QUOTES 8/10/2016

“To walk through quiet forest trails without clothing, in the same natural condition as is all about you, is to experience a closer kinship with the power of creation than even the glories of great churches and temples can provide.” – Donald Johnson, http://thoughtsonnaturism.tumblr.com/post/136751953235

Best Nude Beaches in the Caribbean – “Guests who stay at the all-inclusive Couples Tower Isle resort in Ocho Rios (Jamaica) have access to a 19-acre private, offshore island with a pristine beach where nude sunbathing is welcome.  You just hop on the private ferry that shuttles you over to the island in minutes.  Once there, you can lounge on the sun deck, take a dip in the pool, and swim up to the cabana bar for a cocktail.” - http://www.experiencify.com/adventure/nude-adventures/caribbean-nude-beaches/

“. . . history becomes ‘sanitized’ to somehow conveniently leave out things like the fact that the ancient Greeks played Olympic games in the nude.  Or that they worked out in the nude. Even the fact that ‘gymnasium’ stems from the root gymno, meaning ‘naked’ because you went to the gym to work out in the nude.  We celebrate democracy and trial by jury as gifts from ancient Greek culture, but the naked workout is lost to the ages.  Well fight back!  Go outside into your back yard if you have a privacy fence and run a relay naked. For old time's sake.” – Bare Platypus, http://bareplatypus.blogspot.com/2012/07/remember-olympics-used-to-be-naked.html?spref=tw

“Naturism accepts wholeheartedly overweight or ultra-thin bodies, scarred bodies, young and old bodies, short and tall bodies, people with poor self-concept/body image problems, and black/white/all shades bodies.  Naturists are poor, middle-class, wealthy, highly or not-so-highly educated, male/female/LGBT, physicians, supreme court judges, waitresses, pilots, truckers, hockey players, salespersons, Christians, yes…Muslims, Buddhists, Atheists/Humanists, and Hindu . . .” - https://sociologydoctor.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/naturism-as-a-lifestyle/

“. . . the body can perform its functions the best when we are naked.” – Nate Dekan, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=2925&idt=17173&vpage=1

August 8, 2016 - Amy and I spent the morning exploring the Mingus Mountain area in preparation for the NAV event the last week of September.  We freehiked a dirt road/trail at mile marker 348, at the north border of Prescott National Forest, just a few miles from Jerome.  This looks like a good area to stop for a nude picnic and freehike when canuding to Jerome.  We also visited the Mingus Mountain Recreation area, where we took some fantastic photos.  Tired, we didn’t go all the way to Jerome; maybe next time.  Here are some photos we took along the way.

QUOTES 8/8/2016

"I've driven naked several times and it's a fairly safe thing to do provided you obey the rules of the road and don't draw attention to yourself.  Just think for a moment, when you're driving in your car, do really notice the other people in the other cars around you and, more specifically, what they're wearing?  No!  You do not. . . On the highway or rural back country roads, with the vehicle in motion, someone in another vehicle, or by the side of the road, would be lucky to get even a fleeting glimpse of your nude body.  And even then it would only be the head, shoulders and chest . . . If you have tinted glass on the side windows it is even less likely that someone will see you. . . It is wise, however, to have something that you can quickly wrap yourself in, should the need arise.  A solution to this problem, for guys, would be a kilt that has a waistband that buttons together on the side.  With nothing on underneath, you could simply undo the buttons, throw the front part over to one side and remain sitting on the back part of the kilt while driving.  When the need arises to cover up, just pull the front part over and do up the buttons.  Velcro would probably work quicker than buttons, but may not be as secure when walking about in the kilt.  It's your choice. For women, a tube dress made of stretchy Lycra/spandex could work quite well.  The dress could be completely removed or pulled all way down to her ankles while sitting on the passenger side and could be quickly pulled up, if need be.  There is no front or back to these type dresses, really, so she won't have to fuss around very much to get it on just right.  If the woman is driving the car, the dress should be removed completely.  If left around the ankles it could interfere with the operation of the pedals and that could be dangerous.  Store it in the map pocket on the door or someplace where it can be reached quickly.  Plan your route carefully, turn off the air conditioning and open the sunroof, if you dare.  Happy Motoring!" - NakedNews

"I’m a 35-year-old female nudist and I hope others can learn about the healing, joy, and freedom that nude recreation can bring.  My journey started in 2003 and boy has my life changed radically since then! . . . My search for body acceptance changed my life.  It brought me to learn of the freedom of clothes-free living.  Not just freedom from clothes and the cost of so much laundry detergent to clean them, but freedom from my self-imposed bondage to fear, shame, and self-hatred.  I was the last person in the world who anyone would have expected to enjoy nude recreation, yet I’m the happiest person in the world now that I live it!" - Barely Melissa

"When I go hiking (wearing clothes), I feel like my eyes are closed and my nose is clogged.  I can’t see anything if my skin is clothed.  I need to feel the earth and what we are doing to her." - Zac Robertson

“Going to a nudist club is not going down a dirt road and behind a junkyard gate.  Europeans have known this for a long time.  We [Americans] are just getting around to that.” – Nancy Tienmann, owner of Bare Necessities

"For people who have already experienced an entirely natural walk in the woods, the question, ‘Why hike without any clothes on?’, is easily answered. . . Clothing is just a mask . . . By wearing clothing in the wilderness we're staying in the car and looking out the glass.  We aren't experiencing our animal nature directly.  Wearing a bathing suit in the middle of nowhere when nobody else is around is what I call the 'civilization reflex'.  By wearing clothes, you deny that your body is part of the natural environment, and you can't hack pure nature." - Shane - http://www.theplacewithnoname.com/hiking/sections/naked/bodymind.htm

“Occasionally, on quieter days during the week, I would boldly walk to the little, gardener’s house at the rear of the property in the buff.  One day, while talking to a neighbor, she told me of this guy who so boldly walked the length of his property stark naked.  After asking her where she saw this and she indicated the place, I informed her, ‘I’m that guy!’ and we had a good chuckle over that.” - Tom Pine’s The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, Vol 17, #8

QUOTES 8/7/2016

“Naked hiking: what's the appeal?” (Very nice, short “audio” interview with a naked hiker) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2010/06/100608_naked_hiker_et_sl.shtml

[About the first Bare Burro 5k at Olive Dell Ranch]  “I truly enjoyed the experience of running in the bare!  That was an exciting experience.  The weather was gorgeous and the people at the resort are so friendly.  I will definitely be back.” - Joe Y.

Just over a week ago, ten of us . . . met at Waterfall railway station for a [nude] walk along Kangaroo Creek in the Royal National Park.  Despite the wet weather that the cyclones had brought, the day had turned out to be quite warm and sunny.  We headed down the Uloola Falls track, but very quickly turned off to go cross country.  We got into uniform [nude] and continued down a narrow to a beautiful pool, with waterfall . . . We stopped for morning tea, and had a chance to cool in the refreshing water.  We continued on our way with the track getting rougher.  The bushwalk became more of a bushbash which added to the challenge.  We stopped at another waterhole for lunch.  The water was cool and refreshing, and much welcome in the heat of the day.  Working our way along Kangaroo Creek, we'd stop occasionally the enjoy the cool waters - some of the purest in the park.  Finally we arrived at Karloo Pool where it was time to say goodbye to Kangaroo Creek.  Heading up the track, we finally arrived at Heathcote railway station.  This was the most challenging [nude] walk we had done, but with such a great turn out, it was a great day.” - George ‘Jorgi’ Zamroz

“We Mountainbares love to hike naked, sunbathe, do yard work and gardening, check out hot springs (though we do it less, having been spoiled silly by our hot tub), visit naturist resorts in CA and AZ, explore nude beaches like Black's in La Jolla and Gunnison at Sandy Hook, NJ, and generally live naked indoors most of the time.” - Patti & Bill

“. . . the CHP officers, Sheriff's and local PD officers, that I spoke with, all said ‘they got better things to do then chase after someone that's just driving naked.  If they are being lewd, that's another thing but just driving naked...I don't care.’  With regard to tinting...their responses were pretty much the same but most stated that ‘they didn't want to have to go to court and answer to a judge about the tint on their cars so...unless they are stopping someone for something else, they don't bother stopping a vehicle for just window tint.’  So...if you tint your windows ‘medium’ and obey the laws and drive, like we ALL should drive, you shouldn't have any problem with law enforcement...down here anyway!” – FireProf

QUOTES 8/6/2016

“Celebrating Summer Solstice With Nude Hiking and Naked Swimming - Yesterday we went on our first nudie hike of the summer, just a day after the Summer Solstice. . . Perfect weather for our day trip into the Ramapo Mountains (Harriman State Park). . . I was pleasantly surprised to see a group of about 40 people . . . Once we were far enough away from ‘civilization,’ some removed a few or all of their garments to hike nude. . . After maybe 45 minutes of hiking, we reached our first skinny dipping spot. The water was calm and refreshing. . . then it was time to get to our final destination at the other lake. . . Upon reaching our hang-out spot, we saw a couple fishing. . . they seemed cool with the nudie group invasion.  Proper etiquette in these situations is to approach the people who were there first and ask if they’re okay with people skinny dipping.  This is what we did . . .the cold lake and strong breeze coming off the water helped keep us cool.  People sprawled out their towels on the grass or rocks and lounged while periodically taking dips in the lake. So passed a pleasant, relaxing afternoon in nature. . . Around 3:00 pm, most of us packed up and headed back down the mountain. . . Back at the lot we said our goodbyes to both old and new friends.  We climbed back into the van for the ride back to the city and so ended another beautiful day of nude hiking and skinny dipping in southern New York!”– Felicity Jones, http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nude-hiking-skinny-dipping-southern-new-york/

“. . . there is a particular enjoyment and social bond gained from socializing naked which I don’t think anyone would want to give up.” - https://getnakedgetawesome.wordpress.com/

“If you’re a man, you probably don’t think much about your nipples.  And why should you?  Hardly anybody notices them, or has rules about them, or asks you to cover them up . . . I’m a woman, so mine are obscene, indecent, lewd, banned on Instagram and other social media, and against the law in most places. . . If I took my shirt and bra off right now, Illinois law says it would be an act of public indecency.  It would be considered a lewd exposure of my body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of another person.  That’s a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.  And because it’d be considered a sex offense, I may even have to register as a sex offender.  But you guys?  You go right ahead and take your shirt off, join me on this park bench, walk down the street, post selfies on Instagram, and otherwise flaunt your little pink nips. . . No one will care. . . About 75 years ago, no one could go topless.  Men or women.  But in the 1930s, men won the right to take it off from the waist up. . . It took over half a century for women to get the same rights.  Well, sort of.  In 1992, New York legalized female toplessness—thanks to People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss, in which the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two women who exposed their breasts in a Rochester park.  Today, it’s legal for women to take off their shirts in 36 states.  And only three states—Utah, Tennessee, and Indiana— have laws explicitly forbidding female nipple exposure.  But women would still be flouting the law by going shirtless in any of these states.  That’s because an exposed female nipple is still considered lewd pretty much everywhere . . . Think about it the next time you whip off your shirt on a warm day—not because you’re trying to get anybody’s attention, or make the ladies swoon, but just because you want to feel more comfortable.  Remember that you’re enjoying something that your fellow nippled human beings won’t ever get to experience.  At least not without getting handcuffed and taken to jail.” - .” – Alison Bonaguro, http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/nipple-double-standard

“Do I act any differently when I’m working without clothing?  No, except I am a little bit happier when I’m not wearing clothes.  I’m sure that a lot of people assume that a man working naked on the job would often walk around in an aroused state, or be playing with himself etc., but for someone like myself who is a true nudist, that is absolutely not the case.  Anyone that works naked with the intention of anything sexual at all, is not really a nudist, but is instead an exhibitionist and/or a pervert.  And it’s sad that the general public often assumes that all stories of someone doing something perverted while undressed means all nudists act this way.” – Guy Purcella, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/778/i-039-ve-worked-naked-on-a-number-of-jobs/

“Clothes get so very stifling - yuck!” – kenfreehiker

“On Monday . . . [the] New York Post published another round of nude photos of Donald Trump's wife, Melania.  This is the second day in a row . . . The 46-year-old model was 25 when the photos were taken in 1995.  Some of the photos have never been seen while others were published in a French magazine.  Trump did not meet Melania until 1998.  What do you think?” – https://www.conservativeoutfitters.com/blogs/news/new-york-post-publishes-new-nude-photos-of-donald-trumps-wife-melania#disqus_thread

QUOTES 8/5/2016

“I had an opportunity to talk to my Pastor with regards to me enjoying being nude. . . he advised me . . . As long as my wife and I are in agreement . . . In the end it was a good talk and as far as I can figure out he does not see anything wrong with nudity in the family and at the same time he also seemed interested in finding out more.” – Brent, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/1014/and-then-i-told-my-pastor/

“On top of being non-diverse and unrealistic/fake, the images of women’s bodies that we’re exposed to are also always sexualized in nature.  We see hot A-list celebs getting naked in sex scenes, dancers twerking in rap videos, advertisements that take the phrase ‘sex sells’ increasingly literally, and women in porn.  We almost always see women’s bodies posed and performing for the male gaze; if you pay attention to mainstream media, if becomes clear that women’s bodies are sexual objects for public consumption.  If a woman doesn’t stack up to our standards of sexiness . . . people feel so cheated in their collective right to be titillated, that the woman gets slammed with judgement, shame, speculation over her frigidity, and observations about her weight.  Very rarely do you see a naked woman who is not posing or being objectified and sexualized in some way.” - http://jessikneeland.com/why-im-getting-naked-on-the-internet/

“I first got interested in nudism when I was about ten years old.  I read the Adam & Eve story and wondered what it would be like to be nude outside.  So I went out to a patch of woods near our house and took off my clothes.  It felt great with the sun and air on my bare body.I was hooked from then on. I still go for walks in the woods for a nude hike.” - Bob H., Mannington, West Virginia, http://aanr.com/first-time-nudist-experience&page=70

“Nudists have celebrated the 50th anniversary of British Naturism with a naked boat cruise along the Forth.  Around 70 members got on board for the three-hour journey from South Queensferry on Saturday.  They stripped as soon as they left the pier and enjoyed a barbecue and live music on the cruise.” – ManofWicklow, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=60570&page=1

“This year's weather on the Canadian prairie has been ideal for naturism - hot and dry!  With a near absence of rain, I've barely even encountered mosquitos.  Although my secret naturist romps have traditionally been in the dead of night, I've now switched mainly to freehiking across the plains.  This summer, I've found a safe place to park, at a Berry plantation 3 kms from a nudist beach.  After the first half kilometre or so, I'm out of the public's line of sight, and out of my clothes.  The rest of the way is through a dried-out river tributary, across a wheat feld, and through a meadow enclosed by forest.  I eventually emerge at the river, right at the nudist beach.  I'm able to stay nude all day, dressing again only near the end of my return hike, when nearing the public road that leads to the plantation.” – Nightwalker, http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=055f0535afdecf562fdd98338a579f8e&topic=655.0

QUOTES 8/4/2016

“Nudism shouldn’t be hidden, forgotten, a taboo, or isolated.  Not sharing nudist information is like saying we’re ashamed of our bodies even when nude.  It can be hard to tell some people, especially the so close-minded on nudism, but let’s just share the nudist information no matter what.  Who knows, eventually even the most reluctant on nudism could try it.  Together let’s communicate nudist information and promoting nudism with everyone!” - https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/lets-do-all-this-to-promote-nudism/

Nudism in South Africa (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KexP2JbBlaM

“I really did feel comfortable and connected to the people around me — so much so that it took me another half hour after the class ended to put my clothes back on.” – Robyn Smith, http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a56818/i-did-naked-yoga-and-ive-never-felt-better-about-myself/

“That which is unseen soon becomes unseeable.  When people never see human beings it rapidly becomes ‘wrong!’ to see human bodies. . . The reverse is also true.  When something is occasionally seen in a neutral or positive experience, it becomes acceptable to see it.  Seeing human beings will be ‘wrong’ until and unless most people have experienced seeing human beings.  No amount of discussion or reasons will change that basic human behavior.  In order to make nudity acceptable to the general public, people have to experience seeing uncovered human beings. . . often enough to be a normal and common part of human experiences.  What nudists have to do to make nude body acceptable is to get out in public places and be seen by non-nudists.  Be seen by regular people going about their regular business.  Be seen at the beach.  Be seen in the woods.  Be seen in your back yard.  Be seen in your front yard.  Sit naked on your porch reading the morning newspaper.  Be seen walking down the street.  Be seen stopping for gas.  Be seen washing your car.  Stop hiding behind high fences and start going naked in public.  Every time you are seen naked it gives psychological permission for someone who sees you to also go naked. . . every time you go clothed to your yard or to the beach, every time you hide behind a fence to be naked, you are making nudity unseen and making human bodies UNSEEABLE.” – Brad Kemp, https://www.facebook.com/groups/PromotingNudism/

“Almost always in the nude. . . Our families haven't owned pajamas for many years.  We just don't sleep in clothes.” – Bare Platypus, http://bareplatypus.blogspot.com/2013/02/in-nudist-home.html?spref=tw