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Hi Farley, 

I did a quick search and found this hotel:

It's a Holiday Inn in Portland, Maine. 

http://www.innbythebay.com/accommodations.shtml

 

Looks like they have beautiful views and are accessible....might want to give them a call! There were other results that popped up too...I used google. Let us know how your trip goes-sounds like a blast!

 

Hi Kara

 

Holiday Inn Downtown Portland has a view of Portland Harbor, no beach or anything and there is no accessible beach areas in the city

 

I will look in wells, York etc and get back

 

There is a new 4 star hotel in Old Orchard Beach that fits the bill, Grand Victorian Old Orchard Beach Maine

 

Google has a bunch of accessible hotels, if anyone is interested in a particular one I can give you personal details as to beach location etc

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS267US267&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=handicapped+accessible+hotels+old+orchard+maine&spell=1

 Have you looked into the X5 Frontier? With the X5, any beach is accessible.

It's an indoor/outdoor midwheel drive chair with aggressive tires. 

The beach chair looks great!  But if you didn't mind making a spectacle of yourself maybe you could get the grandkids to pull you in a wagon.  I used to put my two boys in one when we went to festivals and an older gentleman nodded his head approvingly and said, "Now that's a mode, Ma'am"   Maybe I can talk my grown sons into taking me out in one now....lol! 

I found a couple cool ones when I researched for a blog last month (inspired by our trip to the beach). Check it out here. 

I've tried something like the wagon idea with an inflatable raft and my brother (strong) pulling. It's an option if you're fairly small. 

Well good luck with your beach trip.  I have only holiday in UK and Europe.  In Spain most beaches had a kinda tweed/cain trail path going through the back part of the beach.  You would be able to get on the beach that way but not very near the sea.  Not sure if u would still sink or not either.  My grandad has ventured on the beach and got stuck many a time.  The nearer you get to the sea the firmer the sand and the easier it is but you gotta get there first.

I would have a good chat with the hunky lifeguards and see what they suggest hehe.

The beach at The Amelia Plantation Inn on Amelia Island, FL is accessible using the hotel's manual beach wheelchair. I am not sure what the public beach offers. Daytona is just too loud and touristy. Amelia Island is more secluded and nicer, in my opinion. The Inn is beautiful. There are also great restaurants on the island (try Le Clos).

here in connecticut our beaches have sand wheelchairs ! they look very much like this and there free to use as well !