What we’re about
"I chose the road less travelled… Now I don’t know where I am."
"Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that." - Ellen Degeneres
"Bring a compass. It's awkward when you have to eat your friends." - Unknown
So maybe we caught your interest?
Quick note then I’ll tell you what we’re about. We’ve never gotten lost or had to look at members as a food source. This is Chattanooga Outdoor Adventures not the Donner Party (some of you will get that).
We enjoys the outdoors in all forms. Events like Hiking, Rafting, Kayaking, and everything else.
But wait there’s more! I sound like a Ginsu knife commercial. Let’s not let any of the Donners have one of those.
We also plan other great activities in and around Chattanooga. Not just hiking. Musical events, food and wine festivals. A concert in a cave, you get the idea
It’s an open group and would love to get everyone involved and plan a lot of different things. Inclusion and fun are key.
Not just hiking, Adventures of all kinds
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Mountain (or Hybrid) Bike Ride - Eureka Trail, Athens, TNEureka Trail, Athens, TN, Athens, TN
Mountain (or Hybrid) Bike Ride - Eureka Trail, Athens, TN
11.2 miles (5.6 miles out, 5.6 miles back), minimal elevation change
Sunday, September 28, 9:45 AM
1400 E Madison Ave, Athens, TN
coordinates: 35.4562,-84.5712This is a replacement for the previously scheduled Forest Service Road 302 ride (cancelled due to heavy dump truck traffic).
Eureka Trail is a 5.6-mile rails-to-trails path that connects Athens and Englewood, offering a peaceful route for walking, running, cycling, and horseback riding. This hard-packed gravel trail follows an old railroad bed through rural landscapes and woodlands, crossing quaint wooden bridges and winding under a canopy of trees.
www.alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/eureka-trail
Map and outbound elevation profile are in the photos section.
Standard Notice, Disclaimer:
Meetup organizers/leaders are not guides. Expect the same risks and take the same precautions you would take if you were hiking alone. You are solely responsible for you own safety and well-being. By signing up for this and/or attending this Meetup event, you acknowledge, understand, accept, and agree that hiking and other activities can be dangerous and can cause serious bodily injury and possible death. The organizers of this group and current and former members cannot be held responsible or liable in any way for the actions of any participant -including you- at any event. All attendees participate at an event at their own risk and are solely responsible for any damage to their property, and/or any injury to themselves or their guests. By signing up for this event, you affirm that you understand this disclaimer and that you knowingly and voluntarily agree not to bring any type of a claim arising out of or related to this Meetup event against the organizers of this Meetup group. - Sunday Lunch & Disc Golf-Dub's and Dallas IslandDub's Place, Red Bank, TN
Sunday Funday with Brunch/Lunch
So fair warning you have just entered the Link Zone. Internet Links not Golf Links which is a type of Golf Course. I don't know how I got so many links for this. It is pretty simple,
Maybe a little over engineered, but you can't say I didn't give you all the info.
This is just a Sunday meet, eat, and play disc golf. It is a chance to walk around visit with each other and have fun after eating delicious burgers at a hole in the wall.
The Eating place is just your basic mom and pop hamburger and milkshake place. Their Milkshakes brings all the boys to the yard. A lot of different stuff on the menu including ice cream. Ice cream brings Michael to the yard. If you know me you know I love ice Cream.
Now that song is running through your head. You're welcome.
This place is a little hidden Gem. Though I may lead you astray sometimes this time I promise I am not. Inside and outside seating. They have a crumble Burger. Its good!
(Legal disclaimer any of Michael's claims not to lead you astray are not valid in all Fifty Staes and Puerto Rico, In Las Vegas it is explicitly expressed he will lead you astray. You will not be lead astray in the U.s Virgin Islands. He will be too busy there. Good stories start with bad decisions.)
Check Dub's out here.
Dub's PlaceNext we go Disc Golfing at Dallas Island Disc Golf Course. It is in Chester Frost Park.
You need a frisbee that's about it.
You can go fancy with a set from Amazon with a driver, wedge and putter. Yes they actually have different ones. I have a set.
Amazon Link to Cheap Disc Golf SetOr go basic with just a frisbee from anywhere. Walmart and Academy have them for cheap.
$2.99 Disc at Academy-Good enough to have fun!Here are a few links for Dallas Island Disc Golf Course
Dallas Island Disc Golf ReviewDallas Island Disc Golf Facebook
Here's the directions and address
Google Maps Direction to Dallas Island Disc Golf.
305 Causeway Rd,
Hixson, TN 37343Short and sweet. I have been uninspired here lately. Just the facts folks.
Dog friendly at both places
Rain, storms thunder and lightning (very very frightening), plagues, locust, tornados, Tsunamis, wrath of god stuff, or Sandra Bullock asking Michael out on a date will result in rescheduling.
- A Moveable Feast-City Cafe maybe a drink at Bless Yer Heart or somewhere elseCity Cafe and DIner, Chattanooga, TN
The readers digest version as some of you have requested.
What: Friday Night Moveable Feast
Where:
The link and address
City Cafe Diner
511 Broad St,
Chattanooga, TN 37402When 8:00pm Friday October 3rd.
Maybe:
Bless Yer Heart bar"Suddenly. life was more than French Fries and girls." is the tagline for Barry Levinson's 1982 movie Diner. It is a coming of age movie coming to screens right as I was coming of age. All of my gang was graduating the following year.
Some of you are looking at your phones and calculating. Yes I am that old.
In the movie there was the one particular diner. For our gang growing up there was no one particular place, a Friendly's Ice Cream, a late night drunken grand slam Breakfast at Denny's, and others but always the same crew.
Like the movie I grew up with a group of guys who my best friends mother, the woman who actually raised me referred to as the animals. I remember her crying when we had invaded her house after we all had just graduated. All of us feasting on bushels of corn we had bought at a roadside stand. She said she was crying because though we did not know it, she said it was the last time we would all be in the same place together. The last moment.
She was right. We were too caught up into the moment to realize this was not something prosaic, but a poetic moment the few of us that still hear from each other talk about.
One left for Basic training then Germany, Several to Ivies for school, another to an Upstate SUNY School to learn a new fangled thing called programming. Most of us simply scattered across the map. I was starting a gap year to figure some things out. I don't know that I figured anything out, but I too left the following year for the exotic place of Alabama to go to school.
A preppy new England kid stepping out on the surface of an entirely new world where they talked different.
Another just disappeared. Never to be seen or heard from again. Even in todays internet none of us can find him. I guess he left the map behind.
This is a little nostalgic and not so funny. I had a call last week. It is one of those calls you never forget and suddenly life is a little clearer and immediate. I won't get into it. I can't, but it concerned news about someone I grew up with.
The last couple of weeks I have seen a lot. That call was the final thing. I have been put through a lot, but the pizza, laughs and conversations from the Friday Night Southside Pizza meal were what I needed. Happiness, laughter, conversation and good food.
I want to keep them going.
I had a recent conversation about how you need to stop and enjoy the moments occasionally. I hope that person does. I am certainly trying enough for either one of us to do just that.
Life really is too short not to.
“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.” Anthony Bourdain
I was doing these meals every Friday. I think I will try every other week.
That way you don't get tired of me.
Who could get tired of me?
Apparently the list for that is long and distinguished. Like...
I will behave. (Secretly hopes no one has watched Top Gun another, but really huge eighties hit movie)
Anyways, the people around the table may change as life goes on, that is okay. Life is like a bus, it requires change. Let's just go to the diner and have a nice meal together. Enjoy the moment. I might be funny. They got a buttload of different stuff on the menu. A buttload is a lot by the way.
Maybe go to a local pub after and grab a Negroni.
I can't bring back the Denny's late night drunken jaunts, or the patty melts from Friendly's who had great fries, but I can share a meal with you. Life did definitely became more than French fries, but girls?
Some people (me) never learn!
- Beech Bottom Trail and Farm to ForkAcademy Sports, Chattanooga, TN
The Carpool Location is the
Academy
2220 Hamilton Pl Blvd,
Chattanooga, TN 37421
9;00 am Sharp. Lets try to leave on timeOkay so it said Beech Bottom Trail! I originally ready it as Bear Bottom Trail. Not Bare bottom! Very few people want to see a bare bottom while they're hiking. Although...
There might be a few.
Sorry folks Hike Naked day was June 21st. Going to have to keep your britches on. People say it is a more primal way to hike and puts you more in touch with nature. It also puts you more in touch with poison ivy and bitey insects in more personal areas. No one wants to explain a rash, itchy feelings, or bite marks on your nether regions.
Could get awkward
This is one of my longish hikes. It is an hour and half drive. We will carpool.
Distance is 9.1 Miles
Trail Rating is Moderate (If you are an experienced hiker will find it moderately difficult. Unexperienced will find it hard.)
Elevation Change is 974 feet.Please bring proper footwear, hydration, proper gear, snacks etc... If you don't know what to bring you should probably skip this. It is not for beginners.
Here is the All trails link for more info
All Trails-Beech Bottom TrailThen we climb in our cars and go eat. I have always wanted to try this place.
Farm to Fork
120 General Lee Street
Ringgold, GA 30736General Lee Street? Reminds me of Dukes of Hazard. Daisy Duke.
Maybe there are some exceptions to that not wanting to see bare bottoms hiking...
Sanda Bullock , yes. Just saying.
Had to bring it full circle folks.
I now have Queen's Fat Bottom Girls song going through my head.
Go figure?
