It’s Sand Accessibility for Shari

As you all should know by now, I love life and all it has to offer.

I love attending or going to any place I hear about that sounds fun. I am very much a social butterfly and I don’t let any grass grow up under my wheels. My mother used to say, all someone has to say is, let’s and I say, go. She’s very right on that!

Yearly vacations are something myself and my favorite guy love to do. No matter where we go, I always plan the activities that the state/city is famous for. For instance, we went to Seattle and visited the Space Neadle, when we went to Chicago, we strolled the Navy Pier and when we visited New Orleans, we partied all night long on Burbon Street!

This year’s trip was to Myrtle Beach. It’s obvious this destination is known for the beach. With a beach comes sand and since my scooter is not a transformer that can turn into a cool piece of red adaptive equipment that can run on sand, I was going to be limited and most probably only be able to look at the beach, instead of being on it.

Just looking at the beach was not an option for your girl, so I got busy searching accessibility options to take on the beach. And, yes, I found one.

I rented a sand wheelchair!

My first thought was to rent an electric sand wheelchair until I found out it was a three-day rental minimum starting at $399 plus tax. Tell me why everything that is accessible and allows people with disability to have fun or just have quality of life cost so much?

Since my plan was just to spend a few hours on the beach, I went with my second option and rented a manual sand wheelchair. The place I found was called Seaside Mobility and they did 24-hour rentals for $60 plus taxes and delivery fees.

https://www.seasidemobility.com/

Since I was only sitting in it, I wanted to get my favorite guy’s perspective since he was assisting me.

According to him, the manual sand wheelchair was made of pvc pipe which is used for plumbing.  He also added that the tires were the big blow-up kind and warned that it could’ve easily tilted since the wheels didn’t swivel. He went on to say, that even though it did push through the sand, he still had to use a little muscle.

I would like to add, the chair is kind of tall. A person either must be able to stand, swivel, and scoot back or have someone place him or her in the chair. It is very cushy, and comfortable once you get in it. In other words, it’s a good sit!

So, there you have it. I went and conquered my goal of being able to sit on the sand at Myrtle Beach and I had a blast.

I watched the waves roll, spotted a few seashells to bring home, listened to the ocean sing, and relaxed my mind as I looked on to the great Atlantic Ocean.

Glad a sand beach wheelchair existed so I could enjoy the majestic body of water and, Make Things Happen!