Halloween Witch Ride
Written by Forrest on October 21st, 2007 No Comments
I know what you are thinking but sorry, no actual witches were ridden during the witch ride. It was the 19th annual Harley ride from Boston to Salem with all the proceeds going to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. About 4000 bikes attended the one hour ride up to Salem and the weather was a perfect 72 degrees and sunny.
This year Boston Harley has a new owner, Bruce Rossmeyer. And he has made some major changes over there. One of which was to bring back the old parade route. The past few years the ride has been a mess, starting late, riding the highway to make up time, a general state of disorder. This year the ride was prompt and wound up 1A with the lead police motorcycles shooting down LaFayette and onto Derby at a few minutes past 2pm. It took about an hour for all the bikes to finish filing in with many riders in costume and some handing out halloween candy to the crowd of thousands lining the streets.
Every food joint or place to grab a drink from the wharf to down town was slammed from 3pm on. Sightseers were ogling the bikes as much as the amusements, cemeteries and other attractions.
If you are a fan of motorcycles and are going to visit Salem only once during the season (you would be missing out big time) come for the Witch Ride, you wont be disappointed.
