Vespa Club of Chicago Halloween Zoo Ride
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26
BREAKFAST(optional. open at 8am)
THE ONION ROLL
6935 W North Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
DEPART 9:30am from The Onion Roll
STOP at SHOWMEN’S REST
(Continuing the cemetery theme of our last few rides!)
7750 Cermak Rd, Forest Park, IL 60130
A mass grave of 50+ Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus performers and crew killed in a 1918 circus train wreck in Indiana
DEPART 10:15am from Showmen’s Rest
Scenic ride through Riverside guided by The Suburban Menace.
REGROUP (approx 10:45 am) on Golf Road just north of Ridgewood
(outside Riverside/Brookfield High School, just south of the zoo)
to enter the zoo as a group.
PARKING in South Lot.
Bring $5 cash (we can park 4 to a car space if we enter/pay together)
Families/friends can meet us approx 11am in the South lot, car parking is $20.
ZOO admission is $30 for adults.
(Lola has some free passes, but probably not enough for everyone.)
Bring cash/card for zoo attractions/snacks.
Check out the SIX Halloween-themed MOLD-A-RAMAs at the zoo!
Stay as long as you like, or meet up at scooters in parking lot to
DEPART at 2:30pm for dinner
DINNER (3:00pm-ish) CIGARS AND STRIPES
6715 Ogden Ave Berwyn, IL 60402
Good food and craft beers, and it’s allegedly haunted!
(Smoking is outside-only, we’ll sit inside.)
COSTUMES (for scooters and scooterists) are welcome but optional.
Keep costumes simple for safe riding, note that the zoo doesn’t allow masks or head coverings.
(We will not stop every five minutes for you to re-zip-tie tentacles to your scooter)
ROUTE MAP (Google MyMaps)
(note the two routes overlap, you can turn one or the other off to make it clearer)
ALL scooters and scooterists (and kids!) welcome.
Ride top speed will be approx 35mph.
