Name: Guided TARANTULA HIKE + Classic Car Show + BBQ Dinner
Start: 2025-10-11T20:30:00.000Z
Location: Solvang Parking Lot

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](https://wildfarmlandsfoundation.ticketspice.com/2025-wild-tarantula-trails-by-date))
Select Oct 11th

NOTEWORTHY: 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)](https://solvangcc.com/events/viking-classic-car-show/)
Downtown Solvang, CA

**4pm - 6pm**
**TARANTULA HIKE**
**MUST BUY TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME‼️THEY WILL SELL OUT**
[CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKET. Select Oct 11th!!!](https://wildfarmlandsfoundation.ticketspice.com/2025-wild-tarantula-trails-by-date)
*(11 minute drive from car show)*
Restoration Oaks Ranch
1980 US Highway 101
Buellton
[(CLICK HERE FOR MORE TARANTULA HIKE INFO)](https://wildfarmlands.org/index.php/education-events/wild-tarantula-trails)

**6:30pm**
**AJ SPURS SALOON - Buellton:**
[(CLICK HERE FOR MENU, PHOTOS, MORE)](https://www.ajspurs.com/menu)
*(7 minute drive from the Tarantulas)*
350 E. Highway 246
Buellton

This 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. ](https://www.ostrichlandusa.com/) 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**

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