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I have just returned from a one-week work / vacation trip in Florida. I decided to determine the extent that one can be nude day-to-day in a textile world when away from home, taking account of driving, accommodations and recreation.
I flew into Ft. Lauderdale and picked up my car for the trip. My first stop was Haulover Beach, which has an official clothing-optional section about 2/3 of a mile long. When I got there the large parking lot near the c-o section was jammed full, except for one spot, which I got. I spent a delightful afternoon with about 2000 other naked people packed into the c-o section, pretty much cheek to cheek.
Then I drove nude to Naples, about a two-hour drive straight across Florida on Alligator Alley. From earlier experiments, I know that the driver of a car can be seen to be nude only by someone looking through the right front window ? either a pedestrian from about 10 feet away, or the driver of an SUV or truck -- or by a toll taker on the driver?s left. It is not possible for anyone in a car to see that the driver of another car is nude, regardless of their relative positions.
During the drive across Florida, I opened up all of the windows to get the maximum open-air effect. Great feeling, with the warm air swirling around, particularly after having suffered through so much winter up north. As I approached the toll booth at the end, I needed to cover up. When I drive nude, I sit on a half-size sarong (20 x 48 inches), so all I had to do was flip the free half over my lap.
I stayed at a very nice motel in Naples, two-storey, external corner, U-shaped, with rooms facing a swimming pool in the center. My room was on the upstairs floor and had a large picture window. I found that I could be nude in the room and still have natural light by closing only the sheer curtains. People passing by my room could see me only if they stopped and looked into the room from close up, which they did not do.
At night, with the lights on in the room, it was possible to see more clearly through the sheers into the room. However, I noticed that people rarely looked sideways into my room when they walked by, so I went about my business nude. I think that a few people did glance in and see me nude, but no one reacted, not too surprising since I was inside my own room.
I really wanted to swim nude in the pool in the early morning before dawn. However, the people who do pool maintenance put chemicals into the pool each evening that were reactive throughout the night, so I had to forego this pleasure. Sigh.
I ventured outside my room nude on several occasions up to about 7 a.m. to obtain a soda from the vending machine at the end of the corridor. On one occasion, I exited the room to find a woman outside two rooms down leaning on the railing looking towards the pool. I did a quick about face and went back into my room until she left. Don?t know if she spotted me.
Leaving Naples, I drove nude to St. Petersburg on I-75 and I-275. I was driving at a very busy time, and people were doing a lot of lane changing, including me. It felt a bit like Daytona Speedway, with me being the sole nude driver. The trip took about 2 hours. I think that one guy in a truck noticed that I was nude, because as I passed him (rather slowly because of traffic), he glanced over and got a big smile on his face.
I stayed with friends in St. Petersburg. In the past, I have been reluctant to appear nude in the homes of non-nudist friends. However, these folks are very good friends and pretty open-minded, so I decided to be nude for part of the time. Just before bedtime, I came out of my room nude to ask about a couple of things and ended up chatting with my female friend for a few minutes. She looked a bit startled initially, but then did a good (but not perfect) job of looking me in the eye. In the morning, I was up before my friends so when they emerged from their bedroom in the morning they found me nude again. I explained that I have decided to live more of my life nude and they were very understanding. I stayed nude for a couple of hours until we went out.
The last leg of my trip was to drive, nude again, from St. Pete Beach to Kissimmee for a conference at Disneyworld. Early on, I missed a turnoff and ended up lost, and naked, in Clearwater. However, I eventually got back on track and enjoyed the sunny and warm 2.5 hour trip to Kissimmee.
Rather than staying at the conference hotel within Disneyworld, I paid less than half the price to stay at Cypress Cover, just south of Kissimmee. This is a high end nudist resort ? attractive, with lots of facilities (pool, tennis courts, small lake, pitch & putt golf course, etc) and very well run. After Naples, it was a bit of a surprise to exit my room to find that everyone else was nude as well. One morning I had breakfast, nude of course,in their restaurant. There was a napkin on the table, but I had no place to tuck it in.
While in the Kissimmee area, I drove to and from Disneyworld nude, about 30 minutes each way. This is a more urban trip, but I had no problems. As I neared the entry to the conference center, I stopped briefly to wriggle into my clothes. On the way back, I undressed in the car prior to leaving the parking lot, with no problem.
I had intended to visit Playalinda beach, which has a clothing-optional section and is only about an hour?s drive from Orlando, but ran out of time.
On my way to the Orlando airport, I had to stop for gas. I wrapped my pareo around my waist and entered the store barefoot and shirtless to pay the cashier. As the pareo was riding low on my hips, it was clear that I was wearing nothing underneath. One customer, a young guy about age 20, glanced over at me and did a major double take, but made no comment. I didn?t see any reaction from the others in the store. In any case, I was perfectly legal.
During the course of this trip, I drove nude for more than 500 miles and came to feel perfectly comfortable in my unclothed state. I was nude at least part of the time everywhere I stayed, and enjoyed nude recreation at some locations.
Conclusion: With advance planning, and by taking appropriate precautions, it is possible to enjoy a semi-nude road trip.
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Gary
I flew into Ft. Lauderdale and picked up my car for the trip. My first stop was Haulover Beach, which has an official clothing-optional section about 2/3 of a mile long. When I got there the large parking lot near the c-o section was jammed full, except for one spot, which I got. I spent a delightful afternoon with about 2000 other naked people packed into the c-o section, pretty much cheek to cheek.
Then I drove nude to Naples, about a two-hour drive straight across Florida on Alligator Alley. From earlier experiments, I know that the driver of a car can be seen to be nude only by someone looking through the right front window ? either a pedestrian from about 10 feet away, or the driver of an SUV or truck -- or by a toll taker on the driver?s left. It is not possible for anyone in a car to see that the driver of another car is nude, regardless of their relative positions.
During the drive across Florida, I opened up all of the windows to get the maximum open-air effect. Great feeling, with the warm air swirling around, particularly after having suffered through so much winter up north. As I approached the toll booth at the end, I needed to cover up. When I drive nude, I sit on a half-size sarong (20 x 48 inches), so all I had to do was flip the free half over my lap.
I stayed at a very nice motel in Naples, two-storey, external corner, U-shaped, with rooms facing a swimming pool in the center. My room was on the upstairs floor and had a large picture window. I found that I could be nude in the room and still have natural light by closing only the sheer curtains. People passing by my room could see me only if they stopped and looked into the room from close up, which they did not do.
At night, with the lights on in the room, it was possible to see more clearly through the sheers into the room. However, I noticed that people rarely looked sideways into my room when they walked by, so I went about my business nude. I think that a few people did glance in and see me nude, but no one reacted, not too surprising since I was inside my own room.
I really wanted to swim nude in the pool in the early morning before dawn. However, the people who do pool maintenance put chemicals into the pool each evening that were reactive throughout the night, so I had to forego this pleasure. Sigh.
I ventured outside my room nude on several occasions up to about 7 a.m. to obtain a soda from the vending machine at the end of the corridor. On one occasion, I exited the room to find a woman outside two rooms down leaning on the railing looking towards the pool. I did a quick about face and went back into my room until she left. Don?t know if she spotted me.
Leaving Naples, I drove nude to St. Petersburg on I-75 and I-275. I was driving at a very busy time, and people were doing a lot of lane changing, including me. It felt a bit like Daytona Speedway, with me being the sole nude driver. The trip took about 2 hours. I think that one guy in a truck noticed that I was nude, because as I passed him (rather slowly because of traffic), he glanced over and got a big smile on his face.
I stayed with friends in St. Petersburg. In the past, I have been reluctant to appear nude in the homes of non-nudist friends. However, these folks are very good friends and pretty open-minded, so I decided to be nude for part of the time. Just before bedtime, I came out of my room nude to ask about a couple of things and ended up chatting with my female friend for a few minutes. She looked a bit startled initially, but then did a good (but not perfect) job of looking me in the eye. In the morning, I was up before my friends so when they emerged from their bedroom in the morning they found me nude again. I explained that I have decided to live more of my life nude and they were very understanding. I stayed nude for a couple of hours until we went out.
The last leg of my trip was to drive, nude again, from St. Pete Beach to Kissimmee for a conference at Disneyworld. Early on, I missed a turnoff and ended up lost, and naked, in Clearwater. However, I eventually got back on track and enjoyed the sunny and warm 2.5 hour trip to Kissimmee.
Rather than staying at the conference hotel within Disneyworld, I paid less than half the price to stay at Cypress Cover, just south of Kissimmee. This is a high end nudist resort ? attractive, with lots of facilities (pool, tennis courts, small lake, pitch & putt golf course, etc) and very well run. After Naples, it was a bit of a surprise to exit my room to find that everyone else was nude as well. One morning I had breakfast, nude of course,in their restaurant. There was a napkin on the table, but I had no place to tuck it in.
While in the Kissimmee area, I drove to and from Disneyworld nude, about 30 minutes each way. This is a more urban trip, but I had no problems. As I neared the entry to the conference center, I stopped briefly to wriggle into my clothes. On the way back, I undressed in the car prior to leaving the parking lot, with no problem.
I had intended to visit Playalinda beach, which has a clothing-optional section and is only about an hour?s drive from Orlando, but ran out of time.
On my way to the Orlando airport, I had to stop for gas. I wrapped my pareo around my waist and entered the store barefoot and shirtless to pay the cashier. As the pareo was riding low on my hips, it was clear that I was wearing nothing underneath. One customer, a young guy about age 20, glanced over at me and did a major double take, but made no comment. I didn?t see any reaction from the others in the store. In any case, I was perfectly legal.
During the course of this trip, I drove nude for more than 500 miles and came to feel perfectly comfortable in my unclothed state. I was nude at least part of the time everywhere I stayed, and enjoyed nude recreation at some locations.
Conclusion: With advance planning, and by taking appropriate precautions, it is possible to enjoy a semi-nude road trip.
N.B. This is a long message so, if replying, please do not use the ?Reply to this user? capability, or include only the relevant portion of the message.
Gary
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