The Willows - Unexpected stop, couldn't leave!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 6/22/09
Can't wait to go back!
Last weekend my friends and I headed to salem for a day trip and didn't even know about Salem Willows until we got lost and ended up in the parking lot, which is more then ample in size by the way and was free to park. Not knowing anything about the park we ended up walking around to see more and never ended up leaving. Great views of the harbor, Beverly I think, Hobbes homemade ice cream was the perfect treat, and there was live music being performed throughout the afternoon.
But what really kept us there all afternoon was Mahi Cruises - a harbor cruise company that runs from the pier. Sooo much fun! We ended up taking a last minute 2pm harbor cruise to Marblehead and couldn't get off the boat for the rest of the day. We ended up taking two more cruises throughout the afternoon and into the evening. The crew was awesome, great food on the boat and they had a full bar...really good tropical cocktails and CHEAP! They only charged us half-price for the second cruise and didn't even charge us for the last cruise. Great views of Salem, Marblehead and Beverly.
I have friends visiting from CA over the 4th and without a doubt plan on bringing them to the Salem Willows and on a boat cruise, or two, or three!