About us
Hello! This group is for nature-lovers and anyone wanting to spend more time outdoors.🌳 Being in nature can be healing for the body, mind, and soul. ✨ Research has shown that connecting with nature can improve your overall well-being. Some benefits are stress reduction, an increase in creativity, the strengthening of your immune system, and an increase in positive emotions.
As a member of this group, you will have the opportunity or may be inspired to:
• Try a new activity.
• Explore new places or revisit familiar ones.
• Meet like-minded individuals.
• Step out of your comfort zone.
• Gain a greater appreciation for Earth.
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir ☀️
LIABILITY DISCLOSURE:
The organizers of our group, Connecting with Nature, bear the sole responsibility for coordinating event themes and schedules. By registering for an event, each individual, including members and their guests, acknowledges accountability for their own safety. Members are responsible for ensuring that their guests are aware of our group's Liability Disclosure and Waiver. Participants, including guests, understand the inherent risks, dangers, and hazards associated with any event organized by this group. Participants willingly accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers, and hazards. Moreover, by signing up, you and your guests release and discharge this Meetup group and its organizers from any and all liability arising from participation in any events.
LIABILITY WAIVER: Additional terms for members.
All attendees engage in events at their own risk, taking full responsibility for any property loss damage, or personal injury to themselves or their guests. Participants are responsible for any venue damage incurred during the event. Emphasizing personal accountability, each member is individually responsible for their behavior at group events. By registering for and/or attending group events, members explicitly confirm their comprehension of this disclaimer. Additionally, they willingly and cautiously agree not to pursue any claims related to the Meetup event against the event organizers.
Upcoming events
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Free Concert: Manny Cepeda + Westwind Strings & Brass at UCSD-Sun God lawn
SUN GOD Lawn, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, USLet's Dance!
We'll meet at 5:45pm.
The band starts at 6pm.For one electrifying hour, strings, brass, and the irresistible Manny Cepeda come together for a brand-new program of salsa, rhythm, and pure Latin joy. Sábor means flavor, and this concert has it in abundance. Cepeda — one of San Diego’s most beloved Latin musicians — leads a combined ensemble of Westwind string and brass players through salsa, cumbia, bolero, and cha-cha: forms rooted in Cuba, Colombia, and Puerto Rico and built on syncopated rhythm and call-and-response. The strings, unusual in a Latin dance band, lend lush warmth beneath the brass’s punch and swagger — the full sound of the great Tito Puente–era orchestras. There will be plenty of outdoor space to dance at the Sun God Lawn.
What to Bring:
Chair
Snacks & Water
Comfortable shoes for dancing
Positive attitude :)Check out the band in advance: Manny Cepeda
Location: Sun God Lawn, UCSD in Google maps
2 attendees
Summer Hike @ San Dieguito County Park 🌳 Optional Picnic
Lower San Dieguito County Park, 15938 El Camino Real, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, USNote: The date of this event is tentative and is subject to change.
Let’s explore San Dieguito County Park! Things to look forward to include a couple of ponds, butterfly garden, trails, suspension bridges, and soaking in the beauty of nature.🌞🦋🌼
There will be an optional picnic after the hike. Bring your own food or something to share with the group. I will provide plates and utensils and may prepare a game or two.😀
Let's meet at the lower park entrance which is off El Camino Real at 9am.
Directions:
Head south or north on I-5 and exit Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Head east on Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Turn left on Highland Drive.
Pass the upper park entrance.
Turn right on El Camino Real.
The entrance is on the right side.Free parking is available outside of the park. If you park inside, you will have to pay $5. Seniors 62 and up can obtain a free parking pass. Also, a current California Disabled placard can be displayed in lieu of a pass. For more info, go to the County Park website: https://www.sdparks.org/passes/
You can find a simplified map in the park brochure: https://www.sdparks.org/content/dam/sdparks/en/pdf/BrochuresMiscellaneous/San%20Dieguito_Brochure.pdf
Hope to see you there!✨✨
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