Sierra Club

As we were exiting our hike last night we saw a group of people going UP the mountain. Yes, up. It was 6:30 p.m. and we saw a group of 4 people starting up the trail. They looked like good friends and good-friend-Lindsay and I thought they were so cool. And we chatted about how awesome they were, likely having cooked dinner then going on a night hike. We envisioned how we could live our lives just like them one day.
Then another 30 people followed them. Surely, they didn't all cook dinner together then go on a hike.

So we asked. "Is there an event tonight?"

"Sierra Club Wednesday night hike," one man responded. He continued to tell us that tonight they were going up to Inspiration Point where there would be a slideshow set up of the local areas. So cool!

He invited us to join along and if our stomachs weren't rumbling we likely would have joined them for the trail we missed. No problem, he said that they hike together every Wednesday and Friday night, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Meet at Hope and State in downtown San Diego.

Yup, it seemed like a pretty great life. Hiking a number of times a week, exploring the great outdoors with a group of others. This great life: the Sierra Club.

There are Sierra Clubs in every neck of the woods, including yours. Visit their website to learn more! This club, made up of over 1.4 million people, work to "protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself," and are the "largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States."   They have Outings, or Wilderness Adventures, across the US and abroad, in inner cities, and in your own backyard. They also, like we encountered, have many, many hiking groups that take advantage of the local area. Plus, there's much more! 

Visit the Sierra Club website, and learn more about how to become one of those awesome people and live the life we admired!