Outdoor activities groups near North Fort Myers, FL
Alligator Amblers Chapter of Florida Trail Association
Fort Myers, FL
About Us
The Alligator Amblers Chapter of the Florida Trail Association (FTA) serves Charlotte, Lee and Collier Counties and provides local hikers with numerous opportunities to participate in outdoor activities such as backpacking, biking, camping, hiking, paddling and trail maintenance.
Our parent organization the FTA is dedicated to building and maintaining the 1300 mile Florida National Scenic Trail streching from the Big Cypress Swamp, around Lake Okeechobee, through Ocala, Osceola and Apalachicola National Forests to Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach. The Alligator Amblers assist in this mission by supporting and maintaing an eight mile portion of the Florida Trail south of I-75 in Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve as well as the 6.5 mile loop trail at Collier-Seminole State Park.
The Alligator Amblers have also assisted in building and maintaining trails within Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Collier County), Hickey's Creek Mitigation Park and Prairie Pines Preserve (Lee County) among others.
Please note: For the safety of our Activity Leaders and other participants the Alligator Amblers would like to respectfully request that your profile include a full facial photo so that you are recognizable when attending our events or activities.
Meetings
We meet monthly on the third Thursday of each month (except July and August). Check the Meetup site for specifics regarding location and time. You are welcome to join us! Most of our meetings feature educational and entertaining speakers. Come early to socialize.
Each month there is a presentation on an outdoor related topic, followed by a discussion of upcoming activities and trail related events.
Activities
Activities are scheduled throughout the year. More activities are planned during the cooler months. These outdoor events include day hikes, multi-day backpacking trips, car camping, trail maintenance, biking, plus both day and overnight paddling events. The public is welcome to all monthly meetings and many activities. Some activities must limit the number of persons or tents due to ecological, space or other factors. A few activities may only be available to FTA members to help the trip leader insure that all are capable of safely participating. These few activities may be more difficult, more strenuous or more remotely located than most.
Read each activity notice carefully. Realize that our activities are governed by the rules set forth by the FTA and are typically less casual than your typical Meetup event. An RSVP is required for participation in all Alligator Amblers' activities. An RSVP ensures that there is space available for you. Those who have not responded will be turned away from the activity
Greater Social Life Union of Cape Coral
Cape Coral, FL
The Thumoslang Network is an association of groups whose members use Thumoslang, the nomenclature for social clarity, as their basic strategy for greater social life. Part of the network is the Greater Social Life Union (GSLU). Its mission is long-lasting joy for its members through faster actualization of their personal ideals.
There are many steps on your journey to greater social life. Here are the first steps for members of GSLU. After reading the rest of this introduction, you should read the 2021 book The Guide to Thumoslang. Many of our members put this new knowledge into practice as suggested by The GSLU Handbook.
When you spend more time in damage control mode and less time benefiting from your various relations, you waste a great deal of effort in your social life. Such a cost of opportunity keeps you from going at high speed towards your ideals, in creating your ideal self, and in actualizing what you truly want to become. This is likely due to a lack of social clarity, which is essential for internal conversations and vital for meaningful relationships.
Unintentionally created in 2017, accidentally discovered in 2018, and first taught in 2019, Thumoslang is the nomenclature for social clarity. It is used as a language for faster communication, be it in complex collaboration or difficult conversation. The first widespread use of social clarity has been predicted by Thumoslang pioneers to be just as important as the first widespread control of fire. All is explained by The Guide to Thumoslang, which is backed by The Dictionary of Thumoslang.
Again, the Thumoslang Network is an association of groups whose members use Thumoslang, the nomenclature for social clarity, as their basic strategy for greater social life. Part of the network is the Greater Social Life Union (GSLU). Its mission is long-lasting joy for its members through faster actualization of their personal ideals.
Your ideals are the same as your ideal self, which means what you truly want to become. "Everything else is secondary," said Steve Jobs. Our group activities involve you with the first practical steps in the further development of your ideals, in keeping others from interfering with your life, and in building a group of in-person friends who keep on encouraging you and nurturing your ideals. To be sure, if you lack social clarity in your internal conversations, face unwanted drama too often, are not sure of your social life or your path into the future, or have no friends and no groups available on a regular basis to help create your ideal self, this group is for you.
*** MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS ***
Our group activities bring you the following benefits:
Benefit 1 - Mastery of Relationships
As new GSLU members participate in the union's activities, they will quickly find themselves having noticeable enhancements in their social lives. The further they participate in GSLU activities, the faster they naturally acquire the mastery of relationships.
Benefit 2 - Best Friends for Your Ideals
Our group activities include practical steps in building a group of in-person friends who keep on encouraging you and nurturing your ideals.
Benefit 3 - Internal Dialogues More Effective
Thumoslang is a set of terminology whose use is intended to benefit one's clarity in social situations. Consequently, Thumoslang allows you to have clearer communication with yourself in your mind.
Benefit 4 - Meaningful Relationships Much Stronger
Our members use Thumoslang to mend or strengthen their existing relationships, build new relations, and achieve greater social life.
Benefit 5 - Faster Actualization of Your Ideals
The actualization of your ideals goes faster when it regularly involves your best group, which is the small group of in-person, second-mind friends who are the best for the nurturing of your ideals. Our activities help you speed up the actualization of your ideals by reducing social roadblocks and increasing social shortcuts in your life.
Southwest Florida Adult Soccer Information
Fort Myers, FL
The purpose of this Meetup Group is to inform adults in SWFL about places to play soccer. Join our group and stay informed when we learn of more places to play!
***If you know of any soccer going on anywhere in SWFL, please let us know so that we can post it on this list, thanks!***
***All skill levels are welcome to come out!***
If you know of any places to play with lights, let us know.
-CO-ED: FREE pick-up game with lights, every Friday from 6:30-9pm at Kelly Road (7340 Concourse Drive, Fort Myers). Bring a white and dark t-shirt (when we pick up teams, whites on one side, darks on the other).
-CO-ED: FREE pick-up game, every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm at Bella Terra (Bella Terra Blvd, Estero, 33928). This is an excellent field (because nobody plays on it). Before you come out, e-mail Neal (nstudd@fgcu.edu) with your first and last name to put on the master list for the security guard at the gate. When you come in the gate, tell them “Wednesday Night Soccer group". Sign this waiver and bring it with you the first time you play. After you pass through the gate, take the first right and park in the parking lot. The soccer field is around back, behind the tennis courts. Bring a white shirt and a dark shirt (when we pick up teams, whites on one side, darks on the other).
-CO-ED: Pick-up game, every Sunday from 6:30-8:30pm at San Carlos Park Elementary School (17282 Lee Rd, Fort Myers). Bring a white shirt and a dark shirt (when we pick up teams, whites on one side, darks on the other). Please bring $2 to help pay for the reservation fee for the field. Average weekly attendance: 18-22 people.
-MEN & CO-ED: Indoor Soccer Leagues at the Skatium (2250 Broadway, downtown Fort Myers). The co-ed league is on Sundays, the men's league plays on Friday nights, but there are several other leagues too. There is a $50 registration fee per player for the season (10 games + playoffs). You can be added to a team as an individual player or if you already have a team you can add your team. Contact the Skatium for more information: 239-321-7510
-MEN: Every Sunday at 4pm ($3 per person for field), and every Wednesday at 7pm ($6 per person for field/lights) at Gateway (13260 Griffin Drive, Fort Myers, 33913). Average weekly attendance: 20-25 people
-Gulf Coast Adult Soccer League: They have a lot of games, mostly in Naples, but sometimes in Fort Myers. They have a 40's and a 50's league in Naples and at Gateway (in Fort Myers). Contact Guy Harris, President of the Gulf Coast Adult Soccer League (239-565-1598). Check out their website for all information: http://www.gcasl.com
-Southwest Florida Latin American Soccer League: Their games are on Sundays. Contact Enrique Chivas for more information: 239-849-1094
-MEN & CO-ED: Call the Naples YMCA (5450 YMCA Road, Naples, 34109) for more information: 597-3148. Their website is: http://www.ymcapalms.org/naples/naple...
-MEN, WOMEN, & CO-ED: There are leagues at the North Collier Community Park (15000 Livingston Rd, Naples, 34109). They have several different leagues (men's 11v11, men's 7v7, men's over 30 7v7, men's over 30 11v11, co-ed 7v7, and women's league too). Game times vary by league. The registration fee is $70. The Spring/Summer season starts in June, the Fall/Winter season starts in September, and the Winter/Spring season starts in February. Contact Denise Lee for more information (DeniseLee@colliergov.net) or you can try one of the following numbers that will lead to the office at the soccer fields: 252-4022, 252-4084, 252-4079, or 252-4064. Their website is: http://www.colliergov.net/Index.aspx?...
-CO-ED: There is a 7V7 league at Lions Park in Fort Myers (2550 Cleveland Ave, next to Lee Memorial Hospital on US41). Games are on Monday nights. Each player must purchase a $25.00 players ID card and each team must pay $300 to register. Each team will pay a $20 referee fee for each game. E-mail Adam Lightfoot (outdoorsports@cityftmyers.com) or call him (239-321-7514) for more information.
-MEN: Indoor league at Golden Gate Community Center (4701 Golden Gate Pkwy, Naples, 34116). Games are Sundays from 2-6pm. Each season is 8-10 games, the next season starts February 28th, 2010, but you can probably get added to a team in mid-season. Each player pays $40/season plus $30/year for the insurance. Contact Fernando for more info: 239-252-4181.
-MEN: Indoor and outdoor leagues at Immokalee Sports Complex (505 Escambia St, Immokalee, 34142). The 7v7 indoor and outdoor leagues are on Sundays. The 11v11 outdoor league is on Saturday. Each player pays $30 plus a portion of the team fee (depending on how many players there are on your team). Contact Michael Rena for more info: 239-657-1951.
***If you know of any soccer going on anywhere in SWFL, please let us know so that we can post it on this list, thanks!***
Remember, all skill levels are welcome to come out!