Name: Vancouver WA Speed Friending - 50+
Start: 2026-09-16T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Vancouver, WA

Join us for an easy stroll to enjoy wildlife and meet new people. We'll visit Turtle Pond, the eagle nest, and the bridge to Klineline Park (to check for otters).

All ages are welcome! (Participants under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian along.)

Furry family members are welcome too! We’ve enjoyed meeting new friends’ dogs, and ur friend Erwin has brought his two special-needs kittens in a stroller. They’re adorable!

We'll be very glad to meet you! Come on your own, or bring as many friends or family members as you like!

Our group is kind, friendly, mellow, and welcoming!

You never know what animals you'll see on Salmon Creek Trail. Over the years, we've seen:
River otters
Beavers
Muskrats
Nutrias (including babies and Albus the albino nutria)
Mink
Weasels
Turtles (so many turtles)
Frogs
Gray herons
Green herons
Great white egrets
Cormorants (on the pilings at Klineline Pond)
Belted kingfishers
Tree Swallows
Wood ducks
Nesting bald eagles (with their babies)
Osprey
Hawks
Barred owls
Merlins
Redwing blackbirds
Cedar waxwings
Humming birds
Grosbeaks
Bats
Rabbits

We'll meet at the trailhead by the softball-field restrooms. Just type "Vancouver Girls' Softball Association" or “VGSA” into Google or Apple Maps.

If you have questions or would like to get in touch for any reason, feel free to send me a DM here on Meetup.

Vancouver WA Nature Lovers & Social Club

Joshua Hansen

Thursday Evening Wildlife Stroll - Salmon Creek Trail

Vancouver Girls Softball Field

Greg S

Davina

Saturday Morning Wildlife Stroll - Salmon Creek Trail

Sunday Evening Wildlife Stroll - Salmon Creek Trail

Tuesday Morning Wildlife Stroll - Salmon Creek Trail

Making new friends as an adult can be surprisingly difficult. We’re trying to make it easier and a lot more fun!

Our Tuesday evening meetups are for adults over 50 who want to meet new people, have fun conversations, and build new friendships around Vancouver.

Think speed dating, except there’s no dating.

At our speed-friending events, you’ll have a series of short, relaxed conversations with different people, with (often wacky) questions or conversation starters to keep things lively and fun.

Afterward, there’s time to hang out, have a drink or a bite to eat, and continue talking with people you connected with.

We’ll hold events at local pubs and other casual venues around Vancouver.

Come by yourself (if you like)! In fact, that’s exactly what this is designed for. You don’t need to be especially outgoing, and you don’t need to already know anyone. 

If you prefer, bring a friend or spouse! We love having couples and friends groups here too!

The goal is simple: get people off their phones, talking face-to-face, laughing, and hopefully leaving with a few new people they’d genuinely like to see again.

This is a friendship and social group—not a dating group.

Drinking is never the point, and alcohol is completely optional.

If you’re new to Vancouver, your friends have gotten busy, you work from home, you’d like a bigger social circle, or you just think meeting some new people sounds fun, come join us!

Strangers when you arrive. Hopefully not when you leave!

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