Marana Area Singles Dancing, Diners, Dives and Pubs

Park cleanup: 4:30- 5:30
Crossroads at Silverbell Park
7548 N. Silverbell Rd.
85743

Post cleanup beer/food: 5:45-7:00
Casa Marana Beer and Wine
8225 N Courtney Page Way #191 85743

Let's gather, clean up this pretty park and meet at a local pub afterwards. If you prefer, you can just do the cleanup or just do the beer afterwards. But we hope you do both!

This is a actually geocaching cache-in trash-out (CITO) event where we gather and clean up any trash in the park. Since its initial launch, more than 333,000 geocachers have volunteered at 16,000 CITO events and over 17,600,000 lbs. of garbage has been collected from parks, forests and roadways.

This park is a favorite for walking and hanging out. It's fun to meet new people when you have a common purpose. Bring your grabbers, gloves and some grocery bags and let's have some fun cleaning up.

Coordinates of meeting spot below. You can copy these to your Google map. Also see the event image for sat map location (at the end of the parking lot).

N 32° 20.767 W 111° 05.736

Afterwards the geocachers are heading to Arbys but closer and better is:

Casa Marana Beer and Wine
8225 N Courtney Page Way, #191 85743

The event is for Saturday and Sunday but posting it for Saturday.

Embrace the holiday magic at the Oro Valley Holiday Festival of the Arts & Tree Lighting Celebration, where the Oro Valley Marketplace transforms into a vibrant hub of creativity, community, and festive wonder. This cherished event is a cornerstone of the season, inviting people of all ages to experience stunning holiday décor, live performances, and Santa Claus’s much-anticipated arrival.

The highlight of the festival will be the lighting of the newly revamped Golden Glow Oro Valley 50th Celebration Tree, a dazzling display of golden lights, and over 1,000 handmade ornaments. Visitors can enjoy a true winter wonderland experience, holiday entertainment, and a magical atmosphere for everyone.

Please come join us friends for Grub at the Pub at Famous Sams River Rd. Great sandwhiches, and good service. Of course there are pool tables, darts, and other games to enjoy if that is your thing. No participation is necessary, just come enjoy the food and the company.

No shows will not be tolerated and please be considerate to others. If you cannot attend please change your rsvp to "not going".

Hope to see you there!

Please join us Friends for Lunch At Texas Roadhouse in Marana for fun, food, and Laughter. Just tell the hostess you are with Meetup.

Hope to see you there!

If you are unable to attend please change your RSVP to "not going" and post a note in the chat so the host is aware.

Please join us friends for Lunch at Tesoro Latin Kitchen and Cantina for food, fun, and laughter. Great ambiance and food. There is also a lunch menu for smaller appetites. Located at the Tucson Mall in the building that Mimis once occupied.

Hope to see you there!

Please be considerate to others and change your RSVP to "not going" if you are unable to attend. No shows will not be tolerated.

Start at the Linda Vista Trailhead. Hike for about an hour or so. Meet afterwards at Noble Hops for brunch at 11 am. Address below.

This is a moderate loop trail hike, can be narrow and rocky, but a " good butt workout."

Hike location/link:

730 E. Linda Vista Rd, Oro Valley, AZ

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4yqd88n4yUbR4K3c7

Brunch location:

Noble Hops
1335 W Lambert Ln, Oro Valley, AZ 85737
Menu:
https://noblehops.com/shop/

Let's meet for some fun shopping and post Christmas sales! Shop for at hour or so untl 12 then meet in one of the mall restaurants of our choosingor food court if you want to stick with the frugal theme. Personally I would like us to meet at Dillards in the purse section but once in there it is impossible to leave.

Let's create our own date night to chat, eat and play.

The Home Plate
8579 N Silverbell Rd, Tucson, AZ 85743

They have batting cages, pool tables and shuffleboard. Always nice to have an activity to do when you are trying to get to know people.

The name is perfect as it's quite the sanctuary tucked into a cove with stunning views. There is a chapel and a labyrinth.

There is easy parking and it's free to visit with any amount of donations accepted. Quiet with over 2 miles of scenic hiking trails. Porta potty available. No dogs allowed.

Meet at the chapel to start the hike. Meet where at 5pm afterwards? Suggest a place please.

Hike location:

8001 N Scenic Dr, Tucson, AZ 85743

After hike location, 5 pm:

Nana's
8225 N Courtney Page Way Suite 129 Suite 129, Tucson, AZ 85743

Let's meet somewhere for an ice cream or coffee after lunch, and I will do a 15 minute class on this topic so you have an idea as to what's up. It would be nice to car pool and plus it is more social that way. We won't wander far, no more than a few miles in the local area.

Wear STURDY sneakers or hiking shoes, long pants and shirt you don't care much about, and a hat. Bring a little water and a postive attitude!

Please bring: Your phone with the app loaded, a handful of little trinkets (go through your junk drawer or hit the local thrift shop), and a pen. If not everyone wants to load the app on their phone we can share.

If you think you may want to take this up as a hobby, please create an account on geocaching.com so you can log the caches as we find them.

Geocaching is the ideal hobby! It is fun, simple, inexpensive (free or or $30/ year for premium membership), and anyone can do it, any age and any fitness level, almost anywhere. If you are within 7 feet of a spider you are also likely within 520 feet of a geocache! The geo puzzles take some intellect, and some caches are hard to find, but mostly it is just plain fun.

What is geocaching? It is a "world- wide treasure hunt!" There is an app, found in the playstore, that works with the GPS in your phone. The map shows where all the containers are hidden. Tap on the circle on the map and the cache pops up with details and coordinates to lead you. Once at the geocache zone (GZ), you hunt for the hidden container. There may be a hint on the cach's web page on the app. If/when you find it, you sign the log inside and then log it to your account on the app. The container will contain little trinkets that you may take and leave another trinket of roughly equal value in its place. Then we just hide the container again in the same place we found it so the next geocacher can find it.

There is also geo art, trackables that jump from cache to cache, caches that teach a geologic lesson, cache-in trash-out (CITO) and meet-and- greet events and many more fun aspects to this versatile hobby.

See the Crossroads at Silverbell Park event on Dec 6 if you want to try a CITO event.

Go to this link and watch short videos.

https://www.geocaching.com/play

If you want to get really inspired go to YouTube and search geocaching.