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• Events Group Meeting

  • When
    07/21/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Barb's Home

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  Learn what makes Desert Adventures the best LGBTQ+ organization in Phoenix.

  This organization started in 1980 and we are still running strong thanks to members and their suggestions!

  The Events Group, officers, and members meet periodically to review where we've been, the current calendar, and plan other exciting places we can meet to socialize and have fun. Your ideas help us explore and learn of places and activities you enjoy and want to share.  These meetings are open to all members. You too can be a part of planning our future.

  Please bring your ideas and a snack to share. 

  We will meet at Barb's home in Phoenix. The address will be provided in your registration confirmation email. See you there.

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• Christmas in July Pool Party

  • When
    07/27/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Peoria 85383

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  This popular event sells out quickly.

  We're staying with our traditional holiday theme of turkey and ham with all the fixings! Please bring a side dish, appetizer or dessert. We will have water/ice so bring your favorite beverage.

  Our infamous white elephant gift exchange will continue this year, so please bring a wrapped-up and fun new or used gift. These gifts will be anonymously exchanged while we're gathered around the festive Christmas tree. This event is at Scott's spectacular house and is limited to 20 attendees. Scott lives in Peoria and his address will be supplied once you complete your registration.

  And of course, what's a Christmas in July without a pool, so don't forget a swimsuit and towel! Join your Desert Adventures friends for an afternoon of sun, swimming, great conversation and fantastic food!

  Nonmembers can save $5.00 on this event and additional discounts throughout the year by joining Desert Adventures. The membership fee is $25.00.

  Scott is your host.

  **See special note on reminder email for registrants.

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• Zion & Bryce N. P. - Cedar Canyon Campout - UTAH

  • Start
    08/06/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    08/11/2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Near Cedar City, Utah
  • Spaces left
    23

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  This beautiful campsite at 8,400 feet elevation offers a multitude of opportunities including Theater at the Southern Utah University Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City (30 Mins.) Natural Scenic Beauty including Zyon National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Grand Staircase and Cedar Breaks National Monuments all less than an hour drive. Nearby, you can find Navajo Lake for fishing and watersports as well as Duck Creek Village with quaint restaurants and places to refuel and buy groceries.

  NOTE: In addition to the charge for the campout, the facility charges $10 per day per vehicle parking.

  Nonmembers who join Desert Adventures within 30 days save $10.00/campers or $5.00/meal only on this event with additional savings all year. The cost to join Desert Adventures is just $25.00.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  Rion and Chris will be your trip leaders. Their information will be provided with your confirmation email.

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• Core Group Meeting

  • When
    08/18/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Deby's Home

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  Photo courtesy of Google Images - free

  Learn what makes Desert Adventures the best LGBTQ+ organization in Phoenix. This organization started in 1980 and we are still running strong!

  The Core Group meets monthly to review where we've been and plan where we go next. These meetings are open to all members. You too can be a part of planning our future.

  Please bring your ideas and a snack to share.

  We will meet at Deby's home in Mesa. The address will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

  Deby's information will be provided in your confirmation email.

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• Lunch before 3D Mini Golf - Mesa

  • When
    08/24/2024
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    The Beer Institute 1641 S Stapley Dr. #104, Mesa, AZ 85204

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  Photo courtesy of The Beer Institute website

  Our Story Begins With Craft Beer

  
  

  Like many of the great stories of American entrepreneurs, our story begins in a garage! The first batch of beer was made in the spring of 2003. It wasn't great, but we drank it and it sparked a passion that eventually morphed into The B.R.I.

  More than anything else, The B.R.I. is a gathering place for Craft Beer drinkers in and around Mesa, Arizona. It's Independent and Local. It's the third place, not home or work, but the place you want to be with your family, your friends and a pint of your favorite beer! As Mesa's oldest and longest running brewery, B.R.I. is the essence of the Mesa Craft Beer Scene!

  The Brew pub hold's a special place in our heart. Our scratch kitchen produces some of the best brew pub fare in the East Valley and we perfectly pair each dish with our hand crafted ales and lagers! Bringing the two aspects of our passion together at the table for our guests is what drives us every day.

  
  

  The cost to join Desert Adventures is just $25.00.

  
  

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  
  

  Deby will be leading us on this flavorful adventure. Her information will be provided in your confirmation email.

  
  

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• Imagine 3D Indoor Mini Golf

  • When
    08/24/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    785 W Warner Rd, Gilbert

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  Courtesy of Imagine 3D Mini Golf

  
  

  • We are a small, family owned business and have resided in the Gilbert area for almost 20 years.
  • We would love for you to experience a new, unique way to play Glow-In-The-Dark Mini Golf here at Imagine 3D Mini Golf! lmagine a world where one of a kind, hand-painted 3D art looks so real playing black light mini golf that you'll feel like you're trapped in a world of fantasy while encountering dragon caves, sunken pirate ships, and unicorns! Wow! How cool would that be!
  • Try 3D Mini Golf with 3D glasses to see the hand-painted art murals come to life and for your depth perception to be challenged in a fun way (and yes, the hand-painted 3D art still looks amazing without the 3D glasses).

  We will meet at 12 noon for lunch nearby at Beer Research Institute in Mesa. Pleas sign up for this event as well.

  Join Desert Adventures within 30 days and save $2.00 on this event with additional savings all year. The cost to join Desert Adventures is just $25.00.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  Your trip leader will be Deby. Her information will be provided with your confirmation email.

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• Friday Hike with Scott and Monty

  • When
    08/30/2024
  •  
    7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Bull Pen 34.54021, -111.70409

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  Photo courtesy of TripAdvisor.com

  This trail starts at the end of Bullpen Rd and traverses beautiful thickets of trees and plants. The going is easy and the tempting sound of rushing water is on your right as you continue parallel to West Clear Creek. The trail will veer left up a rocky old service road until you reach an abandoned rock house. Veer right and descend into a grassy field and an old service zip line on your right. Follow the trail to the east about 200 feet to a trail down to Bull Pen the gem of West Clear Creek. There’s a rope swing and cliff jumping for the adventurous. This is easy 1.3 mile hike one way. There is no fee for this event but please register on the Desert Adventures website.

  We will meet between 7:30 to 7:55 AM in the Home Depot parking lot at 35050 N North Valley Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85086 and then leave at 8:00 AM Sharp

  Directions

  • From Home Depot take I-17 north to General Crook Trail (Hwy 260) and turn right

  • Head east on Hwy 260 to Camp Verde Main St. traffic signal

  • Continue east on Hwy 260 (5.4 mi) to Rd 218, take a left

  • Head north on Rd 218 (2.2 mi) and turn right on Rd 215

  • Head east on Bull Pen Road (Rd 215) (3 mi) to end of road. Park by restroom

  The road is not bad but a high clearance vehicle is recommended. On the way back to Phoenix we will stop for lunch at Camp Verde. We should be back to Home Depot by 4:00 PM.

  Parking                 34.54021,   -111.70409

  Bull Pen                34.53872,   -111.68974

  Enjoy your hike. Please bring snacks, bathing suit and towel, and plenty of water.

  
  

  Join Desert Adventures for just $25 annual fee and enjoy membership benefits such free members parties.

  
  

  Don’t forget to check out our DA STORE.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store
  

  
  

  Contact information will be provided on your registration confirmation email.

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• Grand Canyon Campout

  • Start
    09/05/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    09/08/2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Mather Campground - Sage Loop Group Site 3 Latitude 36° 2' 58.9999" N Longitude 112° 7' 13.6898" W
  • Spaces left
    45

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  Photo courtesy of Unknown

  NEW!           NEW!           NEW!

  Desert Adventures will be co-camping in the Group Site with CGA (California Gay Adventures). This is one of several upcoming camping trips with this amazing group. Join us and meet the members and make new friends.

  Offering stunning vistas of one of the worlds 7 natural wonders, this campout is always a group favorite. With an elevation of 7,000 ft Mather Campground lies beneath a mixture of a tall canopy of Ponderosa pine, Pinyon, and Juniper trees, providing most campsites with ample shade. The campground is one mile from the rim of the canyon. A visit to the canyon during NE! W and sunset yields spectacular views of yellow, orange, red and violet hues in the canyon walls. Layers of rock display billions of years of geologic history. Campers can take a short shuttle bus ride from the campground to the Visitors Center. Visitors can also visit Yavapai Geology Museum, where they learn about the forces that formed the canyon. Below, visitors can see the mighty Colorado River, which flows 277 miles through the bottom of the canyon. Wildlife abounds on the South Rim, including elk, mule deer, coyotes, lizards, songbirds and the endangered California condor. Although condors nest below the rim, they can be seen soaring several thousand feet above the canyon in search for carrion.

  From the campground, campers can access the Greenway, a paved walking and biking trail that leads to scenic overlooks and the Visitor Center. The Rim Trail, a paved walking trail, is one mile away and runs for 14 miles along the edge of the canyon. Leashed pets are allowed on both trails, but are not permitted below the rim. Bright Angel and South Kaibab trails descend into the canyon. Their trailheads are a short shuttle bus ride from the campground. The park's concessionaire also offers day and overnight mule riding trips into the canyon and along the rim.

  Plenty of amenities are within the park including camping supplies and excellent restaurants.

  The Group Site is tent only but those with RV's can lodge in the adjacent RV Park or single sites nearby Sage Loop.

  More details on group meals to follow.

  Nonmembers, join Desert Adventures and save $10.00/camper or $5.00/meal only registrant on this event with additional savings all year. The cost to join Desert Adventures is just $25.00.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  Rion will be our Trip Leader. His information will be provided with your registration confirmation.

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• Core Group Meeting

  • When
    09/22/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Barb's Home

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  Photo courtesy of Google Images - free

  Learn what makes Desert Adventures the best LGBTQ+ organization in Phoenix. This organization started in 1980 and we are still running strong!

  The Core Group meets monthly to review where we've been and plan where we go next. These meetings are open to all members. You too can be a part of planning our future.

  Please bring your ideas and a snack to share.

  We will meet at Barb's home in Phoenix. The address will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

  
  

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• Fall Members Party - DRAFT

  • When
    09/28/2024
  •  
    3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Jon's house

  

  
  

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• Fall Members Party

  • When
    09/28/2024
  •  
    3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Jon's Home - Phoenix

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  Photo courtesy of unknown person

  Come and enjoy the afternoon at Jon's home in Phoenix for a swim in his pool, chillin' on his expansive patio, and sun in his beautiful back yard. 

  There will be food, water, and socializing with your Desert Adventures friends. DA will provide a variety of food including something for our vegetarian/vegan friends.  When registering, please indicate if you will be bringing a snack, appetizer, side dish or dessert.

  This event is BYOAB (Adult Beverage).

  Members are always free. Nonmembers will be $10. Take advantage of member discount status and save on future events by joining DA for just $25. This is the same price paid in 1980.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store
  

   

  Register online to receive the exact address in the confirmation email.

  
  

  
  

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• Cave Creek Group Campground - Draft

  • Start
    10/04/2024
  • End
    10/06/2024

  

  
  

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• Meet me at - 63rd Annual Greek Festival

  • When
    10/12/2024
  •  
    11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral 1973 E Maryland Ave, Phoenix
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  Photo courtesy of Greek Festival photos

  Tickets can be purchased online at this link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/original-phoenix-greek-festival-2023-tickets-680346724367

  Admission gate also sells tickets for entry.

  
  

  Admission is $5.00

  60+ FREE on Saturday 11am - 3pm.

  
  

  Parking at the church lot is $10.00

  Parking at Charles Schwab 24th St and Lincoln (SW corner) is FREE.

  FREE shuttle bus every 15 minutes beginning 30 minutes before festival opens.

  
  

  Cathedral tours throughout the day.

  Children's Greek dance performance throughout the day.

  Synthesi band and live performances through the afternoon.

  
  

  Great food available all day.

  
  

  Leader: Barb

  Information will be provided with registration confirmation.

  
  

  
  

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• Core Group Meeting

  • When
    10/20/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rion's Home

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  Photo courtesy of Google Images - free

  Learn what makes Desert Adventures the best LGBTQ+ organization in Phoenix. This organization started in 1980 and we are still running strong!

  The Core Group meets monthly to review where we've been and plan where we go next. These meetings are open to all members. You too can be a part of planning our future.

  Bring your ideas. 

  We will meet at Rion's home in Phoenix . The address will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

  Dinner venue after the meeting will be determined soon.

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• Meet us at The Horny Toad - Cave Creek

  • When
    10/25/2024
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    6738 East Cave Creek Road Cave Creek, AZ 85331

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  Photo courtesy of Horny Toad Gallery

  
  

  Join us for All you can eat - FRIDAY - Fish Fry

  and other delectable food choices

  What's A Horny Toad

  Perhaps to Easterners, it's a frog anxiously awaiting an answer to a mating call. Some other innocent soul might visualize a frog with spikes. Well, they are answers, however wrong, but a man named Webster put in a lot of research and when he publicized his book, telling what things meant, he came up with "…any of several, small, scaly insect-eating lizards of the family Iguanidae, genus Phrynosoma, whose body somewhat resembles that of a toad or frog. The body is rough, the tail short, the head furnished with horny spikes. Several species inhabit the arid plains of the southwest U.S…."
  
  We named our restaurant after this much-maligned desert dweller.
  
  The Truly Forgettable Saga of the Horny Toad
  
  Sometime during the last century, an old prospector working the area a few miles northeast of the little town of Phoenix, Arizona, came upon a small watering hole. He thought to himself that this here was mighty purty scenery and he'd bet them easterners would give an arm and a leg for some of this property. They could build them some roads and put up funny names on the street signs and everybody'd be carefree, even if they had to live in caves and drink from the creek. Unpacking his burro, he ate the wrapped tortilla prepared by the Mexican cook back in Phoenix before he unloaded his donkey. As he sat stirring the campfire, he noticed the ruckus the frogs over on the other side of the pond made with their mating calls. They sure sound anxious, he thought to himself. His aching feet reminded him not to buy any more of those 2 for $5.00 boots. As he eased the boots off to soak his tired feet, he saw the many calluses they had given him and he said to himself, "I sure am getting horny toed."

  
  

  To join Desert Adventures is just $25.00.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  Your trip leader will be Carol. Her contact information will be provided with your confirmation email.

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• Core Group Meeting

  • When
    11/17/2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Barb's Home

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  Photo courtesy of Google Images - free

  Learn what makes Desert Adventures the best LGBTQ+ organization in Phoenix. This organization started in 1980 and we are still running strong!

  The Core Group meets monthly to review where we've been and plan where we go next. These meetings are open to all members. You too can be a part of planning our future.

  Please bring your ideas and a snack to share.

  We will meet at Barb's home in Phoenix. The address will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

  
  

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• Thanksgiving Dinner

  • When
    11/28/2024
  •  
    1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Barb's home, 85013

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  Your Desert Adventures family will once again be serving home-cooked turkey and delicious honey glazed ham. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. We‘ll have soft drinks and water. Bring your own adult beverages.

  We want to manage our Thanksgiving feast the best way possible so please list what you are going to bring when you register.

  We need to limit the number of attendees to 25, including our host Barb, so if you are interested in joining your DA family for this holiday, please REGISTER! If you cannot make it after registering, please let us know so we can ensure that anyone else who wishes can join us.

  Location: Barbara Hanson’s home in Phoenix (exact address to be provided with registration)

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• Member Holiday Party - Draft

  • When
    12/08/2024
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Tell us Where you want to go

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Downtown Phoenix Urban Hike

  • When
    02/22/2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    1020 N 1st Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003 / 33.45861, -112.07472

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  Photo courtesy of Tom Raffaeli

  Ever wonder what’s going on in Downtown Phoenix with an ever-changing skyline?

  Come join trip leaders Barb and Tom for a hike that will point out buildings from the past and present plus all the new construction that is changing the city’s downtown skyline.

  Hikers will meet at the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral parking garage (just north of the cathedral), located at 100 Roosevelt St., Phoenix 85003.  The light rail is available with a stop at Roosevelt and Central Ave.

  It will be a two-hour hike that will proceed into the heart of Roosevelt Row and then down into the center of the downtown.  The hike will end at the Pita Jungle at 1001 N. 3^rd Ave. #4, Phoenix, AZ  85003.

  Your trip leaders are Tom and Barb. Contact  information will be included with your confirmation.

  You can join Desert Adventures for just $25. Membership benefits include free Members Parties.

  Be sure to check out the Desert Adventures store for Apparel and other great gift items. http://www.desertadventures.org/Store

  
  

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• Meet at Rainbows Festival 2025 - DRAFT

  • Start
    03/22/2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    03/23/2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Phoenix Heritage Square Park

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Chavez Crossing Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    04/04/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    04/06/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Sedona, AZ

  
  

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• Roosevelt Lake Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    04/17/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    04/20/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Roosevelt, AZ

  
  

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• Ponderosa Group Campout

  • Start
    05/01/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    05/04/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    34.293739197468014, -111.11334857087361

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  Courtesy of unknown photographer

  Named for the towering pines under which it sits, Ponderosa Campground is tucked in the rolling forests of northern Arizona.

  Larger ponderosas release a vanilla scent into the air and have a relatively open understory, making the area perfect for camping. Mixed into the understory are junipers, oaks and manzanita shrubs.

  We are in Group site F, the larger of the 2 group sites which has a restroom, drinking water spigot, many picnic tables, grills & firepits. Our group site can accommodate tents & trailers. There is a RV dump at the entrance for a $10 fee. 

  You can also join us Saturday @ 6pm for dinner at Diamond Point Shadows Restaurant, 7 miles back towards Payson.

  Payson is just 19 miles from our group site.

  Your event host will be Rion. His information will be provided on your confirmation email.

  Nonmembers can save the difference on this event and additional discounts throughout the year by joining Desert Adventures. The membership fee is $25.00.

  Don’t forget to check out our DA store.  http://www.desertadventures.org/Store
  

  CANCELLATION NOTE: You MUST cancel before Thursday April 17, 2025 to get a refund.

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• Cinco de Mayo Party - Draft

  • When
    05/10/2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Deby's Home

  
  

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• Playground Group Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    05/23/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    05/26/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Safford, AZ

  
  

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• Mogollon Rim Dispersed Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    06/11/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    06/24/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    On the Rim

  
  

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• Reynolds Creek Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    07/03/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    07/06/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM

  
  

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• Cedar Creek Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    07/29/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    08/03/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Cedar City, Utah

  
  

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• Wyoming Equality - DRAFT

  • Start
    08/06/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    08/10/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Wyoming

  
  

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• Grand Canyon Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    09/04/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    09/07/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Grand Canyon, AZ

  
  

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• Cave Creek Group Site Campout - DRAFT

  • Start
    10/02/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    10/05/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Cave Creek

  
  

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