Fishing is the most frequent outdoor activity, followed by golf and hiking. The Paloozians have also partaken in mountain biking, ATVs, skiing, snowboarding, axe throwing, airboats, snowmobiling and even a death-defying Olympic bobsled run.

Whether it’s visiting Revolutionary War sites in Boston, cruising through the locks in Seattle, hiking Muir Woods in San Francisco, gliding over the Louisiana bayou in airboats, climbing the highest peaks of the Colorado Rockies, or sipping Jack Daniel’s at their lone distillery outside Nashville, the Paloozians go to great lengths to immerse themselves into the local culture.

The trips include concerts, music festivals, comedy venues, blues clubs, Broadway shows, country-music venues, bar crawls, dog races, casinos and Vegas spectacles. The entertainment is generally lively, distinctive and must be capable of producing epic stories—passive sightseeing is strictly prohibited.

Regional food is a major part of each Paloozian itinerary: southern barbecue, Brooklyn-style pizza, hot chicken, fresh seafood, Creole specialties, heaping mounds of pasta, steak dinners, breakfast burritos, doughnuts, brewery visits, cocktails and many memorable late-night gut bombs are often included in a steady display of chronic over-consumption.

Most trips last just five days, but each day is routinely packed to the gills to combine unique breakfast samplings, sightseeing, a strenuous and occasionally dangerous outdoor activity, a sporting event, a hearty dinner, and assorted nightlife. To meet the demands of each day, all Paloozians understand and embrace the notion that “The Palooza Waits For No Man”. True Paloozians favor “pack it in” itineraries over leisurely, well-rested vacations.

Nicknames, recurring jokes, epic mishaps, unusual encounters, themed gifts, shared lodging, classic photos, relentless good-natured abuse, and a smattering of digestive issues are all central to the experience. The activities during each Palooza provide the setting, but the spirited personality of the group itself is the actual attraction.