Outdoor activities groups near Aldie, VA

The RJ TENNIS BOOT CAMP® adult tennis program is for all levels of play: Beginners to the 5.0 USTA player. When I was first getting into tennis as an adult I didn't know of all the options that were available for me to play tennis. As for tennis during the winter and rainy spring months, I thought indoor tennis was out of the question. I didn't know that you didn't have to join a club to be able to participate in any of the tennis clinics. Back when smoke signals was the form of communication from one location to another, I didn't know of all the great opportunities to play tennis at various locations. MEETUP is a great way for tennis players of all abilities to find opportunities to play. There are great MEETUP clubs on this platform. 

If you have been looking for a place to play some invigorating tennis and to work on growing your tennis game, may I encourage you to give the RJ TENNIS BOOT CAMP® adult tennis program a try.  Membership is not required to participate in any of the drop in clinics. There are member/non-member clinic fees to participate in all of the RJT clinics. 

If you have never done the RJT class before or if it has been sometime since you have done the class, please ask to get onto the RJT emailing list so that you can keep up to date with the schedule of classes.  And when your schedule allows, please email me to see if there is availability for you to drop in.

I look forward to the opportunity to serve you.

Rob

This group is to bring together desi guys and girls in their 20s & 30s living in the washington DC area. 

I would like to plan events such as happy hours, lunches & dinners, sporting events, cultural events, outdoor activities, movies, networking, and maybe even some trips later on. I am definitely open to suggestions.

The main goal of this group is for everyone to meet fellow Indians, make friends, and have fun!

Hello! This is a group for Shelties (aka Shetland Sheepdogs) and their crazy humans. Each month we will investigate a new dog-friendly place around Northern Virginia or a bordering area. We plan to take our humans on MANY adventures: from wineries and breweries, to beautiful hikes, to the best local dog parks and park parks.

We will start with meetups in the Ashburn and Leesburg VA area (as that is our home base). But we plan to range westward to Purcellville and Bluemont for hikes, farms, and breweries and southward to Virginia wine country such as Delaplane. We may also venture closer to the district because of the beautiful parks and dog-friendly facilities in Alexandria, Arlington, etc. Meetup suggestions welcome!

*COVID Update* - Current status: once per month socially distanced meets, all outside. Group co-founders/leaders Laura & Chris are back organizing events now that they have their shot(s). Co-organizer Nancy Penn continues to graciously create the occasional meetup. Other members are more than welcome to come forward with meetups to host -just shoot us a message. Your own local dog park (especially if it has a "small-dog" section) is a great venue for this.

New Members: Please introduce yourself and your dogs! Let us know what activities you are most looking forward to and where your home base is. =)

(Note: We're a bit fair-weather with such big fluffy coats, so excessive rain or heat may reschedule outdoor events. Where possible, the "rain date" will be the other day of the same weekend.)

This group is intended to bring a lot of interests together by linking people together. I have tried out many meetup groups in the past few years but have seen a growing gap for groups for middle aged people and see many more age specific niche groups. This group is not exclusive any age group, but the reason for this group is to give people who may be in a similar situation as I, a safe place to make new friends and bond.

I am a first generation immigrant from the West Indies, with no local family. I have no siblings and divorced with no children, so engaging in meaningful social opportunities doesn't present itself as often for me. I am sure I am not the only one.

Kintsugi is a Japanese art that involves putting broken pieces of pottery back together with epoxy and sealing the seams with gold. This can be interpreted in many ways for this group. The bonding of different individuals, the coming together of many activity types or perhaps starting over to change your lifestyle after a "life event".

I anticipate that I will work with other groups to provide some specific events (IE "cross posting"). While I engage in a lot of differing activities, I am not an expert or very knowledgeable in many. I am active in these other groups and know the organizers, so I wouldn't be subjecting anyone to a "blind trust" environment. I plan to have activities for kayaking, hiking, backpacking, racquetball, rollerblading or any activities that people may want to introduce for the weekend. All of these will be friendly to beginners, but many may require you have your own equipment. I also plan to balance that with weekday social events to give people an opportunity to get to know each other, which I believe is lacking in other groups and will enhance weekend activities. Happy hour, dinner, or just sessions to just talk about whatever in a good environment. This won't be my group, it is intended to be "our" group (a Kintsugi Life) and active participation at all levels is welcome.

Looking forward to meeting you and having some fun while getting some activities in!

This group is for those interested in monthly guided hikes, facilitated and led by Virginia Outdoors Foundation Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve staff, that focus on different aspects of a Natural Area Preserve and the native plants and animals it protects.
Each hike has a different trail and theme, and are dedicated to fostering the discovery of the natural ecosystems in the preserve. Topics range from education about those ecosystems and the management strategies in place to protect them, to naturalist hikes that are more for observation or hikes geared towards plant and animal identification or cultural history exploration.

Each hike is informal, with a larger focus on building the community of Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve and giving our hikers a broader view of the preserve and the work that goes in to managing these beautiful habitats. All skill levels and enthusiasts are welcome! Come out and explore the preserve with Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve staff!

This group is for anyone interested in volunteer trail maintenance and natural resource management on Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve. This group is operated by Virginia Outdoors Foundation Preserve staff with the goal to maximize our volunteer work and volunteer force to maintain the current trail network and increase the community of people coming out to the preserve and working alongside staff!

All skill levels are welcome and our activities have some range such as: trail clearing, constructing, general maintenance, invasive species removal, building and repairing water bars and various special projects occurring on the preserve! We meet once a month (weather and conditions permitting), and generally work for anywhere from two to four hours.

This volunteer group will not be restricted to trail work - we will be posting all volunteer opportunities and events that are occurring on the preserve! So if trail work isn't totally your thing, no worries - there will be other volunteer events posted here that might be more up your alley!
We're looking forward to protecting and preserving our native habitat and trail network with everyone!