Gary Naturist
09-10-2005, 04:15 AM
I arrived at the entrance to our local provincial park (in Ontario) at about 4 pm. It’s officially closed for the season, and gated, but it’s possible to walk in. There were two other vehicles parked there. I walked in on the paved entrance road, meeting up with no one.
When I got to the first beach access, there were two beach chairs set up with a cooler and umbrella but no sign of people. I wondered if (and hoped that) they were off in the bushes making love. I'm such a romantic.
I started walking down the beach along the water’s edge. This lovely sandy beach is more than 1 km in length, and is backed by sand dunes. 'Twas an absolutely perfect late summer afternoon.
I spotted two people (man and woman) down the beach walking my way, also along the water’s edge. As we met I said hello and commented on the wonderful weather. They responded, but not too enthusiastically I thought.
I continued down the beach. There were three people fairly near the far end walking toward me, but as I got closer, they crossed the beach and disappeared into the dunes.
As I approached the end, three more people arrived on the beach from that end. I’m sure they were surprised to see a naked man. I didn’t feel that it was appropriate to continue right to the end, because I would have had to pass them twice within a couple of minutes. So I turned around early, giving them a big wave as I did so.
At about the one-third point on the way back, a man walked out of the dunes opposite me onto the beach and we waved at each other. I remember thinking at this point that I wasn’t expecting to meet up with so many people. I continued on for a bit and then sat down to rest at a picnic table. As the man arrived where I was, he commented on how nice a day it was and we exchanged a few words. He was very friendly.
I continued down the beach and at the two-thirds point, I passed by a woman who was in the shallow water playing fetch with her German shepherd. The woman waved at me as I passed by and I waved back. I was pleased that she didn’t feel threatened by my approach.
I continued on and right at the end of the beach met up again with the original two people, now sitting in the lawn chairs that I mentioned earlier. They did not look up, so I passed on by without saying anything.
I met up with several people on my beach walk, and got no significantly negative reactions, and a couple of positive ones. This suggests that the people who use this beach outside of official park hours aren’t surprised or upset at encountering nude people.
Gary
When I got to the first beach access, there were two beach chairs set up with a cooler and umbrella but no sign of people. I wondered if (and hoped that) they were off in the bushes making love. I'm such a romantic.
I started walking down the beach along the water’s edge. This lovely sandy beach is more than 1 km in length, and is backed by sand dunes. 'Twas an absolutely perfect late summer afternoon.
I spotted two people (man and woman) down the beach walking my way, also along the water’s edge. As we met I said hello and commented on the wonderful weather. They responded, but not too enthusiastically I thought.
I continued down the beach. There were three people fairly near the far end walking toward me, but as I got closer, they crossed the beach and disappeared into the dunes.
As I approached the end, three more people arrived on the beach from that end. I’m sure they were surprised to see a naked man. I didn’t feel that it was appropriate to continue right to the end, because I would have had to pass them twice within a couple of minutes. So I turned around early, giving them a big wave as I did so.
At about the one-third point on the way back, a man walked out of the dunes opposite me onto the beach and we waved at each other. I remember thinking at this point that I wasn’t expecting to meet up with so many people. I continued on for a bit and then sat down to rest at a picnic table. As the man arrived where I was, he commented on how nice a day it was and we exchanged a few words. He was very friendly.
I continued down the beach and at the two-thirds point, I passed by a woman who was in the shallow water playing fetch with her German shepherd. The woman waved at me as I passed by and I waved back. I was pleased that she didn’t feel threatened by my approach.
I continued on and right at the end of the beach met up again with the original two people, now sitting in the lawn chairs that I mentioned earlier. They did not look up, so I passed on by without saying anything.
I met up with several people on my beach walk, and got no significantly negative reactions, and a couple of positive ones. This suggests that the people who use this beach outside of official park hours aren’t surprised or upset at encountering nude people.
Gary