To the Editor:

We checked the map and found 12th Street in Surf City to be designated handicap accessible. We drove down during a rainstorm and checked it out. It looked OK. Next sunny day we took a guest from Rochester, N.Y., in a handicap van to this site and tried to access the beach.

All was well until we reached the lower portions, which were covered with sand, and the electronic chair bottomed out. We pushed it out and hit our next obstacle, the gap between the blue mat and the ramp. Push again we did.

August 18, 2021