Outdoor activities groups near Westerly, RI

Welcome to **Tales, Trails, and Taverns**! Are you fascinated by spine-tingling ghost stories, enchanted by local legends, and invigorated by outdoor adventures? Join us as we embark on thrilling hikes through scenic trails, sharing chilling tales of haunted locales and mysterious legends along the way. Our group explores the natural beauty of our surroundings while delving into the supernatural tales that haunt them. After our hikes, we gather at haunted taverns and cozy watering holes to swap stories, discuss paranormal podcasts, and enjoy good company. Whether you're a seasoned ghost enthusiast or simply curious about the eerie history of our region, Tales, Trails, and Taverns offers an engaging blend of adventure, storytelling, and community spirit. Come join us for an unforgettable journey where every trail leads to a new tale and every tavern visit adds another chapter to our collective folklore!

The group offer's a variety of hikes from the beginner to the more experienced.

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Come to a Meet Up event for fun and friendship and meet singles your age who are active and interesting! We  explore restaurants,  attend concerts, museums, movies, and enjoy theater groups in the area. We have book clubs, enjoy wine tastings and visiting breweries. Our members also enjoy outdoor activities including walking, hiking, kayaking and biking.

We have a $25 annual dues for membership which pays for administrative costs and is used to enhance our events.

Westerly, RI is a great town, with so much to offer! Great food and pubs and lots of hiking and beaches and outdoor activities. Let's be active and enjoy life in this great town! I organize a few other Meetup groups, but this one is to highlight all that Westerly has to offer. Over time, and with some help, I'd like to organize all kinds of events, such as: * Dinner & drinks * Happy hour * Hiking and beach walks * Camping (maybe?) * Concerts and live events * And more! Unlike some of the more touristy towns nearby, Westerly is a real, thriving, year-round community. It deserves a group of its own, to showcase local meetups and events.

Open to women and men of all ages who would like to meet other people to enjoy fun activities with! Whether it be outside engaging in fitness or a night out enjoying dinner, music and drinks together - the purpose of this group is to have fun while making friends, Come join us! An activity might pop up that might just interest you. I add things all the time and am open to all activity suggestions 😊

We are a group of young women ages 27 to 37, who live along CT’s shoreline. This group will meet up for anything from brunches, dinners at local restaurants, exploring the outdoors, going to vineyards, and much, much more! The goal of this group is to meet awesome, like-minded women and create some strong friendships. Please note that we do have a three-strike no-show policy as a courtesy to all of our members. If you know that you will not be able to attend an event, please change your RSVP as soon as possible to notify other members. You may also leave a comment on the discussion board of an event if you have trouble locating our group or happen to run late for any reason. If you have any ideas for future meetups, feel free to send me a message or leave a comment below on the discussion board!

Do like being active, being social, and having fun? Want to meet new people? This is the place for you. We are a group organizing kickball games, parties, and fun social events.

Check us out at www.shorelinesocialse.com

We are a group for women who want to share their joy of learning/growing through books! We meet once a month and focus on books that provide us with personal development and self-improvement. Feel free to attend our meetings, even if you didn't read the book. We request that if you join, you are an active participant, as this group has limited membership. We also request you bring a snack to share with the group when you attend. We REALLY look forward to meeting you! Note: We are a social group, with no business agendas.

GDG New London [Google Developer Group - New London] is a regional chapter located in the New London Area, CT. Our mission is to spread awareness about the latest technologies in our community, so people can benefit their communities by developing helpful, useful, and entertaining stuff through using the knowledge and skills they gained from our events and activities.

Google Developer Groups (GDGs) are for developers who are interested in Google's developer technology; everything from the Android, App Engine, and Google Chrome platforms, to product APIs like the Maps API, YouTube API, and Google Calendar API.

GDG New London will have a focus on voice-based technologies such as Google Assistant. However, all are welcome to attend our events and share what type of tech they are passionate about. 

GDG New London's events will be hosted in various location ranging from downtown New London to the greater Stonington Area. 

Are you in your 40s or 50s and looking to make some new friends for a night out of dinner and drinks? Maybe you are looking for a group to do some hiking, or to check out a fair or some live music, or maybe even do some camping or have a game night? Look no further! We are looking to host regular activities in various spots around RI, so come join the fun! We guarantee you will have a good time and meet some great people. Let's make this a fun and relaxed setting for everyone. If you are single, married, divorced, it's all good here. Come alone, or bring a friend, the goal is to feel comfortable enough to make some new friends, and do some things that you maybe wouldn't do alone. A little about me: my name is Sean, and I have been living in Westerly for 3+ years, and I love it. But I've noticed I have not explored as much of Rhode Island as I would like, so I decided to start this group to change that. I am hoping to meet some new people, make some great friends, and just have some fun!

HELLO, WELCOME TO THE GROUP. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EXPECTATIONS FROM MY MEMBERS: 1\. YOU MUST HAVE A PHOTO THAT CLEARLY SHOWS YOUR FACE\, FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES AT EVENTS\. 2\. THERE IS A TWO WEEK TRIAL PERIOD\, AFTER WHICH\, YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO PAY $15 IN YEARLY DUES\. \(\.4 CENTS A DAY TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE $48 I PAY PER MONTH AS AN ORGANIZER\)\. 3\. I PLAN AT LEAST TWO\, UP TO FOUR EVENTS EVERY MONTH\. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THIS GROUP AND ATTEND AT LEAST FOUR EVENTS PER YEAR\. 4\. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS ON YOUR DUES\. IF YOU CHOOSE TO LEAVE THE GROUP\, YOU WILL NOT GET A REFUND\. IF I REMOVE YOU FROM THE GROUP FOR NOT ADHERING TO GROUP EXPECTATIONS\, YOU WILL NOT GET A REFUND\. 5\. INACTIVE MEMBERS \(SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT CHECKED IN AND OR ATTENDED AN EVENT WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF JOINING MAY BE REMOVED\. I AM LOOKING FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS\. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, LORI

There’s been an awakening and this is your Avengers initiative! There is a desperate need for a nerd gathering in the local area and we can be it! We are a celebration of Geek and Nerd culture amongst like minded individuals looking to connect and have fun! We’re talking movie/show watchings, card games, board games, and video games; recreation activities and more! If you’re looking to connect with others in the area who share similar passions for all things Geek and Nerd you’ve found the right place!

Do like being active, being social, and having fun? Want to meet new people? This is the place for you. We are a group organizing dodgeball games, parties, and fun social events.

Check us out at www.shorelinesocialse.com

Do like being active, being social, and having fun? Want to meet new people? This is the place for you. We are a group organizing co-ed flag football, parties, and fun social events. Check us out at www.shorelinesocialse.com

Looking to spike up your week with some casual volleyball games in Rhode Island? Join our meetup group for weekly pickup games where you can meet new friends, enjoy some friendly competition, and improve your volleyball skills. Whether you're a seasoned player or just looking to have some fun, all skill levels are welcome. Come join us as we set, bump, and spike our way to victory in a friendly and welcoming environment. Don't miss out on the chance to get active, socialize, and have a blast with fellow volleyball enthusiasts in Rhode Island. See you on the court!

For anyone interested in getting together for spinning poi, hula hooping, flow arts, dancing, drumming, etc. All skill levels welcome. Let's get together and enjoy the outdoors on the beach, in a park or at a festival in the nice weather and inside at other times. Looking forward to practicing, sharing & learning with everyone!

Explore ways to simplify, connect, and empower yourself through the power of nature and community. This group will meet up for a variety of different activities including hikes, herbal medicine workshops, crafting, whole foods preparation, and many other events to discover ways to simplify and live more sustainably. With so much chaos and accelerating turbulence happening in our lives and the world today, sometimes its best to revisit the ways of our ancestors (natural cooking, herbal medicine, gardening, crafts, time with animals, etc.) and connect with a community of like-minded souls who want to slow down and learn to enjoy quality of life more.

**We are a very cool group of Rhode Island ladies, ages 50’s-80’s.** We believe in living a vibrant life so we are always up for an adventure. We take walks, we go on hikes, we visit museums and art galleries, we go to lunch, we go for coffee, we go to movies, we love wineries and breweries, we go sailing, we do food tours, we go to the beach, we take cooking classes, we go golfing, we take in art exhibits and go to concerts. We’ve even done glass blowing and gone kayaking. Most months we host a Book Club and also a lunch at a local restaurant. Our activities are, for the most part, spread out across RI but we also often schedule things in CT and MA because our members are spread out all across the state. Many friendships have developed because of this group. We have celebrated many milestones together and even our spouses occasionally join in the fun. This group is a great way to make new friends while exploring things to do in southern New England. we are LADIES LOVING LIFE and we would love to have you join us.

Welcome to The Original Hiking with Dogs.  **Hiking With Dogs is free and open to every dog-lover, but it runs on donations. You are required to read this page from here thru to the Disclaimer.** This group is for anyone who wants to be outdoors in the company of friendly dogs Hiking and Camping even if you do not have one. Hikes will be setup in the Eastern part of CT. It's a fun group, like anything it is what You Make Of It. If you do not agree with the disclaimer, please leave the group or you will be stating full agreement.  **\*Required - Post a Picture of you and/or your dog. Please put You and Your Hikers Name in Your Description. -Bringing a Leash is required also-** We hike every Sunday at 9:45, if you do not receive an invite in your mail. Check the site.  **Hiking with Dawgs is about the betterment of dawgs.** Like Minded People and Dawgs, Socializing, Your Dawg having Friends and Training Your Dawg To Become a Great Off-Leash Afficicondo - whatever that is! Picnics and refreshments from beer to tea to ice cream after some functions. If you Are All About The Miles, you will be thoroughly disappointed, we are not interested in wearing a canine out of its life. Hiking as a group start to finish. About making your dog into something to be proud of, proud of off-leash. Letting puppies be puppies, to a point. Hikes are usually 4 - 6 miles long at 2 1/2 hrs. None of them are flat! Hikes are Hikes and Not - dawg walks and you will live thru your first one to make it to another.  Anyone who would like to organize a hike/gathering at a favorite location or at a special time is welcome to send us a request. There should be parking for 20, if its a Sunday hike. Less if its another day. Anybody taking their ‘Hiker’ on a vacation or day trip, etc and wanting to post pictures feel free. Post them to the latest hike! **\*Hike Description's:** As some guy used to say “HWD - it ain't shopping with dogs". All the hikes have hills, most have stream crossings without - bridges - its CT not VT, but peoples interpretations vary with all the variables. The Hikes have a stated start and stop time, and different trail characteristics. So To Help You, we've got a very vague system that tells you what the ‘Hikers’ (the dawgs) will be doing after the hike, so you can compare and measure it all:) Most hikes are 2-2.5 hrs long. Here is the Vague ‘Hike Description’ in ‘Nappers’.... Half Napper-Full Napper- Definite Sleeper! Respectively - 1/2 the hikers will be napping, all the hikers will be napping and everybody will be sleeping! \*If you have a medical condition and you need a better description - definitely contact any organizer and we will tell you our interpretation. But we are all in agreement that we don't want to scare anybody away by saying a hike is hard. This is CT and all Hikes are all basically the same easy deal just different in length or scenery which is reflected in the time allotted.  **\*Operating Principles - please read.** We really want to keep this group loose and fun and lightly structured. Most dogs know what to do after there first hike, and that is to stick around Hike/Swim and Carry On as a Friendly Bunch. We ask that you just keep them leashed up in the parking area, keep an eye on your buddy thru out the hike, do not let him/her get too far ahead of the Hike Leader, and its best that people stay behind the Hike Leader. Show your buddy acceptable behavior your first few hikes and he/she will most likely figure it all out quickly. We hike as a group from start to stop so people in the front keep it slow, people in the back please keep up! Get your dogs attention every time he/she comes back looking for you, or you may have to go looking for your buddy. Keep your dawgs 30 feet at most in front of you hiking day 1 thru day 6 and under control, because we Hike on day 7!  **Camping:** You usually have to Hike with us to get an invite. Maybe we notice your a camper when you join and add you to the ‘invite list’... Campgrounds/Trails are hard to locate - sorry not everyone gets an invite but all are welcome to go... we just don’t blab our stuff on the internet.  **Cape Cod:** HWD is the kinda group to put on a Cape Cod bumper sticker and then run in the opposite direction. If you get a crazy invite, pay deeper attention.  **Donations**: HWD is free. But the web site is not free and to put on functions is not free either. All members are asked to make a yearly suggested donation of $20 per household, organizers included, to keep the group running. This will cover the expense of the site, plus money for chips dips and bones, no alcohol (byob) at a few small picnics. After operating expenses ALL remaining monies when accumulated do get donated. HWD is not for profit. HWD's Donated on 6/27/17 $500 to Our Companions Animal Rescue. 1/26/19 $682 to Scout Troop 44 Beaver Ledges Bridge.  **\*\*\*Disclaimer:** "Hiking with Dogs" is not for everyone. Please use your discretion. Hills/uneven terrain/dogs on/off leash/trip and slip hazards/snakes/broken glass etc. Orgr's and attendees are not trained in any way, though we may carry bandages and some things to help with problems. Meetup regards us all solely as a number, we cannot vet anyone. HWD's has no control over who attends, may not even know persons real names, has dogs from puppies to old timers as hazards. Guests Are More Than Welcome to Attend - but it is the responsibility of the member who brings them to inform guests of this disclaimer before attending! By being a member you agree to this disclaimer and to have your guests read, that "all injuries to them, you, your dog are all accidental and the injured's responsibility and applies to all functions. All of the above is just the nature of a person and pet Meetup, which exists for the betterment of our canine friends. This disclaimer works to protect us all, Participate at your own risk.  **\*Tuning Your Own Dawg:** There are basically ‘no’ bad dawgs, just ‘faulty owners’ is usually how it works. Figure out what you own - and what his/her needs are, buy a book and learn how your buddy is programed - and physically work with him/her. It is 100% wrong to establish the preferred positive canine training - without first establishing NO! using Negative Dawg Training. Every puppy/dawg personality is very different in many varied degrees... You ‘may need’ to loudly/harshly instill NO! There is no harm chasing your beloved dawg around swinging a noisy scary newspaper and screaming No! in the air. Do not think that you are an idiot. Earn the respect your dawg craves, hold up the chow line for an hour as you outwardly fume.... Then start with the Good Puppy happy praise and treats when you get what you want. Canines thrive for Love, Guidance and Boundaries.  -Canines understand - Voice Tone first, understand Words/meanings second-  ***Guidance:*** Never assume that your new buddy speaks English. Show him exactly what you want - go take a leak with him, feather lite touch petting - saying ‘Go Gentle’, use a 30feet clothesline as a leash and call him back when they reach the end if it, Showing is the key to a quick understanding and it sure cuts out the guesswork. If you need ideas for training, please ask.  ***Boundaries:*** Enforce boundaries and use the words NO! Bad Dawg! In a negative tone. Using the ‘canine submissive position’ helps very quickly to get ‘themguys’ to understand.  Be Aware of what you are training out of - or into your friend and if that is what you want or really need. Happy fun loving Dawgs who respect their Boundaries is the goal.  ***Love:*** Nothing Like Showing Your Buddy a good time and all that he/she means to you - After You Establish NO! Dawgnabit!!! I said No! What Dawgs Do 6 Days a Week, they will repeat on the 7th. We Hike on the Seventh!!! **Arthritis Awareness**: It is much better to work to prevent this horrible disease, than to deal with it solely if it arrives. ‘Think Joint Care, Everyday, In Every Way’ - from the day that you bring your puppy home. An overworked joint that is inflamed gives the disease a foothold, because using an inflamed (swollen) joint is very damaging. But you can not tell its inflamed, until your dog tells you, After the Hike. Hiking Dawgs are athletes. Feed your athlete well. Real - healthy - food is a good extra in the bowl. Some dogs actually like vegetables. They all like meat. I like to add the "anti-inflammatory foods" to their bowl. See Google for a list 10% less food and treats, keeps the joints - work load down. Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Fish Oil, Less Weight, Low Impact and Being Active equals good joint health. Help a healthy dog out of the car. (That is a very impacting thing to do!!!) A coated aspirin with food, used as an anti-inflammatory before hiking really works. Though some vets may have reservations do to stomach problems and need to sell their pricier drugs. I give my 90# buddy 325mg Ecotrin brand aspirin. Ask your vet and/or research the mg dosage for your pup yourself. My previous dog took one for nearly 8 years as he got this dreaded plague at 4 years old. He lived to be an active 12-1/4 under vet care. Jones did and Grizz does takes an aspirin as prevention on game days. If he were to get arthritis, he would receive what ever works to help him at that point in time.  Stay limber and active and Off the Concrete. (All hard surfaces are no good.) Take care of your buddy, especially the ones prone to arthritis. (if your dog can't hike-you probably won't.) **Dog Chiropractor:** Ask the Orgr's. **Canine Massage**: No one recommended at this time **Good Reading**: The Whole Dog Journal, This article on big pet medicine [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-05/when-big-business-happens-to-your-pet](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-05/when-big-business-happens-to-your-pet)  The Monks of New Skete book titled ‘How To Be Your Dawgs Best friend’ Learning what your dawg ‘is’ and getting a book on how he/she thinks.  **Advice for the Trail: Things to look out for:** \* Dogs run ahead to the front and then come back looking for their master.- Always acknowledge your hiker when they come back looking for you or they will get nervous and really go looking for their master! - NEVER ASSUME THAT HE/SHE SAW YOU!  Pet them on their head. That seals the deal. Or your dog will go hiking the trail in reverse and both you and them will be upset, including the host!!! lol :) **\*Anybody New To The Area: Take The Ticks and Lyme Disease Seriously.**  \* Ticks, Lyme Disease etc.  Get your dog vaccinated for Lyme Disease, use advantix ,a Sorento Collar, or something similar. Lightly use a spray in the spring/fall. Spring and fall are the worst times. Check your self and your dog a couple times. A little Tick will mess up your life big time. Frontline is Not Recommended.  \*Snakes: If you think that your dog has been bitten by a poisonous snake, stay calm and try to get a picture of the snake, that snake picture is very important, it determines if thousands of dollars of anti-venom is actually needed and what kind. The Rocky Hill Vet Has Emergency Hrs and have stated they can get snake anti-venom. Help your dog back to the car. You do have time to get back to your car and drive fast. Call **860 563 1027** wait for the answering service to switch you to the hospital. We have only come across two 8" long copperheads But a bite by one of them is enough to do you or your dog in! And it may only feel like a bee sting. Think if you see a possible injury...What could of just happened? Copperheads and Timber Rattlers are in our area, Black snakes too but they supposedly eat the poisonous ones....  \* Bees in summer. Especially ground dwelling bees.  \* Hurt or cut paws from sharp rocks, ice and terrain - broken glass too.    \* Keep your dog off the ‘thin’ ice in winter. **Paw Awareness:**  Canine Pads should be very tough but pliable. They walk on everything in all weather. Most pads don't need much work, but you should check them from time to time, especially in the winter when they tend to dry out. If your Hikers paws feel like 40 grit sand paper, rock hard and dry...that's not ideal, they may be getting ready to split and put him out of commission for a bit. Try rubbing in some Bag Balm or similar. I use Vaseline, its cheap, easy, does the job and helps your hands, putting it on his. Don't over do it, soft paws are just as bad. Vaseline Is Also Good Protection Against Road Salt and Ice Build Up Between The Toes.