Steph here- be a "Naturist" all my life- from a very old school Prussian farming/ranching family that lived the unspoken or even written down Naturist creeds. Clothing was not the enemy, working and such they were needed and did not affect our closeness to Nature. After the field work and all was done for the day, my family and other Prussian families that all came over in 1867 to central Illinois nearby would group up at the biggest pond in the first pasture, and talk the late afternoons a way in the buff, the kids fishing off in the distance- swimming riding the horses etc. It was not a "life style". It WAS a "Way of Life". A closeness to Nature 24/7, on by convenience. Truth be told, we did not even think about all this nudist-naturist idea. It was just common sense to strip- take a cool dip in the summer and kick back and converse with our fellow neighbors about the farming day.

Think about all the free beaches and ponds, lakes, river banks etc. there were in the 60s and 70s. Where did they all go, what helped them vanish to where today the "nudist park" is mow the naked spot you have to PLAN for to be at, not drive 10 minutes down HWY 1 from Monterey and you had 50 miles of free beaches- just pick one and if you could trek down to it- you had a day of relaxing and communing with others that valued Nature.

Like it or not when you put the word RECREATION in your name, then open up a card carrying membership idea, open a once quiet Naked Society up to the MASSES- you get all the great folks,..., AND THE BAD. Being naked is a huge business now. No spiritual activity. Poolside bars, luxury pools and $$$$$$ at the gate to be what you should never have to pay for. 5 different areas in Big Sur that were naturist hang and Hideouts are no more since the early 1990s, places sacred to the local Naturists closed because of the bad behaviors by the masses invited into our world by the nudist business. Molera, The Geoge, Garrapata, Horseshoe, Pfeifer, Carmel River mouth beach, and many more all GONE from "naked folk", having sex, exposing to the tourist from the mid-West not use to the Human form as an example of showing off with, going nude where they KNOW they should not and know it was cause ruckus with the Textiles! (sad grin) "playing at it" and why not,..., it's recreation, it is a lifestyle of sorts, a condition they choose to go in and out of, leave it for a few years, then return when it is back in fashion or style. Lifestyles come and go.

But "Ways of Life' are firm, set, have codes of behavior with the aim of holding to the Ways. You wipe out a Way of Life and you will not see it come back as fast or easily as a Lifestyle. This is evident to how the Naked Society finds itself now. Corralled by nudist parks with the aanr's emblem. No free beaches like there were up to around the 1980s. If you were to be true to yourself and thot about all the places you could go naked in your area and nowt HOW MANY of these are left, the point is made. When you open up a world that has worked hard to gain respect by the majority of society and then open the flood gates to the massed that have no idea of what the naked life as a Naturist is about, well you get the control of organizations keeping you your bare ass on the reservation also known as NUDIST PARKS! LOL. I'm 68yo and lived all over the USA and in Germany when in the Army. I found Germany to be so much like the USA was in the 60-70-80s. rule was as long as you were not bothering others, and NOT naked in the areas you KNOW you should not be- TAKE IT AFF and enjoy a healthy day. I have folks out to my little Germany in the country where I live aa Naturist Way and when we get to talking about the way "being naked "was"" they look at me like I'm making it up. all Summer in Big Sur in the 70s, NEVER wearing a stitch d when the Cahill Agreement(look that up if you think I was drinking before writing this! HOOOT! Recreational nudism ruined that MUTUAL AGREEMENT between the Naturistic Naked Society and the California legal system). If you do not want to- here's the poop on it: you get complained about where naked is cool, a ranger/cop tells you that there was a complaint and to cover up or leave. Whatever your choice, the next day you can go back to the same exact place you were before and go naked. In other words, it was like the movie Ground Hog Day, every day was wiped clean-yah it is not that way now. I lived those days, I'd leave come back the exact next day and the touristed that again hiked down were amazed- called the rangers again and then figured out,..., THEY were the guests, not me and other local Naturists.

But I am a Naturist,... I do not want to be seen by an unapproving society at large. I give them NO reason to bother me and my Ways, nudist and their history certainly cannot say the same and Way's philosophy kept the Naked Society OUT of the limelight. That was a good thing. Opening up our once welcoming but disciplined Way of Life has destroyed so many reasons many folks would have at one time tried it. But then when you make a membership-based behavior your Business platform, the norm,..., well you are BEGGING to saturate a good thing with bad blood.

So SAD!https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14425065/Georgia-nudist-resort-Serendipity-Park-sale.html

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