What we’re about
"I chose the road less travelled… Now I don’t know where I am."
"Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that." - Ellen Degeneres
"Bring a compass. It's awkward when you have to eat your friends." - Unknown
So maybe we caught your interest?
Quick note then I’ll tell you what we’re about. We’ve never gotten lost or had to look at members as a food source. This is Chattanooga Outdoor Adventures not the Donner Party (some of you will get that).
We enjoys the outdoors in all forms. Events like Hiking, Rafting, Kayaking, and everything else.
But wait there’s more! I sound like a Ginsu knife commercial. Let’s not let any of the Donners have one of those.
We also plan other great activities in and around Chattanooga. Not just hiking. Musical events, food and wine festivals. A concert in a cave, you get the idea
It’s an open group and would love to get everyone involved and plan a lot of different things. Inclusion and fun are key.
Not just hiking, Adventures of all kinds
If You Know You Know. This band is amazing and I am ready for round two. I think everyone who went last time is ready.
So I had a pithy funny writeup all together and accidentally backed out of it before I saved it. So you get the readers digestive tract version
First?
La Altena for food.
I have always wanted to try this tiny place. La Altena on Main Street. The one on Main Street. It is Tiny so we will do our best and improvise when we get there. Bring your patience.
What?
An Awesome band called Rubik's Groove at the Barrel house performing 80's, 90's, and 00's hits. It is so much fun.
The Facebook Event Write up
and of course
The link to the tickets
I have a couple of tickets.
I kept this one short!
Yet again I amaze myself.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Pickle ball 101-Girls Preparatory School League play available tooGirls Preparatory School Tennis Courts, Chattanooga, TN
A long time ago the first time I heard someone say Pickleball I was like what? Urban dictionary wasn't much help. I figured that was the logical place to start.
Turns out it wasn't. My mind had gone somewhere else. Let's just leave it at that.
Pickleball has been around as long as I have and I am an old dude. It really has. Google that stuff.
Please click attending here even if you are just registering with GPS. I want to see if we have interest in doing more Pickleball stuff.
Also comment in the links if you have any ideas on how to set up Pickleball for our members.
This will be a brief one. If you have suggestions on adding Pickleball to our events I'd love to hear them. DM me or hit me up in the comments. There is a definite demand for the group. Call, text me, email me. There are a lot of ways to contact me.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER WITH GPS TO ATTEND!
This is not a hosted event. The host I tagged is someone who hasn't even visited our site in nine years. Figure I'd scare the bejesus out of him. Relax he will never see it.
This is more of a PSA for everyone. There seems to be a huge interest in Pickleball. One of our members posted something and the response has been huge. I am going to see if we have any way to find someone to lead a Pickleball thing for our group. Most of that stuff happens during the week and I am out of town.
In the meantime GPS Racquets is offering a Pickleball 101 class. New to Pickleball? Here ya go. Due to time and geography I will not be there and it will not be hosted.
There is a fee payable to GPS (Girls Preparatory School) it is $156/six week session.
You register for this through
Instructions for finding and using the GPS Racquets APP
There is also a weekly League play Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 that you can register for. That is $105 for a six week session.
But Wait! There's more! Not sure where to start? We got this.
You can schedule a 30 minute FREE as in Bupkis, nada, don't cost nothin evaluation session Email Allison Engel @ aengel@gps.edu and schedule a totally free evaluation. She is the director of Pickleball. I don't know Allison, but I bet she is nice and will help you.
More advanced? They also have Pickleball 202 and 303. Look at those classes too.
If you register for their clinic or league you get FREE reservations for courts.
So here is a chance for you to learn the sport of Pickleball.
Here are their instructions.
Navigating the app!
Invitation Code: Bruisers1906Look for GPS Racquets in your app store and download
Create a user profile (don’t forget to click add family members at this point)
Click on location (only option, has 600 River Street as address)
→Click on sport (tennis or pickleball)FOR PROGRAMS and LEAGUES
→Click on Register for Programs
→Choose the correct program (double check that the day is correct!)*You will see two options: a single day option and a session option. To sign up for the remainder of a session, be sure to choose the second option.
FOR LESSON REQUESTS
→Click on Schedule Private Lessons
→Click on the schedule for a preferred day/time
*courts in gray are already in use and cannot be requested
*please choose an indoor court for lesson requests
→Select any other players (if sharing the lesson)
→Select the pro you’d like to have teach
→Click Reserve
*this will send it to the pro to confirm or reject based on his/her availability
(this is an optional method to initiate a lesson. You may also email the pro to connect)If you have any concern that you didn’t register correctly, please let Allison know before trying again (this will avoid multiple accidental charges)
- Hikers, Burgers and Fries-Rainbow Lake to Middle Creek falls and Merv'sCumberland Trailhead, Signal Mountain, TN
On this episode of Hikers, Burgers and Fries We're keeping it local to our own Flavortown Capital of Chattanooga. We will not be getting up at the Butt Crack of dawn to travel far for a hike. No folks we're keeping it close.
So sleep in, but not too late! We are going to Hike Rainbow Lake to Middle Creek Falls. This 4.5 moderately Challenging beautimous hike is not extra spicy it is rated moderate. So the only steep part is the the hike down to the falls which one reviewer said was sketchy. Sketchy? So are a lot of my friends. I am of course not referring to you. Or am I?
You will be expected to engage the noggin and search deep within your soul and determine whether or not you can do it. It's time to put those big people britches on. So when you're out on a date and she asks boxers or Briefs? You don't have to say It Depends. Depends? She might leave. Remember if the leg turns blue the diaper is to tight. if it turns brown it is to loose. In other words use your best judgment here.
Where was I going with this?
Oh yeah. Know your skills and abilities. Look at the hike description here
Rainbow Lake to Middle Creek Falls-All TrailSince the place has no address here is a link with directions from the nearby Walmart.
Directions to Trail head from Walmart
I actually think I got the link below to work. I am a very wise.... Person. Or fill in another word.
The next stop is a drive to a deliciousness delight dive called Merv's. This health food haven of heart stopping food features Burgers, pork rinds, Chili Cheese Fries, and more. So make like a Burmese Python unhinge the jaw and wrap it around a Merv Burger. They're Yuuuuggge! No Mervs were harmed in the making of this burger although there once was this Criminal Minds Episode....
So check your LDL, HDL and Triglycerides, pop a Lipitor and join me at Merv's. Get the skinny on the chunky menu here.
They also have Pool Tables and Darts for post food coma activities! Remember pointy end of darts aimed at the board not people.
Hey you have been healthy and in the great outdoors. Join us for a Winner Winner Cheeseburger dinner that will put the Shama Lama in ding dong for a hot frisbee of fun Burger after the hike.
“We’re takin’ you on a road rockin’ trip down to Flavortown, where the gravitational force of bacon warps the laws of space and time.” — Guy Fieri
That quote makes me tear up a little.
Bacon!
Oh and we're gonna hike beforehand too.
- Pickle ball 101-Girls Preparatory School League play available tooGirls Preparatory School Tennis Courts, Chattanooga, TN
A long time ago the first time I heard someone say Pickleball I was like what? Urban dictionary wasn't much help. I figured that was the logical place to start.
Turns out it wasn't. My mind had gone somewhere else. Let's just leave it at that.
Pickleball has been around as long as I have and I am an old dude. It really has. Google that stuff.
Please click attending here even if you are just registering with GPS. I want to see if we have interest in doing more Pickleball stuff.
Also comment in the links if you have any ideas on how to set up Pickleball for our members.
This will be a brief one. If you have suggestions on adding Pickleball to our events I'd love to hear them. DM me or hit me up in the comments. There is a definite demand for the group. Call, text me, email me. There are a lot of ways to contact me.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER WITH GPS TO ATTEND!
This is not a hosted event. The host I tagged is someone who hasn't even visited our site in nine years. Figure I'd scare the bejesus out of him. Relax he will never see it.
This is more of a PSA for everyone. There seems to be a huge interest in Pickleball. One of our members posted something and the response has been huge. I am going to see if we have any way to find someone to lead a Pickleball thing for our group. Most of that stuff happens during the week and I am out of town.
In the meantime GPS Racquets is offering a Pickleball 101 class. New to Pickleball? Here ya go. Due to time and geography I will not be there and it will not be hosted.
There is a fee payable to GPS (Girls Preparatory School) it is $156/six week session.
You register for this through
Instructions for finding and using the GPS Racquets APP
There is also a weekly League play Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 that you can register for. That is $105 for a six week session.
But Wait! There's more! Not sure where to start? We got this.
You can schedule a 30 minute FREE as in Bupkis, nada, don't cost nothin evaluation session Email Allison Engel @ aengel@gps.edu and schedule a totally free evaluation. She is the director of Pickleball. I don't know Allison, but I bet she is nice and will help you.
More advanced? They also have Pickleball 202 and 303. Look at those classes too.
If you register for their clinic or league you get FREE reservations for courts.
So here is a chance for you to learn the sport of Pickleball.
Here are their instructions.
Navigating the app!
Invitation Code: Bruisers1906Look for GPS Racquets in your app store and download
Create a user profile (don’t forget to click add family members at this point)
Click on location (only option, has 600 River Street as address)
→Click on sport (tennis or pickleball)FOR PROGRAMS and LEAGUES
→Click on Register for Programs
→Choose the correct program (double check that the day is correct!)*You will see two options: a single day option and a session option. To sign up for the remainder of a session, be sure to choose the second option.
FOR LESSON REQUESTS
→Click on Schedule Private Lessons
→Click on the schedule for a preferred day/time
*courts in gray are already in use and cannot be requested
*please choose an indoor court for lesson requests
→Select any other players (if sharing the lesson)
→Select the pro you’d like to have teach
→Click Reserve
*this will send it to the pro to confirm or reject based on his/her availability
(this is an optional method to initiate a lesson. You may also email the pro to connect)If you have any concern that you didn’t register correctly, please let Allison know before trying again (this will avoid multiple accidental charges)
