“Somebody else was concerned about the abundance of ticks out there in the wild. Excuse me, but ticks aren’t a problem to the nude. They like to get into hair and under clothing. Jeepers.” – All Nudist
I tried a bit of freehiking recently. It was at a local state park, but nearing nightfall and as the rain was picking up. I was already there, but I decided it was as good a time to try as any.
At first, when there had been absolutely no one around for an hour, I disrobed and immediately saw a couple down the path. They undoubtedly saw me, and I panicked and bolted. While crossing the road to my vehicle, three cars passed. Needless to say, not a great first experience.
But as the rain picked up some more, I decided to give it another go. It was pretty dim out but not too dark to see, so I went again. It was really relaxing and freeing; I almost didn't notice it except that I was hiking in the rain without freezing, saturated clothes.
However (AND HERE WE REACH THE POINT OF WRITING THIS), I did get bit by a tick. I felt it bite the inside of my leg. Not realizing that ticks take a few hours to spread diseases (which I've since researched thoroughly), I immediately pried it off. Thankfully I didn't get any diseases that time. But I assumed that ticks wouldn't bite bare skin, and I guess they do when it's raining out.
The rest of the hike went well. Back at my vehicle, one other car passed, but I was already dressed by that point. I'm considering going out again, but I don't think it's legal in that area so we'll see.
I'm Kenfreehiker & my beautiful/fun wife is PJ. We travel frequently with work, but maintain our home at Olive Dell Ranch (Colton, CA).
We’ve visited over 20 naturist resorts, 7 beaches, and 5 hot springs, have taken two nude boating trips in Southern Utah, have freehiked many places, and enjoy naturist home activities and parties.
We've lived for at Glen Eden in Corona CA. We have been board members at Olive Dell Ranch, where we call home, and enjoy creating Dellymaze Park and organizing the Bare Burro 5k.
One of our favorate pastimes is freehiking. For organized the Freehiking Utah Group that hiked at least twice a month. We now do most of our nude freeniking in California, where we organized the FreehikingCA group.
We are also the founders and moderators of a naturist travel club called "Skinny Trippers" that plans naturist travels and activities, gets together when possible, and then writes Skinny Reports (often with group photos) which are posted on our egroup – http://groups.google.com/group/skinnytrippers . (All are welcome to join this site.)
PJ and I love Christ, each other, our friends, and being naturists.
I tried a bit of freehiking recently. It was at a local state park, but nearing nightfall and as the rain was picking up. I was already there, but I decided it was as good a time to try as any.
ReplyDeleteAt first, when there had been absolutely no one around for an hour, I disrobed and immediately saw a couple down the path. They undoubtedly saw me, and I panicked and bolted. While crossing the road to my vehicle, three cars passed. Needless to say, not a great first experience.
But as the rain picked up some more, I decided to give it another go. It was pretty dim out but not too dark to see, so I went again. It was really relaxing and freeing; I almost didn't notice it except that I was hiking in the rain without freezing, saturated clothes.
However (AND HERE WE REACH THE POINT OF WRITING THIS), I did get bit by a tick. I felt it bite the inside of my leg. Not realizing that ticks take a few hours to spread diseases (which I've since researched thoroughly), I immediately pried it off. Thankfully I didn't get any diseases that time. But I assumed that ticks wouldn't bite bare skin, and I guess they do when it's raining out.
The rest of the hike went well. Back at my vehicle, one other car passed, but I was already dressed by that point. I'm considering going out again, but I don't think it's legal in that area so we'll see.