The details of the events are posted on Meetup. If you would like to join an event as a non-member, please contact us to RSVP and get details.
Our monthly meetings are every 4th Tuesday of every month. Anyone is welcome to attend. We offer both in person and Zoom options based on the current health advisories.
We welcome speakers on various outdoor related topics at every monthly meeting. If you have expertise on a topic or know of someone who does, please contact us.
Guadalupe River State Park Camping
Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2017
Outing Leaders/RSVP: KayS & MarilynF
What: A delightful setting for some early Fall fun, this state park is in the hill country northwest of San Antonio.
When: Sept. 28-Oct. 2
Where: Guadalupe River State Park – 3350 Park Rd 31, Spring Branch, TX 78070
Who: TOWN members and their partners and guests, dogs, guinea pigs
Reserve your campsite today in the Cedar Sage camping area! As of this mailing there are 21 campsites in this part of the Park. Tent campers do not need to reserve unless they want their own space.
Activities:
Kayaking, swimming, tubing, birding, hiking, bicycling, and a led-tour Saturday of the Honey Creek State Natural Area.
Saturday evening we’ll have a Potato Pot Luck.
More on that and other activities as the date approaches.
MarilynF
Canceled – Tour of the Olympic Peninsula, Seattle (Mt. Rainier & Mt. Saint Helens), and San Juan Islands.
Leader: Jenn Trivette
I hope you’re all doing well. Here’s a tentative schedule for October. You can do all of this or some or none, totally up to you. I plan on doing this or something very similar depending on input from those joining me here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Monday Oct 2nd: Port Angeles overnight (Olympics)
Tuesday Oct 3rd: Port Angeles overnight (Olympics)
Wednesday Oct 4th: Sol Duc Hotsprings overnight (Olympics)
Thursday Oct 5th: Finish up hiking and travel back to Tacoma
Friday Oct 6th: Free day
Saturday Oct 7th: Explore Tacoma/Point Defiance Park
Sunday Oct 8th: Mt. Saint Helens day trip
Monday Oct 9th: Seattle explorations Pike Place Market/Original Starbucks/Seattle Center (Space Needle!)
Tuesday Oct 10th: Mt. Rainier day trip
Wednesday Oct 11th: Free day
Thursday Oct 12th: Whidbey Island overnight
Friday Oct 13th: Whidbey Island
Sat & Sun: Free time/travel home
Stay tuned for a more detailed listing about our travels and where you’ll be staying when you’re in Tacoma. Just a heads up: if you’re a dear friend of mine you can stay at the house with me, if I’ve never met you or you’re traveling with your spouse who I’ve never met, then I will send information on hotels near me. I don’t mean to offend anyone, but I do play favorites! 😉
See you in Seattle!
jenn
Touring the American Botanical Council Garden
October 7th – 10 am
Outing Leader/RSVP: Jacque Austin cell – 512.426.2576
What: This is a tour of the ABC (American Botanical Council) garden with particular focus on gardening and growing medicinal plants in central Texas with highlights of the medicinal aspects of a wide variety of plants. http://abc.herbalgram.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Homepage
Who: I enjoyed this tour twice and believe it’s worth offering to our group again. Many of you wanted to attend last October, but were working during the week. This is your chance since you missed the previous tour. Friends and family members are welcome to attend with a $5 donation for each person.
When: Saturday, October 7th at 10 am. Tours are typically offered only during the weekdays. But Toby Bernal has agreed to provide a special Saturday tour for our group. The tour will last about an hour.
Where: 6200 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723 – actually you have to turn from Manor Road to Walnut Hills to enter the parking area. The garden is located in the old Case Mill Homestead. The intriguing background of this homestead is located at this link and worth reading! http://cms.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/issue100/hg100-feat-casemillwp.html
Details: Our guide will be Tony Bernal, the head ABC gardener. Tony is an excellent speaker and very entertaining as well. Bring your camera or phone for photos.
Cost: A $5 donation is requested for each attendee. We need a minimum of ten attending this tour.
After tea: We will have lunch, location as yet undetermined. Suggestions are welcome. We met at Luby’s on 183 last October and that worked out fine for everyone.
Wear: Tennis shoes, hiking shoes, sandals, flip-flops – all fine; hat, sunscreen
Bring: Water – if you like.
Restroom: Restroom is available.
Pets: No pets, leashed or unleashed.
Binoculars: Bring if you desire. When I took the tour before, I was wishing for mine.
Strollers: Surface is fine.
Directions:
From North via I-35
Exit 51st Street. Turn left (East) and proceed to Manor Road. Turn left and go approximately 1 mile to Walnut Hills drive. Look for our sign on the left as you get to the corner. Turn left and take an immediate right into the driveway.
From South via I-35
Exit Manor Road. Turn right and go approximately 4 miles to Walnut Hills drive. Look for our sign on the left as you get to the corner. Turn left and take an immediate right into the driveway.
From East via 290 or 183
If you are on 290, take it to 183 (Ed Bluestein Blvd.) and turn south. Take the Manor Road exit and turn right if you are coming from the north or left if you are coming from the south. Follow Manor Road for approximately 1 mile. After Manor Road and Springdale Road diverge, Walnut Hills will be the third road on the right. Turn right and take an immediate right into our driveway.
For questions or to RSVP, email JacqueA.
Leader: MarshaK
Distance: 4 -5 miles at a very brisk pace
Difficulty: moderate to difficult
Meet at Marsha’s house before 7:30 am. Group will finish before 9:30 as Marsha needs time to prep for church.
Water is required as well as good walking shoes. Sticks are also helpful.
Dogs must be on leash. Prepare to pick up your dog’s poop. Furnish water for your dog.
Contact MarshaK via email by Saturday evening if you wish to walk with her.
Time for kayaking!
Lifejackets/PFDs are mandatory for this outing!
We meet at the Rowing Dock on the s. shore of Lady Bird Lake, behind Zilker Park (www.rowingdock.com) between 5:30 and 6, planning to be on the water by 6 pm in the sleek new boats with great seats and working footpegs. $15 (cash preferred) will rent your boat, paddle, and lifejacket as we head upstream toward Tom Miller Dam, or downstream to admire the skyline and downtown buildings.
If you are new to TOWN or haven’t been out with us in a while or have an afternoon open, you can’t find a better way to enjoy the heart of Austin than on a cool, leisurely paddle on Lady Bird Lake. Two hours of scenery, sights, and enjoyable chatting to your fellow-TOWNies and their guests, followed by a social hour enjoyment on dry land at venues such as Shady Grove, Maudie’s, Rudy’s Barbecue . . . and the Four Seasons. Not kidding, but not usual, either.
If you have your own boat, you can put in behind the Rowing Dock at no charge. We will help you tote it from your car to the small dock.
Leader: MarshaK
Distance: 4 -5 miles at a very brisk pace
Difficulty: moderate to difficult
Meet at Marsha’s house before 7:30 am. Group will finish before 9:30 as Marsha needs time to prep for church.
Water is required as well as good walking shoes. Sticks are also helpful.
Dogs must be on leash. Prepare to pick up your dog’s poop. Furnish water for your dog.
Contact MarshaK via email by Saturday evening if you wish to walk with her.
Kym Warner & Warren Hood
Concert is sold out, but contact GailP-C to be added to the Wait List.
Sycamore Creek House Concerts
Dripping Springs, Texas
Sunday, October 15th, 2017
3:00 pm
$20/person suggested minimum donation
Leader: MarshaK
Distance: 4 -5 miles at a very brisk pace
Difficulty: moderate to difficult
Meet at Marsha’s house before 7:30 am. Group will finish before 9:30 as Marsha needs time to prep for church.
Water is required as well as good walking shoes. Sticks are also helpful.
Dogs must be on leash. Prepare to pick up your dog’s poop. Furnish water for your dog.
Contact MarshaK via email by Saturday evening if you wish to walk with her.
Monthly meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month. The location is the Northwest Recreation Center at 2913 Northland Dr, 78757. Enter the front doors, look left, and you will see and hear us.
Visiting begins at 6 pm with our business meeting following at 6:30. Our speaker begins at 7.
Our agenda is typically the following: bring your brown-bag dinner or a snack; we gather at 6 pm & socialize; 6:30-7:00 greetings, introductions, business, outings reports and planning; 7- 8 speaker; 8 – 8:15 adjournment and cleanup.
Our speaker is Lucien Ball, the City of Austin Environmental Program Coordinator for Fire Management. Luke will talk about the conservation property, why fire is important to the land, the practices used to manage wildfire, and personal wildfire safety and home protection. Interestingly, Fire Management is part of the Austin Water, Wildlife Conservation Division.
Lucien (Luke) Ball began his career in wildland fire management in 1998 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. During his time in Federal firefighting service, he participated in wildfire suppression, prescribed fire, and emergency incidents in 24 states. In 2011, Luke began working as the Fire Management Coordinator for the City of Austin. He now assesses fire danger, prepares fire response plans, implements fire prevention and mitigation actions, and conducts prescribed fire treatments for the Wildland Conservation Division and its partners.
Join us and bring a friend!
Our November meeting will be our pot-luck celebration with the election of new Board members. Remember to bring clothing and outdoor equipment you no longer year. This is our free exchange. Bring clothes or toys and take home something new to try – for free!
Time for kayaking!
Lifejackets/PFDs are mandatory for this outing!
We meet at the Rowing Dock on the s. shore of Lady Bird Lake, behind Zilker Park (www.rowingdock.com) between 5:30 and 6, planning to be on the water by 6 pm in the sleek new boats with great seats and working footpegs. $15 (cash preferred) will rent your boat, paddle, and lifejacket as we head upstream toward Tom Miller Dam, or downstream to admire the skyline and downtown buildings.
If you are new to TOWN or haven’t been out with us in a while or have an afternoon open, you can’t find a better way to enjoy the heart of Austin than on a cool, leisurely paddle on Lady Bird Lake. Two hours of scenery, sights, and enjoyable chatting to your fellow-TOWNies and their guests, followed by a social hour enjoyment on dry land at venues such as Shady Grove, Maudie’s, Rudy’s Barbecue . . . and the Four Seasons. Not kidding, but not usual, either.
If you have your own boat, you can put in behind the Rowing Dock at no charge. We will help you tote it from your car to the small dock.