Washing our Cars

As simple as it seems, washing the car is something I've never been able to do in the nude, and I find it frustrating. I mean, how hard should it be to just do a plain-old outdoor chore involving spraying water while dressed down? Well, the neighbors have eyes, right? Ya don't want to be calling someone to bail you outta jail.

I admire the folks in these pictures. When I became an apartment dweller is when the desire to wash my car nude surfaced, and you just can't do that sort of thing when you're in an apartment or duplex situation. It made me wish I would have done better in school so I could afford some acreage.

At one point I actually solicited a place to wash my car nude on Craigslist! I did receive a couple replies, but they mainly consisted of words encouragement instead of anything that panned out. Just so I don't have to repeat myself completely, I blogged it here in one of my old blogs.

This is just another of the privacy issues I'm hoping to solve in the near future. Fence time!

I suppose it would be nice if we could at dress accordingly to use our local coin-op car wash too, but that's a bit public for most folks. Most of the time you see this sort of thing happening it's the result of a dare:

 

Still, it looks like the correct way to dress for any kind of car-washing, doesn't it?

The Motorhome

We bought a motorhome last summer to aid us in our overnight nudist ventures. Well, not a new motorhome... it's a 1999 Itasca 27' on a Ford chassis. While not perfect, it's a pretty decent one-owner. Right after buying it I ordered up a custom license plate frame.

I didn't have this blog last year when the motorhome came into our lives, so the related blog posts I made were on one of my other blogs. Instead of repeating myself, or "re-inventing" the wheel, I decided to just post the links to the original posts:

Hey, We Bought a Motorhome! 

Motorhome: After the Buy

The First Outing

Visiting Lake Bronson Family Nudist Park

Funny thing about owning this motorhome: We've had it out three times since we've bought it so far, and like the license plate frame says, so far it's only gone to nudist parks!

Modeling a Nude Railroad?

I've recently discovered some interesting nudist items I'd previously not been aware of (probably because I'm not a model railroader) before: Miniature nudist figures and scenes.

An article from the UK I saw recently got me interested in these items, and prompted me to do a little digging. There are all sorts of interesting nudist figures for modelers! They're fairly realistic for their size. When you think about it, it makes sense that stuff like this would be available. After all, there are a lot of people interested in various kinds of modeling, and they tend to build big layouts. When they and create mini scenes of so many kinds--shouldn't nudists be a part? Nudists are a lot more in number than people might think, and their being included just makes sense. I've seen some pretty good model railroad layouts over the years, but I don't recall seeing any with people of the earth enjoying themselves in their birthday suits.

It's about time!

This love van collection is made by Busch, and includes a couple of nudists enjoying a day of nature and music:

Most of what I've found was made by a company called Noch company in Germany. These next two are each a set. I love the peeping tom one:

Pretty much everything else comes from the Preiser/Merten company. There are some great collections of nudist figures, and if you browse around on the web you'll find several websites selling them?

This collection is called Nudist Bathers:

This one is called Couples at the Nudist Beach:

Some interesting stuff available... with some pretty interesting possibilities!

Putting the Top Up

When I attended my first nudist event there was a lot to drink in. Everything was new and exciting to me. One of the things I found very amusing was the first person I saw wearing only a t-shirt. I found it amusing and odd both. The more I thought about it, the more interesting it became, and the more natural it seemed. After all, there are two main reasons a nudist will cover up: They're either getting too much sun, or they are getting chilled.

Too much sun is a no-brainer as far as reasons go. I mean, it's pretty common to see textiles covering up around pools when they've gotten enough (or too much) sun, right? What's the difference? Nudists are certainly prone to getting too much sun (likely more-so than most people). Because we love to be nude whenever possible it's hard to get nudists to put their clothes on, so when we do need to cover we tend to just cover the minimum. A shirt fits the bill perfectly. What more do you need?

Sometimes being chilled is stating the obvious! If you're out in the snow, enjoying a bit of winter recreation like this couple on the left, you are going to need some sort of protection. If not, everything you do needs to be "amped-up" to feel like you're racing around in a hurry before you freeze to death. If you're a nudist working outdoor it's different. Working in the nude is excellent for keeping the body cool and comfortable. Leave the goods bare and let the air swirl, and you can work happily and comfortably!

In these next two pictures, see how "non-unusual" the people wearing t-shirts look? They don't look weird, nor is anyone staring or admonishing them for not being naked. The first one looks to be youngsters that probably involved a parent saying, "you're burning, put a shirt on" or something. The second looks like it may have been sunny, but a maybe still a bit early in the day. They just needed a bit more warmth for a bit longer.

 Now this guy just had to take it to another level. No t-shirt for me, mate!

Camping

I wasn't very thrilled with camping as a kid. I grew up in a teeny little house where we 5 kids were all crammed into a tiny single-bedroom. The trouble with camping is--well, it was the same. Everybody still got crammed into one small room, but in this case it was a tent (later upgraded to a teeny trailer). Now we had the frustrations we already had plus new ones of cooking, setting up tents, and finding firewood. My dad always turned surly when he had to put the tent up, so I always tried to stay scarce during that part of the experience.

When I grew older camping was the last thing I wanted to do, and after graduating high school I left home to join the Air Force. Life went on, and I enjoyed myself as I partied and traveled the world on Uncle Sam's dollar. I had one nude camping experience in North Carolina just before I was discharged, and had several brushes with camping during my post-military, single years. All of them involved nudity. Camping was very sporadic with me then, and had tapered off to the point I had basically stopped completely. When I met my first wife, Teresa, camping once again became an interesting option. You know how everything looks a little shinier and brighter when you meet someone? I guess I had been away from camping long enough to get the negative vibes out of my system, and started gravitating back towards it. Maybe it was like an old comfortable shoe that I hadn't been able to wear for a long time.

One of the first times we ever went out camping we ended up shucking our clothes. It was August, so it was plenty warm, and we were camped alongside a shallow river with a small tent and a sun awning. I was surprised to find this picture of it! It didn't take long for me to get "daring" and lose what little clothing I was already barely wearing on such a hot day. My wife did the same and we enjoyed our little private camping spot. She wasn't as much of a wanderer as I was, and she ended up staying in the shade of our camp for most of the day. I remember climbing up a nearby hills, occasionally turning and surveying the view as I advanced upward. I thought, "Look at me standing here on a sun-drenched hillside with no clothes on!" It was so much fun. I didn't really need to go anywhere either--I was totally happy just picking around the camp area with a beer, occasionally wandering into the ice-cold stream to cool off my feet. To me, camping is all about enjoying the simple things. You blank your mind and enjoy the sights and sounds. It was better that day though. Because we were naked! At one point I was under the shelter, sitting on a camp stool when I heard voices. I looked over as a couple of guys came into view in a canoe, guiding themselves down the shallow river. I just stayed put, and we nodded and waved at each other as they glided past.

A year or two later she was pregnant with our daughter, Sarah, and we started talking about our camping with a little different focus on it. Did we still want to go tenting? Did we need to upgrade the one we have? After exploring options, we opted for a small, cheap-ass motorhome. While it was one of the worst vehicles I've ever owned from a "money trap" perspective, it was a lot of fun. We took it camping several times over the next couple years, and almost every one of them involved nudity while we were out. I had always preferred being away from other campers because there was always some sort of music blasting or other loud noises, and now that I was beginning to enjoy being naked in nature I was even more inclined. Luckily, the motorhome had great ground clearance (for a motorhome) and was already a little beat-up, so driving it down small dirt roads in the woods was easy and usually resulted in some nice spots.

Stay tuned for more.

Showering Outside

One of the things that I don't currently have, but consider almost essential to being a nudist, is an outdoor shower. While there is, of course, a shower inside our house, I can't count the number of times I wished I could do a quick shower-off or cool-down after lying out under the hot sun or working outside on a hot day. I don't want to have to go into the house to shower while I'm dirty and end up tracking crap all over the floors. Even if I'm only sweaty from lying in the sun my feet still end up dirty as hell from wearing flip flops.

An outdoor shower doesn't have to be anything special. Nothing like this Medusa-looking thing on the right. I just want something I can attach to the existing outside faucet when I need to. I'm thinking that a short run of hose, a vertical run of copper tubing with a shower head on top, and a 1/4-turn shutoff valve at the shower would be all I need, all nicely-mounted to the wall securely. Oh, and a nice platform to stand on, preferably slats for drainage reasons. See how simple this one on the left looks?

For folks that just want to shop and click the "buy" button, online merchants like Wayfair have several outdoor showers available, ready to install. Check it out: Wayfair outdoor shower search

Where to put one is a good question. I suppose I shouldn't care about whether or not anyone can see me, but the truth is our back yard still isn't private. I've been meaning to put good fencing up for some time now and still haven't. I hope to remedy that soon, but for the time being a privacy screen of some sort would have to be a requirement for any outdoor shower I install. I don't want any cops ringing the doorbell with a complaint from someone next door.

Showers are very important to nudists. Nudist clubs always require their guests to shower before entering pools. This is both for sanitary reasons and to remove all those extra oils and lotions we tend to pile on our bodies. They all have ample shower facilities for their members and guests to use, and of course, they are out in the open because, well--so are the nudists! Lots of people with pools have outdoor showers for people to use before taking changing. The difference with nudist showering is, the showers are outside in the open where it's convenient. In the nudist parks there is no need for separate showers for males and females (at least all I've visited so far). As a matter-of-fact, one of Brenda's most fond experiences was using the indoor public shower at Lake Bronson during a stay there. It was a great way to meet and greet the fellow nudists! We nudists are less concerned about where we shower than non-nudists, so having an outdoor shower just makes sense.

Here are a few favorite pictures of people enjoying theirs: