
What we’re about
We have whacky adventures....like FAR FLUNG, ATYPICAL ADVENTURES!!! Like, "WTAF?" adventures, "WHY?" adventures, and "You're doing WHAT?!" adventures.
Some examples of our impending fun:
Full moon hikes
Tour a fish hatchery
Camp / Glamp
Stay in a teepee
Go to what are considered 'undesirable areas" and make it rad by traipsing around poking into shops
Go to monster truck rallies
Paintball
Paddle board
Go the San Luis Obispo drive in
Flea markets
Rodeos
Water parks in the summer
Tour an animation studio
Hike Lizard's mouth with goats
Have a "NON-drum circle" using cans, sticks, high heels drumming on a board, ACTUAL instruments, a cordless vacuum, etc. but NO DRUMS allowed
Do a dive bar crawl
Go to a kid's arcade
Volunteer
Take the 12 Steps on a certain challenge in our life
Have trash-pick-up competitions using the "Clean Swell" app
Teach the group a (portable) skill you have
Sit down and make budgets together
Have a drag queen hosted Tupperware party
Go to a local Buddhist center for one of their meditations
Take the train to LA and walk to China Town for dim sum
Go to a cemetery and bring flowers to honor a grave of a stranger
Feed the houseless
Spend an evening at PJ's in Ventura
Thrifting in Ventura
Take a trip to the Krishnamurti Center in Ojai to discuss his philosophies
Watch a Krishnamurti teaching on YouTube and discuss it on Zoom together
Go to a commune in Lompoc for one of their classes and a meditation in their temple and/or walk in their labyrinth
Backpack on Santa Rosa Island (an adventure is not for the faint of heart!)
And any ideas *YOU* have!
Why? I'm a gal who is adventurous to my very fiber, but want people to roll with... Do you? Ya? So let's get out there, have unforgettable experiences, meet new people, and grow closer to master the "have you ever?" game!
ALL AGES & BRANDS of people. Please be similar. Please be different. Please be easy going. Please be high maintenance. Please be young. Please be ancient (we'll carry you if we have to!). Come. As. You. Are.
If you relate to these quotes, you've come to the right place:
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
- Mark Twain
"Become friends with people who aren't your age. Hang out with people whose language isn't the same as yours. Get to know someone who doesn't come from your social class. This is how you see the world. This is how you grow."
- Roumaissa
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Guided TARANTULA HIKE + Classic Car Show + BBQ DinnerSolvang Parking Lot, Solvang, CA
In the fall, the normally nocturnal male TARANTULAS come out during the late afternoon looking for dance partners. Kooky Adventures wants to introduce you! A 2hr walk & talk is hosted by the folks at Restoration Oaks Ranch in Buellton is for all ages! We will catch a live wild spider, discuss it, let it do some spider-walking on our hands (for those who dare...), then let it loose into the wild again. If we are lucky, we will see pairs of tarantulas courting!
$9 / person
(‼️MUST BUY TICKET NOW LIMITED SPOTS‼️)
(Link HERE and again below)
Select Oct 11thNOTEWORTHY: Bring water, a shade hat, and wear comfortable shoes. The hike will be no more than 1/2 mile.*
.... But first it is the FREE annual CLASSIC CAR SHOW in Solvang!
🇩🇰 Downtown Solvang, famous as the "Danish capital of America", will be transformed into a classic car (and motorcycle) mecca as more than 200 pre-2000 impeccably restored, stock and customized vehicles of every make, model and type including hot rods, sports cars, muscle cars, vans, pickups, trucks, motorcycles, and other special interest vehicles fill the streets. Omg, they had me at "vans" 😂
(One of our Adventurers is actually a judge for the car show!) 🏆
Music throughout the day, a beer and wine garden, a Viking food bar.
All money raised goes to the Vikings of Solvang Endowment Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization. 🕊️Lastly, we will cap the day with DINNER at AJ Spurs Saloon. Yeeee-haw! 🤠 🐄 🍖 🔥
CARS? (and my future Kooky-Kreep Van)
ARACHNIDS?
RIBS, STEAK, POTATOES amidst taxidermy & rusty farming equipment decor?Hark, I think I hear "Koooooky" Kalling! ☎️
Yep, the usual Kook Out is a mish mosh of polarizing flavors + education. If people don't either love the ideas or are kinda off-put, I'm not Kooking Out properly.
Question: What's one of the great things about Kooky Adventures (other than the fact that it is a place to practice radical AUTHENTICITY and unapologetic SELF-CARE - yes, you will LITERALLY get a LITTLE GIFT from your host each time you self-care by asking for what you need or setting a boundary.…like suddenly getting up and saying, "I’m tired. Gonna jam home early. Toodles, Kooks!")? 👋
Answer: You can join us or leave whenever you'd like! Love cars; hate spiders? Cool. Come just for the cars. Visa versa? Just start your Adventure at the Ranch. Easy-Kook-Breezy! 🌬️ 🫧
TIMELINE WHERE YOUR DEVOTED HOST WILL BE:
1:30pm - 3:30pm
CAR SHOW: (CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO)
Downtown Solvang, CA4pm - 6pm
TARANTULA HIKE
MUST BUY TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME‼️THEY WILL SELL OUT
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKET. Select Oct 11th!!!
(11 minute drive from car show)
Restoration Oaks Ranch
1980 US Highway 101
Buellton
(CLICK HERE FOR MORE TARANTULA HIKE INFO)6:30pm
AJ SPURS SALOON - Buellton:
(CLICK HERE FOR MENU, PHOTOS, MORE)
(7 minute drive from the Tarantulas)
350 E. Highway 246
BuelltonThis will be a long-haul day, so you may wanna bring a day-pack, water, SNACKS, and careful not to get roped into a carpool if you might suddenly turn into an energy-pumpkin. Introverts, do ya feel me??? As much as I adore you guys and these adventures, I have to rest for 2 full days after these events.
This is widest gamut of different Adventures in one day we’ve done so far!! The LA Train Adventure was a close 2nd. Can't wait!
PS) If you want to Kook Out on your own for a bit, Ostrichland USA is in this neck o' the woods and could be a cool add for you. CLICK HERE FOR OSTRICHLAND. It was in running, but Car Show won by the Kooky Steering Committee vote. We welcome you to become a part of the committee! I post our committee meetings a couple times a year..... because WHY would a small MeetUp group need one, LOL.
1:30pm - SOLVANG CAR SHOW
4pm - TARANCULAS
6:30pm - AJ SPURS - BUELLTON