An Austin area Meetup group that is dedicated to multi-day backpacking trips. We will start off with conditioning hikes on the greenbelt and some easy overnight trips to the state parks. The goal is to encourage backpacking and to grow our outdoor skills together so that we can take longer trips to Colorado or New Mexico. If you love the outdoors and are interested in doing more than day hikes, we hope you will sign up for Austin Backpackers. All skill levels are welcome here. Let's see if we ca …

[Resuming again in November 2012. Thanks for your patience!] We are people who meet to be creative in nature. Our events are outings. We walk to places in nature where we break to be creative. We do not talk during our breaks, but we talk again afterwards to share our creations. We are an artsy group, not a hiking group. All who seek to create from nature are welcome, whatever your art, whether you write, draw, paint, sculpt, craft, photograph, dance, philosophize, or meditate for inspiration. P …

WELCOME to the AUSTIN SOCIAL CLUB! Over 40 and single? This club is all about COMMUNITY and FRIENDSHIP! The club is NOT a bunch of strangers getting together, we are a true friendship group. We offer quality events with quality people. You'll be treated as one of the gang from the moment you walk in. Choose from fun events such as: * dancing * brunches * happy hours * bowling * karaoke * hiking * * holiday parties * movies * * theater * live music * more dancing * * kayaking * seasonal ev …

Hello Everyone! I inherited this Meetup because I like to hike in the morning, ... the hikes will be scheduled usually every weekend on area trails early in the morning, usually close to dawn - but hikes any time are possible. In the summer they will be earlier to avoid the Texas heat! After the hike we will usually meet somewhere for breakfast, close to the hiking trail. By the way - I will make anyone who wants to create hiking events an asst. organizer. I'm always open to new ideas on …

This meetup is sponsored and organized by Guillaume & Chanelle Vincent with Transformation Streaming www.transformationstreaming.com & Kim Keeton with Sanctuary of the Awakened Soul www.sanctuaryoftheawakenedsoul.com ______________________________________________________________________________ Join other Awesome Souls on your spiritual journey, personal development and PLAY! Our meetup is about healing, self-discovery, deep work, community, new society, and/or simply meeting new Awesome Souls …

Hey There! Welcome to Our Group!! & Those who are New To Austin! This Singles Group offers a variety of fun social and singles related events around the Austin Area. The North Austin Singles Group (NAS) , is one of the largest meetup groups in Austin, TX. We offer a variety of fun, interesting, free or low-cost events that are single and/or social related. We especially welcome anyone New To Austin! Although some of our events are singles focused, other events we produce have no singles agenda …

Do you know where the Outdoors are? Do you know where to go once you get there? Do you have friends to go with? Friends that make you want to hike on a Saturday morning? Friends you want to leave the bustle of the city with for a weekend camp out? Outside in Texas is for those who like to be under the sun with good people, and who doesn't like this? Based out of Austin, we'll hike, camp, canoe, swim, orienteer, zipline and any other thing we can imagine, and I imagine we can imagine almost any …

This is the MeetUp group for Hill Country Outdoors (HCO). The events posted here are our events that are open to the public. We usually post a few public events each month including hikes, happy hours, etc. To see our full calendar of events, and to learn more about HCO, please visit: http://www.hillcountryoutdoors.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hill Country Outdoors is Austin's most active outdoor, sport social c …

Austin Sierra Club (local branch of the Sierra Club) holds outings for outdoor activities: hiking, camping, bicycling, backpacking, kayaking, etc. These include local one-day events as well as weeklong trips to many National Parks in the U.S.

Are you a bright, articulate LGBTQ professional who enjoys intellectual stimulation, the arts, and/or outdoors? In this friendship group we visit museums, meet for book club, hike, attend the ballet, swim, see live performances, etc. in a smoke-free, drug-free, mostly alcohol-free environment. This group is designed for people with these characteristics: Professionals (social workers, teachers, physicians, ballet instructors, engineers, retired, student, etc.) Bachelor's Degree or higher (or wo …

Austin, also known as Silicon Hills is headquarters of some major names in tech: Samsung, Freescale, AMD, National Instruments,Dell, Cirrus Logic along with many technology start-ups. It is also home to one of the top Engineering schools in the world - UT Austin. So…Austin attracts many young technology professionals to this wonderful town. If you are single, young and enjoy indulging in technical talk without getting blank stares or if your techie friends are all married and don’t have time to …

At the Expedition School, our goal is to encourage, educate and expand the horizons of our clients and students. Our philosophy is simple... A soul that is eager to explore and learn should be nurtured with adventure and education. We hope to have you join us on our next expedition. Our Philosophy Our goal is to broaden the horizons of our students and participants in the context of their learning environment with hands-on education. The Expedition School utilizes nature as its classroom. This …

This group is exclusively for graduates of classes taught or sponsored by Dr. Larry Miller and his Divorce Recovery and Family Resources Center. Classes include When Your Relationship Ends, Healthy Relationship with Self and Others, Successfully Single, Conscious Singleness, and Building a Healthy Relationship. Other than being our starting point, Dr. Miller has no responsibility, officially or unofficially, for our group. We are all members of the Meetup community, and we hope this group offers …

Since Diana has left for California, Juliana is going to be planning events.  I hope everyone here can help her do that.  As many of you who have already been to our events realize, we have become more of a family over the past several months and not just a group of strangers.  This is due to the work of Diana and the amazing people who are in this group.  Hopefully we can all keep this group going well into the future until one day Diana returns back to Austin, TX. Also everyone is welcome.  Yo …

Hey there - This is a group for PNW transplants in sunny ATX. You might like this group if :: 10pm sunsets, San Juan Islands, craft beer, technology, Rose City, Stumptown Coffee, Victrola Coffee, Ballard, Hawthorne Street, Pearl Jam, Helio Sequence, Fleet Foxes, innovation, music, boots, jackets, hats, microbreweries, fall leaves and great hikes make your heart flutter...... Please join your bretheren for a monthly gathering. All are welcome!

Come join us in Lakeway, South Austin and Bee Caves, Hill Country area for social , fun walks/hikes while making friends.  Couples, Singles, Men and Women 55+.   Positive supportive friends welcome!

We represent a cooperation of the Central Texas Larping community. Any number of games from a variety of organizations that might be of interest will be announced for anyone who is interested. Heroic Interactive Theatre: a Live Action Role Playing group focused on bringing people together for light boffer and spacket combat, compelling storylines, and all around good outdoor fun. If you like videogames, table-top D&D, improv theater, costume making, or camping and hiking, we have a place for yo …

Austin Explorers is an active group for anyone between the ages of 21 – 40 who embrace new cultures, ideas, and adventures. We believe life is meant to be experienced rather than just observed, and this is reflected in our wide range of events that encompass what exploring is truly about. Activities may include (but aren’t limited to): - Happy Hours - Hiking - Wakeboarding - Rock Climbing - Dining Out - Dancing - Board Game Nights - Kayaking / Canoeing / SUP - Paintball / Lasertag - Bowling/ Boc …

Thought about organizing a different kind of singles meet and greet. We'll go on cool hikes and theres no need for 'ice breakers', alcohol and other bs because the main point is to just enjoy a nice hike with some hopefully nice people :)

Over 35, and tired of watching t.v.? Join us for community, friendship and fun! We're a welcoming, inviting group intent on making everyone feel involved. Whether you're married, single, or alien, you'll like it here and we'll value you as a partner.  We started this group so that all of our Austin neighbors would have a comfortable place to hang out and mingle.  You don't have to live in South Austin, but you may want to move here after visiting-Join Us! We host: happy hours * dinners * dancing …

The Texas Atlatl Association (TAA) formed on July 17th, 2010 at the Duval Ranch in Falcon Heights, Texas near Falcon State Park. What began as correspondence between the Austin Texas Lithic Arts & Technology League (ATLATL) and South Texas Atlatl back in 2008, eventually culminated into an organization that will reintroduce the art of the atlatl in the state. One of our main goals as TAA is to provide venues for people to exchange ideas about the atlatl and other primitive skills, experimental a …

This is a group for tall people (women 5'8" or taller, men 6'0" or taller) in their 20's - 30's and we also accept members in their 40's. We are looking for active people who want to make new friends and enjoy the company of other tall people. Members are encouraged to interact with others on the site and suggest meetups. The overall goal is to have a great time, make all feel welcome and have a wide variety of meetups. Let's get out and have some fun!

I'm making this group for people in there 20's or 30's, who are looking for fun and active friends around the Austin area! If your new here, or have lived here awhile but are searching for active friends, this is the perfect group for you! We recently moved here, and are interested in making friends who enjoy the outdoors as much as we do! We will mostly be hiking, but will also have some tennis, volleyball, disc golf, yoga and other activities. Single, couples, and married couples are all welco …

This group was created to encourage awareness of and access to the Balcones Canyonland Preserve (BCP). Through the promotion of public educational opportunities, our members will be in the loop of special access hikes and lectures. The BCP is not one single tract of land but a system of preserves located in Travis County that exists as a multi-agency conservation effort operating under a regional 10(a) permit issued under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFW). In …

This is a group for anyone interested in walking or hiking the natural areas in and around San Marcos. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group because I wanted to meet other walkers and outdoor enthusiasts. Looking forward to exploring the nature trails with everybody. We sometimes walk in neighborhoods and downtown as well.

This group was created to unite young professionals in their 20s and 30s who are looking to form a tight, amazing new circle of friends to enjoy life with and to explore the sights and events this city has to offer. This is not your typical meetup group where you meet random people at each meetup event. The goal is to have continuity in order to develop long lasting friendships. We want fun, friendly, loyal, adventurous, spontaneous, and creative people who are looking to build lifetime friends …

This is the Austin branch of Active Mama's, which is a group for mom's who want to enrich their own and their baby's lives. If you're a fun-mama, this group is for you! Active Mama's was founded by Robyn Cooper in Atlanta. My name is Ryane Cano, and I'm your Active Mama's Austin Leader :). I have three wonderful children from ages 2 to 5. I organize weekday meet-ups for fun-mama's who want to: socialize hike with their babies enrich their babies with story-time, song, bubbles and free play swim …

We are an Austin-loving group of women who like to work out at all levels. We like to mix things up with a wide variety of activities so that we have something for everyone and you can choose what you want to do. Please join us and attend something organized by our other members or create your own event. All skills levels are welcome.