An Austin outside club

Log off for the sake of vitality.

For people whose best ideas happen after they close the laptop. One real Austin adventure each month, a few new things to notice, and people you’ll want to see again.

Nicole and a fellow participant at an ATX Outsiders charcoal-in-the-garden gathering
ONE GOODOUTSIDE
PLAN
EVERY MONTH
Curiosity required. Expertise optional.EST. IN AUSTIN, TX
Live oaks ✳ limestone ✳ bees ✳ birds ✳ swimming holes ✳ good company ✳

Your calendar has room for whimsy

Let’s not forget the world is absurd.

ATX Outsiders turns “we should get outside sometime” into an actual plan. Austin nature is weird AF, and it’s worth taking some time to notice it.

One outing might have you drawing beneath live oaks while toads drown out a sentence. Another might send you home wondering how 100,000 birds descending on exactly three trees in a strip mall parking lot didn’t leave you covered in excrement.

See how the club works
A pink anemone held up in front of backyard chickens
01 / THE MONTHLY RESETOUT OF OFFICE, INTO AUSTIN

Good people.
Great outside.

A genuine excuse to leave the laptop, follow a little curiosity, and find people you’d happily see again next month.

I’m in
Nicole in sunglasses beside a tall cactus

Choose your trailhead

Read it. Then
go live a little.

Hands taking notes in a field notebook at ROAM Ranch
Nicole Stump outdoors

A note from Nicole

Hi. I’m the one stopping mid-sidewalk to say, “what a world!”

I’m Nicole Stump. I write Stumped by Nature and bring ATX Outsiders together. I’ve followed curiosity about toads, bees, clouds, limestone, and, unfortunately, lice and pantry moths.

The best part: the people willing to linger and look too.

Read Nicole’s field notes
Nicole laughing and pointing at a pink cactus fruit

THE NEXT GOOD STORY STARTS OUTSIDE

See you out there.

Austin is full of things worth noticing. Let’s go find them.

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