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.
Pedernales Falls State Park Camping
March 23 -26, 2017 (Thurs-Sun.)
Outing Leader/RSVP: JanB
Where: Pedernales Falls State Park – 2585 Park Rd 6026, Johnson City, TX 78636
When: March 23 – 26, 2017
Who: Everyone is welcome including well behaved dogs on a leash
Note: This is a popular park and camp sites fill quickly so make your plans early. Tent campers can share RV sites without reservations.
There will be a hike on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and a pot luck Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. Please meet at Jan’s camp site for both events.
Please bring firewood if you have it.
RSVP to JanB .
Hope to see you there! Cheers, Jan.
Hike at Pedernales Falls State Park
Saturday, March 25th – 9am
Outing leaders: Jenny F & Jan B
When: Saturday, March 25, 2017 @ 9 a.m.
Where: Jan’s campsite
Who: everyone including well behaved dogs on a leash
Cost: Park Day-use fees are $6 per adult unless you have an annual pass in which case admission is free or a Texas Parklands Passport -Senior Partial-which is 50 off or $3
Length and difficulty of the hike to be determined depending on which hike is chosen and that will depend on the water level on the day of the hike. If we can cross the river, we will do the Trammell’s Crossing Trail. Otherwise, we may do the Wolf Mountain trail. Both trails are moderate with some rocky areas.
Time: approximately 2.5 – 3 hrs.
This hike is in conjunction with the Pedernales Falls State Park camping outing the same weekend. Come for just the hike or the whole weekend if possible.
RSVP to JennyF.
Hope to see you there!
Thanks, Jenny
Monthly meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month. The location is the Northwest Recreation Center at 2913 Northland Drive, Austin , TX 78757.
Join us March 28th for our monthly meeting. Visiting begins at 6 pm with our business meeting following at 6:30. Our speaker begins at 7.
Our speaker for March will be Jean Warneke, the co-owner of JB Journeys, a Texas based, woman-owned travel company specializing in sustainable travel. Her talk will be about how to travel to Cuba now that travel restrictions have eased and what kind of opportunities there are for active travelers. Jean is headed to Cuba February 4th for 3 weeks, the first half with a birding group and then scouting for active itineraries and a food centered itinerary.
JB Journeys offers small group and individual travel arrangements to Central and South America as well as Africa and the Caribbean, mostly nature, culture and culinary themed. Their goal is that travelers have a fabulous and memorable vacation, and that it has a positive social, environmental, and economic impact on the places they visit.
Jean has lived in Austin for 27 years, but now splits her year between Austin and Cape Cod.
With the exception of two years working in Congressman Doggett’s office, Jean has always worked in the travel industry and done everything there is to do related to travel and hospitality business. Her degree is in German and Spanish and she has enjoyed traveling to 68 countries.
In April, Ben Pfeiffer will join us to talk about something we all see in the dark – fireflies!
Come join us and bring a friend!