RE:Valley View hot springs/Orient Land Trust

We are headed down the first weekend of May. This has become my favorite visit of the year. It is warming up, and it is before the summer crowd descends. There tends to be more true nudist there. However, the main reason I like it that weekend is Naked Gardening Day at the Everson Ranch. I promised myself I would try to make that every year. It's some good healthy naked fun.

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This is very good information thank you for sharing.
Sadly, I did not make it out this year (It's been a few years now). For anyone that's going to be in the general area, it is well worth the trip. It is indeed a very special place.On the down side, it is slowly loosing it's charm. VVHS started out as a very rustic, bare bones place (Which i liked). Over the years, it has slowly become more commercialized. Due to the restrictions Neil and Terry very wisely put in place when forming OLT, it will never become a Cypress Cove type of place, but it seems the rustic charm is slowly fading away and the price (To pay for the upgrades) continues to climb. It's still cheaper (and more relaxing) than a hotel though, and the view can't be beat. Just my two cents.I will continue to make the occasional journey (It's about a 1000 miles one way for me now), but not as often as I would like.John aka cobeachbum

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Personally, I'm glad that I only discovered Valley View about ten years ago. I can't compare it to the old days. I can only compare it to every other place I can get naked within a day's drive of my home, and there is no place else that compares to the freedom and relaxation I feel there. As has been discussed elsewhere, the vibe can be different from time to time, but I've never come away sorry that I went. I do have a friend that has been going there since the 70s. She does lament the loss of the community of regulars and that she can't just run over for a soak without a reservation.

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Ive only been there 4 or 5 times, but summers and winter. I havent been in the last 10 years. I always loved it. I need to go back to see how it has changed.

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I just got back from a few days there, I really enjoy Valley View, good people relaxed safe atmosphere.

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