Full Moon Ride (Strawberry Moon 2025)

December 16, 2024

When:

June 11, 2025 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm America/New York Timezone

2025-06-11T20:30:00-04:00

2025-06-11T22:30:00-04:00

Where:

Prairie Grass trailhead
262 W High St
London, OH 43140
USA

NEW FORMAT!!!

New starting place, new route, new experience! Plus – bike decoration contest!

We have totally revamped the Full Moon Rides for 2025! First, we’ll be meeting at the Prairie Grass Trailhead shelter and riding WEST to the Madison County line – an easy, less than 7-mile route – and back. Once back at the PGT shelter, we’ll regroup before we ride through town displaying our DECORATED/LIGHTED BIKES. The chosen “BEST DECORATION” wins a $25 gift certificate to London 101! Afterwards, back at the PGT shelter again, there’s free Phat Daddy’s pizza, drinks, plus cook-your-own S’mores will available around a campfire!!

(ALL FREE! But, of course, we’d appreciate any donation, any size. 😄)

Go the whole way – or whatever distance you prefer:

1) Start at Prairie Grass Trailhead shelter house, 262 W. High St., London, OH

2) A pleasant, easy ride west to the Madison County line and back to enjoy the full moon

3) Ride through town displaying our decorated/lighted bikes

3) Decoration contest winner chosen, awarded $25 London 101 gift certificate!

5) Free Phat Daddy’s pizza, drinks, & S’mores around a campfire!!!

(Free bike lights, front & rear, for all who need.)

RECOMMENDED: HELMETS AND LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING

ALL FREE!! No registration required…show up & ride!

Top

Around 2009, an idea first developed during a conversation between Wayne Roberts with FMCPT and Van Viney, CEO of MATCO Services. It took a while, but in 2019 work began in earnest to begin construction of a "welcome" area on the east side of London. This was envisioned to compliment our beautiful "welcome" on the west side of town, the Prairie Grass Trailhead with its camping area, shelter house, and many other amenities. The original vision to create a multi-panel mural using the bricked-in windows of the old tile factory building that MATCO now owned was expanded upon to include a mini-park, a respite with benches, pleasant landscaping, and more.

Many local people have contributed many, many hours of brain power and sweat equity to bring this project from an old factory wall and overgrown grounds to the trail highlight it has become. We have kept costs extremely low though all of the in-kind donations and almost innumerable hours of donated labor. But also, we received great support support for the funding we required, all from Madison County-area companies and people. It was, and is, a true "community" project.

An added benefit was realized a couple of years ago when we found that we could easily create access to Roberts Pass for MATCO clients and employees. They previously had found handicapped-friendly trail access difficult if not downright impossible. For the first time, they are able to safely access their next-door neighbor, the Roberts Pass section of the Ohio to Erie Trail!

Further value was gained when Michele Bouquet and Sue Cline joined our efforts bringing the wisdom of the Madison County Master Gardeners with them. They, and many of their cohorts, contributed tons of time developing and implementing a gorgeous native plants garden in our mini-park, along with several pollinator plant zones. We hope to build on the value of this by adding educational kiosks throughout the mini-park. We also plan to work with area groups, including the OSU Extension Center, on educational opportunities for local schools, seniors, etc.