On our way home from Castle in the Clouds we, okay I, thought it would be fun to go to Weirs Beach.  I’m not in the Lakes Region that often, but I’ve driven by this cool looking sign so I figured it would be a lot of fun.  However after Hampton Beach the Weirs was a bit of a let down.  It is a lot smaller.  The beach is small, but nice.  It is right at the corner and if you blink you’ll drive right by it.  The boardwalk is nice, but small and there aren’t a lot of shops or things to do.  I thought it was a nice area, but the kids were bored.  I had packed our swim things, but our cousins who are from inland weren’t as excited about visiting a lake.  Even if it was Lake Winnipesaukee.

Positives – we walked on the docks, saw the Mt.Washington, and found out they have fried dough that is bigger than your head for only $5.  Kids had ice cream that was as overpriced as it is everywhere else.  We waded at the beach which was clean, had a grassy park next to it and picnic tables.  It was small but well contained.  There were 3 lifeguards for this small beach and not that many beach goers.  Definitely a safe-looking beach!  Parking is $ .50 an hour.  That is the cheapest parking I have ever seen ANYWHERE.  The fried dough, parking and small beach were the gems of the afternoon.

Not so positives – kids were bored and there was not as much to see.  We walked the entire boardwalk in 20 minutes, and that included our venture down the docks and up the ramp from the M/V Mt. Washington dock.  I hate to keep comparing it to Hampton Beach, but once you’ve been to Hampton this just seems small and paltry in comparison.

Will we go back?  Because the parking is cheap (again $.50/hour!) and you only have to feed the meter from 10am-10pm I might actually take my kids back just for the beach on another day.  Because the drive for us would be about an hour it would definitely be an all-day trip with a picnic.