The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships. –RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Culture, The Conduct of Life, 1860 He who would travel happily must travel light. –ANTOINE-MARIE-ROGER de SAINT-EXUPERY, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939 Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all offered as aids to self-reliance, hardihood, woodcraft, or marksmans …

Welcome to the Trailerettes Women's Vintage Trailer Camping Group!  Come on in and set a spell and find out what we're all about. We're a group of professional women from Northern California and Nevada, from all ages and walks of life who love to get out and about and go camping and socialize and have fun with our fellow Trailerettes.    We welcome women,  aged 18 and up to join us on camping adventures in Northern California, offering camaraderie, support and safety in numbers. This is a canine …

~~~~~~~GOT KAYAK, CANOE, SUP???~~~~~~~~ Sacramento Paddle Pushers is open to anyone who loves to kayak as a novice or expert, is new to the sport or simply interested in learning how to kayak.  Our group is open to every experience level, after all, we were all beginners at some point :) The vision for this group;  education and kayaking basics, kayak-in camping, lots of local paddling, exploring new lakes and rivers, long weekend trips to the coast, paddling and comradery with other paddling cl …

Are you an adult gay man? Do you love the hiking, camping, backpacking, and exploring the outdoors? Then this is the group for you! This group is exclusively for openly gay, adult men interested in hiking, camping, and other wholesome outdoor adventures in Northern California. We are outdoor enthusiasts and encourage all other openly gay men to join us as we explore the great outdoors. Members are encouraged to submit ideas for hikes and other adventures throughout Northern California (coast, co …

Our group meets many times a month for leader-less (non-guided, I can't stress this enough!!!) hikes. This groups main purpose is to help facilitate the meeting of others interested in "peak bagging" (summit attempts/conquests) and other high mountain hiking, backpacking, camping enthusiasts with a focus on leaving no trace of litter on our lands! Many/most of the planned hikes will be training hikes for endurance, strength, cardio, equipment selection, acclimation and general preparedness for f …

Who We Are & What We Do: Our members range from beginners to professionals, and own all types of paddling craft.  We paddle all types of bodies of water including lakes, rivers, protected bays, and open coast. Recreational kayaks and entry level skills are sufficient for many of the club's events, but some events necessitate specific skills and equipment. Our meetups offer lots of fun practice opportunities for "new to paddling" and intermediate flat water paddlers. Motivated kayakers will also …

Welcome to GETTING INKY and the world of Paper Crafting YOU WILL LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF USING RUBBER STAMPS, PAPER and INK. MAKE PROJECTS THAT YOUR RECEIVER WILL THINK ARE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE. CLASS SESSIONS are available for beginners through advanced We are always expanding our creativity and inspiration through each other. We learn creative ways to design and layout cards, 3-D items and albums. We try out NEW PRODUCTS each month! We're often found making 3D items, getting inky, punching, di …

This is a brand new MeetUp that will host a variety of get-togethers in various outdoor adventure disciplines (e.g. trail running, cycling, mountain biking, mud runs, triathlons, camping, hiking, backpacking, disc golf, surfing, skiing, snowboarding, etc). Adventure, Inc is meant to serve as a way of like-minded individuals sharing similar interests to connect and do what they like to do with friends.

This group is for single people ages 30s and 40's only. If you wanna get out and meet some new people to do fun stuff and live around the Roseville area then this would be for you. We can make new friends, go rafting, camping, hiking, happy hour, have coffee, ride quads, skiing, snowmobiling, snowboarding, learn how to cook, travel, short trips to Tahoe and SF, running, meeting up at the gym, dinner parties, movies and so on. This is for men and women. Looking forward to meeting everyone and mak …

Foothill Hikers welcomes new members of all ages, skill levels and interests that relish energy, camaraderie, and beautiful hikes merging one foot in front of the other. Our monthly calendar includes a variety of events mid-week and weekends covering the gamut of easy walks to more strenuous lengthy hikes all limited to a maximum of fifteen people. Joining Foothill Hikers is obligation free and allows full access to our calendar and history including numerous photo albums. We only ask that you …

Once upon a time a group of friends did a whole lot of gaming, camping, geocaching, and general "hangin-out" together. Over time the games became less frequent as the "real world" gobbled up time but the friendships remained strong until finally the group scattered all over California, the US, and even the world! This Meetup provides a medium for those friends to stay in touch, discuss gaming, and to generate some new opportunities for games and friendships, regardless of whether they live in Ce …

Welcome to Northern California Adventure Fanatics Group! – Let’s get together with Fun Adventure Activities and Races – We are involved with Adventurous sports - who like to get into experiences of FUN and FITNESS. Also in this group includes outdoors activities to go hiking, bike riding, volunteering at race events, go camping, play a round of disc golf, spike up some volleyball, and many more fun outdoors activities. So if you have some friends who love to have a good time outside! Bring 'em a …

Hi Everybody, we have had a tremendous response to our FREE FITCLUB boot camp at Maidu Park at 8:00AM every Saturday morning. Just enter the park at the main entrance off Rocky Ridge, turn left and you will see us on the baseball field to your right. Tired of paying for a gym and not setting results? Come be part of something that could change your life. We will be providing workouts for beginners, immediate and advanced levels. These workouts will enhance your fitness levels. After the boot c …

Kaia F.I.T. is a women's only fitness and athletic training program. The program offers personal training in a group atmosphere. It emphasizes functional fitness training and muscle confusion in order to get fit, get healthier, get toned and/or lose weight. We offer training for all fitness levels and ages, and guarantee fulfilling results within six weeks of training! Our program is fun, innovative and different than other “boot camps” because of the energy, the camaraderie, and uniqueness of …

This is an acoustic jam in a private home; for this reason we have chosen to keep this meet-up "private". You can click on the "Join" link above if you would like to join us and participate in our jam. At this time we are maxed out on beginner-to-intermediate guitarists and are only accepting people who can play advanced or lead guitar, or play instruments other than guitar as we need more diversity of instruments and more folks able to play leads. If you play mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, tru …

This group is for moms and dads who are single, divorced, separated or widowed who want to join others in the same situation for support, laughter, and friendship. Meet-ups will include both children-oriented and parent-only activities and events. Grown-up events to include evenings out...dinner, drinks, movies, game nights, concerts, and the occasional adult only weekend get-a-ways. Parent/child events to include parks, BBQ’s, camping, picnics, museums, day and weekend trips. The time to enjoy …

Singles Adventures is a fun drama free and clique free social and adventure group of active single professionals, mostly in their thirties, forties and fifties. It's a social meetup group, not a hook-up group. We do lots of fun activities, like themed house parties, dancing, happy hour mixers, speed dating, glow bowling, billiards parties, Hawaiian Luau, pajama parties, music in the park, camping and boating, fine dining, movie nights, white water rafting, hiking, bicycling, wine tasting, day tr …

"Auburn Horse Riders Meetup.com" This site was created to bring Horse enthusiasts together and share Horse related information with each other and of course to get out and ride.

Let’s face it. There isn’t much to do in Sacramento, making it difficult to meet other Indians in Sactown. Hopefully, this group will provide a platform allowing you to meet, network and party with other. We will try to meet as much as possible over dinners, movies, events, hiking, camping, or anything you might plan. Please don’t hesitate to suggest something as we can use everyone’s help to create the fun meetups. Looking forward to meeting the entire sactown desi crowd.

I would like to give back what has been so freely given to me which is living a life of being happy joyous and free without the use of any mind altering substance. This group will organize many types of adventures for people looking for sober adventures and activites. This group is geared toward showing friends of all walks of life there is no need for the use of any mind altering substance to enjoy life and have a great time doing it. We are not affiliated with any specific organization. If you …

This meet up group is every ones group. We are a bunch of average people who want to get out and about and do activities in the Sacramento and near by communities. Lets go have some fun!

This group is dedicated to local Professionals (ages 21-50) in the Sacramento area that enjoy meeting new professional friends for movies, happy hour, dancing, cook-outs, dinner, camping, road trips and much more. Our group's primary focus is to get out, network, meet new friends, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Northern California. Sorry, activities are not open to children (under 18) or pets, unless specified otherwise in the write-up.

Fun junkies is great for people with a variety of interests. We will sponsor a variety events such as golfing, wine tasting, happy hours, camping, and weekend getaways. Some events will be adults only & others we'll bring the kids!

If you love to run, hike, bike, ski, snowboard, camp or just be active this group is for you.  Unlike groups that are very specific this group mixes it up.  Whatever you want to do just suggest it and invite others to join.  There are Tuesday/Thursday runs at Maidu Park every week. The park has a nice path around the perimeter (2.2 miles) but there are also some trails inside the park.  There are also runs coming up at Folsom Lake and on the American River near Auburn. This group is geared for p …

Group of friends keeping fit physically and spiritually. Physically training for: Summit Shasta June 6th 2013 Tough Mudder Tahoe July 14th 2013 Jim Geiger summiting Everest May 2014 (at age 67, he will be be the oldest American to summit!) We enjoy frequent hiking trips to the Auburn area and Pyramid Peak. All fitness levels are welcome and we indicate which hikes are "more advanced." We also take kids on many of our non-advanced trips. Also, because fitness levels vary, we also try to plan al …

The Cool Cycling Club was formed to promote all forms of cycling as a healthy, enjoyable, sporting, competitive and family oriented activity. We are a group of road and mountain bikers of all levels who love to take advantage of some of the best riding in all of the greater Sacramento area, the foothills!!! The Cool Cycling Club's goals are to foster friendship and community spirit which will enhance the image of all bicyclists and encourage an attitude of unified purpose between our members an …

Hello Everyone! Yes, men are welcome too. However you do need to possess the desire to assist the group. You are also required to have a role/title that benefits the group. I started this group in hopes of finding other female riders who are passionate about exploring the outdoors. I ride very often and when I  talk with women riders they all say the same thing. They don't get to ride as often as they would like because they don't feel safe riding alone or they don't ride at the same technical …

Dedicated to the education of outdoor activities and interests. This could include how-to clinics, safety classes, or just general Q & A of various outdoor activities. Classes may be done by myself, and/or by other knowledgeable people.