storm similar to this in the future. Sanibel hasn't seen this kind of devastation in our lifetimes and may not again in our lifetimes.
@Sigma-One,thank you for giving this response ❣️
Thanks for the video. I have never gotten the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Sanibel Island. After following the hurricane footage closely and reading so many heartfelt stories from people who had been visiting for so many years..the island almost feels personal to me as well. I'm happy to see vegetation growing back. I appreciate these videos from someone who may never get to go there in person it's nice to see what's going on. Im in the midwest and dont travel often. Looking forward to more updates and better days ahead.
Issanibal siesta on the beach condo's still there ?? Stay there before was beautiful so sad god bless the people stay there thanks for sharing 👍 🙏 💙
Just devastating 😮 my goodness.
Thank you for showing the island. WOW…amazing how far it has come in just 3 months. ❤
Ikr this is what a good governer does
Thanks for doing this! We made an appearance in the video! Randy and I were the two on bikes right in front of Periwinkle park around 1:09. LOL.
Lol can we have your autograph??
Wishing the Island a swift recovery!
Prayers for everyone affected by this loss. 😢
Thank you for the tour. So sorry to see devastated island. But as u have said Mother Nature will take over and it will be beautiful again. My husband and I and Family have been owners at South Seas for over 30 years.I’m curious what South Seas looks like? Much ☮️ again thank you for ur time and effort!
Wow that was dizzying way to fast 😳
It was interesting to see the difference in the type of construction between the beginning of your video and then in the „oldest part“ at the 43 minute point. The older places were all on stilts and maybe not as „fancy“ and modern as the newer ones - maybe a thought to not try to change a „good thing“ - as you mentioned, those stilted ones managed to „save“ their ground floor.
This past October would have marked our 19th Sanibel vacation. The island feels like our second home. Thanks for making and posting this video. While sad, it shows hope and resilience. Looking forward to our next vacation there.
CONGRATS TO EVERYONE IN FLORIDA.SW GULF SIDE.I LIVED IN BRADENTON FL.YES BEEN THUR SLOT OF HURRICANES.NOT AS BAD AS IAN THOUGH
Prayers to all who have to make alternate vacation plans. Truly sad.
I see many comments about the destruction but people need to realize that Sanibel will recover, and it already looks light years better than it did 2 months ago. The debris will take another 6 months at least to remove, maybe longer.
Another word for 'debris' and a bit more appropriate here is 'fragments', thanks for sharing!
Yes! Thank you!
I Wonder if Randy is going to incorporate this storm into his next Doc Ford novel.
Hummmm now I wonder too!
The devastation is just incredible. I’m so sad to see this. I visited Sanibel in the mid 80s. We stayed in little cottages on the beach. I’m sure they didn’t survive if they were even still there. I was wondering about the condition of The Bubble Room on Captiva?
The Bubble Room is still standing but has not reopened yet.