Skinnydipping
SKINNYDIPPING Those of you who get an identity lift from wearing clothes with designer labels better buy a Nike or Big Dog cap if you're going skinnydipping. That's about the only store-bought identity you'll be left with except for your sunglasses and $60 Polo beach towel. And maybe that's one of the neat aspects of a skinnydipping date—the only cards you have to play are the ones Mother Nature gave you.
People who like the idea of skinnydipping will probably enjoy the voyeuristic angle, but there's also the relief of dropping certain defenses and pretenses. Those who call themselves nudists naturally boohoo any notion of sexual excitement, but why can't it be a freeing sexual experience to feel the warm sun on hidden parts of your body and to delight in being naked with each other?
COST
Whatever it costs to take your pants off... Of course, if you're going to a private nude beach or lake, you'll often get hit up with a parking fee or gate fee that can be $5.00, $10.00 or more per car. Nude cruises or resorts can cost as much or more than those that are for the thread conscious. Also add the price of sunscreen and snacks.
FINDING THE PROVERBIAL SWIMMING HOLE
An urban form of skinnydipping is to share a hottub or a backyard pool. There are also nude beaches, lakes, resorts and the like which can be found with some of the following resources:
For a site with a links that hook up to travel agencies and travel clubs where "dressing for dinner" means pearls and a bow tie and nothing more, try www.netnude.com.
This website is like the auto club for naked people. It lists places all over the country where you can go nude: www.aanr.com Here's the internet home of the Naturist Society, and we're not talking bird watchers decked out in khakis: www.naturist.com.
Cheef Dan's http://cheef.com is a full-service nude website that even has a section for Christian Nudists.
In case you're driving east of Missoula, Montana in September, stop by the Rock Creek Lodge and enjoy the annual Testicle Festival. Many sites sell books on nude beaches, but be sure they have recent publication dates. Yesterday's nude beach might be today's misdemeanor for anyone wearing less than shorts or a thong.
SKINNYDIPPING FOR SPORTS BUFFS
There are numerous nude sporting events, from the Paddling Bares Canoe Club with its nice-looking website at www.canoeing.org to www.nakedvolleyball.com for athletes with bare balls. Buff Divers is an agency that plans nude scuba and snorkeling trips, and www.cybernude.com/nuderuns has a list of nude marathons around the country with names such as the Bare As You Dare 5k and the Skinnydipper Sun Run. Given how most of these runs are 5K, we assume that 5K is as far as unsupported boobs and balls can fl ip and fl op before they get really sore.
IMPRESS YOUR DATE: BARE FACTS
Even the early Olympians were conscious about being nude. It was considered indecent exposure if a participant's foreskin didn't fully cover the head of his penis, so they had a special button-like clamping device for Olympians with high-water foreskins.
For the past fifteen years, the last day of Winter term at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has been celebrated by a streaking event called the Michigan Naked Mile. Up to a thousand students streak at midnight.
TENDING BEES AND WHACKING WEEDS
Here's a list of things you shouldn't do while naked: aircraft maintenance, attending PTA meetings, beekeeping, bull riding, carrying an angry cat, chain sawing, coal mining, feeding geese, frying bacon and weed whacking (from www.cybernude.com).
