Since it is Bike to Work Week, can you imagine our very own Mitch Sego doing anything for this week's Get Out besides riding his bike?

With gas prices soaring, more of us have a new motto when it comes to getting around town:

"I bike when I can. And I drive when I have to," said Meetup Adventurer, Alan Coulter.

This is also National Bike to Work Week, so CBS 11 News is gearing up along with members of an online community of adventurers who are more than happy to trade in their cars for bikes.

"Economically, it works good for me to use my bike. But it's just fun! And I have routes to go, places that I'm not interacting with traffic. And I get to where I'm going joyously, not frustrated," said Coulter.

"Every minute

on a bicycle is way better than a minute in my car," said Coulter.

The Adventurers Meetup is a Web site that is free to everyone with any outdoors interest, not just biking. People are taking advantage. It's expanded to hundreds of members in just months.

"March of 2007, started this thing up and decided to call it the 'Adventurers' cause it wasn't a kayak club, it wasn't a snowshoeing club, it wasn't a bicycling club. It was sort of, whatever folks wanted to get together to do outdoors. And it's taken off," said the Director of Adventurers Meetup, Doug Van Etten.

"I love it! We moved here last April and we joined it in June. And Doug, our director, is great about showing us different spots. Like today I'd never been to this lake. And it's been a good experience to get to know different people," said Angel Marriott who is New to Alaska.

The Adventurers Meetup group is great too, because you can do the activities you want to do according to your schedule. You just have to jump online and sign up. So, if you're planning to bike into work, for example, and want others to join, you can post it on the online calendar. Others then RSVP, so you have an idea of how many are coming. It's really easy. It's free to join.

And it's a lot of fun!

"It's so far proven true that there are no strangers in the world, only friends we haven't met yet," said Coulter.

If you have any ideas for the Get Out series that you'd like to share, you can give me a call on the Get Out Hotline at 273-3151.