~ Recurring Adventures ~

 

See also:  huge variety of randomly-scheduled events

 

each week ~ monthly

 

 

Each Week April through June 2011,*

alternating

Mon.
  • Yoga

  • Yoga

Tues.
  • Indoor Rock Climbing

  • Game Night, Happy Hour, or Bowling Extravaganza for beginners through experts

  • Ultimate Frisbee

  • Nature Hike or Lite Hike

Wed.
  • Nature Hike or Lite Hike

  • International Dance

  • [Yoga through mid-May]

  • Dodgeball

  • International Dance

  • [Yoga through mid-May]

Thurs.
  • Sand Volleyball

  • Wallyball or Racquetball

Fri.
  • Friday Fun Night: 1 or more of

    • Art Galleries, Snacks & Wines Walk,

    • Wines Tasting,

    • Happy Hour, AND/OR

    • Dinner (restaurant, pot luck, or cooking club)

  • Friday Fun Night: 1 or more of

    • Art Galleries, Snacks & Wines Walk,

    • Wines Tasting,

    • Happy Hour, AND/OR

    • Dinner (restaurant, pot luck, or cooking club)

Sat.
  • Waterfalls / Mountain-top Views Hike OR Lite Hike

  • Waterfalls / Mountain-top Views Hike OR Lite Hike

Sun.
  • Waterfalls / Mountain-top Views Hike OR Lite Hike

  • Waterfalls / Mountain-top Views Hike OR Lite Hike

* These are our plans and what you can expect; schedules and offerings vary on occasion.

 

 

 

Monthly Special Events* 

(see also: randomly-scheduled events)

Jan.

> Skiers and snowboarders enjoy our assistance at partnering you with others of your same skill level (or group lessons, including for first-timers) to enjoy the 50+ slopes at this fantastic mountain just a few hours from Charlottesville.  Come also for your choice of:

> Snow tubing

> Snowshoeing

> Cross-country skiing

> Relaxing to a good book or movie during the peaceful daytime hours to enjoy the

> Night-time fun!  We rent up to 7 houses, each house with a different theme, hop from house to house to enjoy:  board games house, beverage tasting house, movies house, animal house, tranquility house and/or others.

Feb.   Please see above.  This time instead of rental houses, we in a hotel with full facilities including bar, cafe, outdoor hot tub and indoor pool.
Mar.   Join teams with your fellow novice players hiding, defending and attacking in this extremely fun high adventure, indoors or outside.  We get the field to ourselves when we play, keeping others who might be experts off of our field.  This makes for a level playing field and good times by first-timers and all. 
Apr.   Spectacular views of forests below and mountains beyond, while climbing on iron rungs, chains and more (all along the way connected to a steel safety cable) to traverse two rock cliffs and a 200-foot suspension bridge in between . . . what a beautiful blast!
May

  See September for High Cables Challenge Course & Zipline description.

  The Choose Your Own Adventures-packed weekend typically begins with your choice of hiking or horseback trail riding; followed by a visit to a spectacular waterfall; camping or cabins; rafting class V rapids suitable for first-timers, or canopy tour with 10 ziplines, 5 bridges and a rappel; and finishing with an optional tour of a coal mine and historic mining village.  Usually our trip coincides with optional competing in the hilarious, on-ground Raft Olympics!

June   Your open window is an open invitation to buffalo, zebras, elk and more putting their noses into our carpool cars!  Drive through the forests and fields of this fantastic zoo where most of the animals get to roam free.  Finish up with a funny, free visit to a 1:1 replica of Stone Henge.
July

  Spectacular views of forests below and mountains beyond, while climbing on iron rungs, chains and more (all along the way connected to a steel safety cable) to traverse two rock cliffs and a 200-foot suspension bridge in between . . . what a beautiful blast!

Aug.   The Choose Your Own Adventures-packed weekend typically begins with hiking to a glacial glades botanical area, wildflowers, views and waterfalls; followed by camping or cabins; and finishing with rafting class V rapids suitable for first-timers, or kayaking in duckies for the more experienced, or canopy tour with 10 ziplines, 5 bridges and a rappel. 

  Backpacking in Alaska!  Join us as we fly in via a bush plane to explore remote, incredibly beautiful, trail-less back-country areas of Alaska. 

  Beach Week!  Choose a half or full week at a beautiful beach house, typically at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  Just relax at the beach, pool and/or hot tub with great company, or perhaps enjoy some adventures such as hang gliding, SCUBA diving, and jet boating.

Sep.

> Climb up to and walk on steel wires or a suspended log way up in the forest canopy.

> Zip 500 feet (nearly 2 football fields!) along a steel cable 60 feet above the ground, after having climbed up an easy ladder, a more challenging vertical cargo net and tires, or an outdoor rock climbing wall.

> Enjoy low course team challenges such as the Mohawk Walk or Tire Swing.

Oct.

  See April for Via Ferrata description.

  The Choose-your-own Adventures weekend takes place in Wild & Wonderful West Virginia, where one can choose:

> Watch B.A.S.E.-jumping off the 876-foot New River Gorge Bridge

> Raft the Upper Gauley River (2nd best in the USA, 8th best in the world!)

> Tree Tops Canopy Tour with 10 ziplines!

> Horseback Trail Riding with gorge views

> ATV tour

> Frisbee Golf, Sand Volleyball, Kickball, Horseshoes & more

> Camping or cabins

Nov.   Please see March for description.
Dec.   Tour around the city together, in a fun bus ride, sharing "wows" and good cheer at viewing extravagant holiday lights.

* These are our plans and what you can expect; schedules and offerings vary on occasion.

 

Last updated April 22, 2011

 

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Backpacking           Bonfires & Pot Lucks        
Beach Vacations           Broomball        
Biking (Mountain & Road)           Bowling        
Camping           Concerts        
Canoeing           Cooking Club        
Caving / Spelunking           Craft-making        
Frisbee Golf and Ultimate           First Friday Art Gallery Strolls        
High Challenge Course & Zip Line           Game Nights        
Hiking, including Sunsets & Waterfalls           Go-karting        
Horseback Trail Riding           Happy Hours        
Hot Air Ballooning           Ice Cream Socials        
Kayaking           Ice Skating        
Paintball           Kickball        
Rock Climbing Indoors           Mini-golf        
Rock Climbing Outdoors           Movie Nights        
Running on Trails & Country Roads           Picnic & Swimming Socials        
Skiing & Snowboarding           Pool / Billiards        
Sledding           Theater Plays & Musicals        
Snowshoeing           Restaurant Dining        
Tennis           Social Hours        
Training Classes           Volleyball & Wallyball        
Tubing (River & Snow)           Volunteering        
White Water Rafting           Wine & Matching Food Tastings        

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