QUOTES 8/31/2016

If you’re ever even near Missouri, be sure to show up at Show Me Acres.  It’s the classiest small nudist resort I have ever visited.  It’s only open on weekends, and only the owners live there full-time, but wow!  The gate isn’t even locked.  The camping areas are great.  The pool is wonderful.  The freehiking is fabulous (about 400 acres covered with nature trails).  The clubhouse and apartments are the best we’ve ever seen.  And, the people?  Well they’re naturists, so they’re great too.  The owners are building something very special in the central Missouri hills.” – Ken

“We strapped on our water-packs and headlamps for a night hike.  The moon was rising bright as we walked down the road chatting.  We hadn’t gotten too far when we realized there was a silver truck behind us about 200 feet on the sharp turn of the road.  We scattered like naked chickens looking for cover with no good hiding place.  The woman passed with her hand to the side of her face to block the view this naked man who inadvertently was moving in her direction. . . My flight response is quite strong and I don't like encountering automobiles when I'm nude because I can't communicate with the passengers, nor can I discern anything about the age and gender of the occupants.  So, when we were surprised by a pickup stealthily rounding the bend in the road behind us, we both took off into the woods like frightened deer.  It was, we quickly discovered, a quite stupid move as there were no trees or underbrush to hide our naked bodies - at least nothing nearby.  We must of looked comical to the driver as we scrambled for cover, but judging from the hand she held to the side of her face, she didn't find much humor in the situation.  Oh, well....there was a valuable lesson in the encounter for us hikers.  Next time, we decided, we'd step to the side of the road, continue walking, and give a polite nod and brief wave as the auto passes - just as if walking along the road in the nude is the most natural thing in the world - because, really, it is.” - Beltcreek

"I drive nude quite often.  A lot of times I will leave my shirt on so as to not attract attention to myself.  People glance and see somebody dressed from the waist up and usually don't take a second look.  I take a lot of drives in the very early AM. . . The freedom and the feeling of the breeze on my body just makes the stress melt away.  I'll be taking another drive here in about an hour." – BillyJoeJimBob

"Before this first experience, I had never been nude in public.  I hadn’t given personal nudism any thought.  I’d heard the term ‘skinny dipping’ but had associated it with far away and fiction about boys at the ol’ swimming hole.  About age 12, our camp group went on an overnight into the ‘rough country’ near a mountain stream in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains.  Upstream from our rustic campsite a generous pool of water was fed from the stream that washed across and between huge granite boulders.  Wading into the pool we regretted leaving our bathing suits back at the main camp.  Being ‘just girls’, however, a few brave souls finally removed jeans and shirts.  It didn’t take long before the rest of us doffed all clothing in order to vigorously splash in the stream, a rare treat, compared to the chlorine-laced waters we all knew.  Just above the pool one particular boulder was nearly flat, the size of a small truck.  The granite was green with the algae, where water flowing across it enabled growth in the glinting sun.  Some brave girl, completely naked, clambered to the highest place on that boulder and then slid down gleefully into the pool.  Soon, all of us joined her, sliding on the slick rock and shrieking, again and again, as we plunged into the icy surging stream.  The smartest ones stopped to sunbathe and dry off after only a few times, while the rest of us continued our slide until we realized that the algae was wearing off the rock.  Our red butts were a painful reminder of our foolish hedonistic activity.  That was my first nudist experience.  I secretly savored that memory anytime I saw a similar stream for years.  I also didn’t tell my parents that I went skinny dipping at Girl Scout camp." – Allegra

“Styledash, an online Weblog that tracks styles and trends, reports that the latest trend in telecommuting is working in the nude.  One in eight men and one in 14 women responded to a poll saying they prefer to work in the buff.  The article states that one clothing-optional resort that was interviewed stated that a whopping 80% of their clientele are not on vacation, but working.” – AANR