🍓🌕 Come ride some full moon + solstice gravel with us; Midsummer and Stonehenge themes welcomed! June 21st at 8:00 pm, rolling from Beaver's/Fresh Food Market at Shields and Mountain. All cyclists welcome and feel free to bring non-Follies fem riders! This is a no-drop, social-paced ride. Make sure to bring your best lights and try to wear something reflective. We will be riding the Dirty Dairy gravel loop, plus the gravel neighborhood roads behind Vern’s (note that this is a slightly different route from the previous full moon rides!). Route Here 🐮

From the Farmers’ Almanac:

Since the 2024 June full Moon happens on the solstice, the very day the Sun is absolutely at its highest of the year, this month’s full Moon on the 21st is the very lowest full Moon, indeed, the lowest we’ve seen in years. Just look at it! Because the Moon is so low, it will appear bigger than ever. This is called the “Moon Illusion. This “Strawberry Moon” name has been used by Native American Algonquian tribes that live in the northeastern United States as well as the Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota peoples to mark the ripening of “June-bearing” strawberries that are ready to be gathered. The Haida term Berries Ripen Moon reflects this as well. As flowers bloom and early fruit ripens, June is a time of great abundance for many.