Posted by Peter on August 19, 2008
This is not a Sierra Club sponsored event.
Please let us know if you’re interested in joining the Friends of the Young Sierrans on a little adventure to Austin to participate in New Belgium Brewing’s World Famous Tour de Fat biking event. Plans wold be to drive down from Dallas on Friday evening, October 17th, and return sometime Sunday afternoon, October 19th. In addition to the Tour de Fat, we’ll enjoy live music and do some day hiking and/or lake/river canoing/kayaking/tubing. Wearing funky-fun costumes (hopefully, group-themed) at the event is required!
We’d probably want to book accommodations (hotel, bike rentals?) sooner than later, so please reply to Peter or Candace with your interest by September 10th. More info on the Tour de Fat can be found on the NBB site or blog.
Location: Fiesta Gardens, 1 Chicon Street, Austin, TX
Tour sustainable gestures include:
• The Tour de Fat crew traveling on B100 biodiesel fuel.
• Bands play from solar-powered stages that are transported in solar-powered trailers to keep the energy flowing.
• Volunteers and staff help compost and recycle waste from each tour stop, resulting in an overall waste diversion rate of 85% in 2006. The waste diversion rate goal for 2007 is 95%.
• 100% of the proceeds ($5 beers) go to local charities. Tour de Fat admission is FREE!
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Posted by Robert on March 1, 2008
You can now sign up for the Memorial Day bus trip. This year’s destination is Bandelier National Monument — one of my favorite bus trips. Backpacking Bandelier is a great way to see things a casual tourist can’t get to.
Check out the details here.
If you haven’t been on a Dallas Sierra Club backpacking trip, I would highly recommend signing up for one of the upcoming beginner backpacking trips to build confidence in your gear and ability (and let the leaders know you have both).
Bus trip participation isn’t limited to the YS age group, but Bandelier is a great destination, and great fun for a very moderate price. Since the sleeper bus drives at night, you save vacation days too.
If anyone’s questions aren’t answered in the verbose trip description, I’ll be happy to share stories from my past 13 (or 14?) bus trips on one of our upcoming social events.
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Posted by Peter on September 20, 2007
Is anyone interested in the Car Camping outing at Caddo State Park which the DSC is leading on the weekend of 12/1? See the below link and scroll down to the trip for more info. I’ll call Robert Gates, the trip leader, to learn more. http://texas.sierraclub.org/dallas/outings/outingslist.asp
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