Beach Weekend

We decided to check out some local beaches this weekend...it was so beautiful out! Around here, there are lots of lake beaches. I miss being 5 minutes away from ocean beaches...I guess having grown up on an island, I didn't really appreciate being so close to the beach. Now that we have to drive 45min. to an hour to get to a beach, I really miss what I used to have. Anyway, we really wanted to go the beach, but didn't want to take the hike, so we starting looking into what was around here. There are actually a lot of lake beaches around here. Not as good as ocean beaches, but it does the job.

On Saturday, we went to a state park in Andover, MA. We were going to go to Berry Pond, but there was an "incident" when we got there, so weren't allowed in. Luckily there was a campground nearby and since it was closed for the season, we were able to go in and go to its beach area. Fred was with us. Fred loves to run around in the woods and wade in the water. The boys had a great time too! The water was well, lake water, something we just have to get used to I guess. I mean, we've been camping tons of times and know that is what that type of water is like, we've just never swam in it and maybe never will. Are there always leeches in fresh water?



On Sunday we went to Wasserman Park in Merrimack, NH. It is a beach for Merrimack residents, but since it was off-season, no one questioned us being there. We really liked this place. There was a lot more area for us to lay a blanket down. Still, there were more rocks and dirt than sand, but that's what you get. There were fish surrounding the dock, so we decided to feed them bread. The boys got a kick out of it. It is really cool to look down and see fish wolfing down chunks of bread. They also had a really nice playground there which we hit on the way out. All in all we had a great time, but Devin was running a low grade fever in the morning and by time the afternoon hit, it had gotten to 103, so we went home.