Interesting. This particular lodge is in a more rural/farming area of Southern California (Santa Paula). One interesting item they had on display was a paid of

Interesting. This particular lodge is in a more rural/farming area of Southern California (Santa Paula). One interesting item they had on display was a paid off mortgage note from like 1940. The overall concept of brotherhood, networking and civic engagement at the local level is appealing to me. The Elks always seemed like an interesting organization too in that sense (they sponsored my scout troop growing up). So I'm not sure how much the esoteric side of things would appeal to me, but that's probably just because I have no idea what that entails.