From: aweaver@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Andy Weaver)
Subject: first time
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:35:53 GMT

	After about a year of reading rec.nude, I knew that eventually I would
end up somewhere without any clothes on.  I have been a 'backyard nudist' for
a couple of years, mostly laying out to get a tan.  I'm usually by myself, but
I'm occasionally joined by my SO (I got her started reading rec.nude a few
months ago).
	We had taken a trip to Austin to go see some jet ski races at the
Aqua Fest.  After staying in bed a little too long that morning, we arrived
in Austin just in time to catch the last two races.  We talked to some of
my friends for a little while that had raced , then we had the rest of the
day to kill.  We didn't know what to do, so I thought that I'd try to find
Hippie Hollow and see what she said when we pulled up.  About five minutes
after I got the idea to find HH, she said, "Let's try to find Hippie Hollow,
we could go there for the day".  Wow, what a great idea.  
	We got directions from various stores/gas stations and eventually
found it.  
	It was an absolutely beautiful day.  Just a couple of clouds in the
sky, the temp was in the mid 80's.  We got there about 3:00.
	We passed the signs that said something like "Warning:  there may
be nude sunbathing and swimming beyond this point." just like some other
readers of this group had told me about.  For some reason I found these
signs humorous.  Like there is some big danger in nudity.  Really, it won't
make you go blind :)
	I was impressed with how pretty and well kept this place was.  The
edge of the lake is lined with large smooth rocky ledges most of the way 
around.  These were great for laying out on if we had brought anything to 
lay on.  There were nice asphalt paths connecting all the parts of the beach
or you could just walk down the rocks.
	We came totally unprepared, no towels, no rafts, nothing.  We walked
along the asphalt path for a little bit and noticed that most of the people
were dressed, so there wasn't any real hurry get naked.  We then walked along
the beach.  There were more nude people near the water, but it was still less
than 50% nude.  We came to a picnic table and sat down.  The rocks were too
hot to sit on for long without a towel.  I said, "might as well get some sun"
and off came the shorts.  About that time, everyone stood up and pointed at
my erection (only kidding :).  She took off her clothes and we sat there 
watching everyone walk by for a while.  About the only time I worried about
getting an erection, was when I looked at her.  The other people didn't seem
to excite me.  It all seemed natural.  
	We were having a good time until this one guy started coming by.  He
would walk by a few feet in front of us just staring.  He wasn't even nude.
A lot of other people would walk by and take a glance but he was staring.
It got to be annoying.  He would walk about 10 feet past us, stare at one woman
over there for maybe a minute, then he would walk back past us, staring again.
This went on for quite a number of trips past us.  I was making comments to
him like "nice part of the beach, don't wear out the path".  This didn't 
deter him at all.  I didn't really know just how to handle this situation,
so we got up and left this spot.  I figured that was better than to get real
rude and possibly violent with him.  We climbed up to the asphalt path and
went on down it a ways.  We started back down to the beach after going a 
ways down the path, and this pervert was following us by walking down the
beach.  We went down the beach further and he finally stopped following.  I'm
pretty sure there would have been a confrontation had he kept following much
longer.  I'm tolerant, but this was too much.
	We found a bit more secluded spot by the water and enjoyed that for
a while before venturing back down the beach.  Fortunately we didn't run
across any more extremely rude people.  
	We stopped and took a swim for a little while then layed out on a
rock to dry off.
	Overall it was a very enjoyable experience.  We stayed until the sun
almost went down.
	Just a few personal observations.
	Most of the people that were nude that we spoke to or said "Hi" to
were much more friendly than the people that were still too uptight to join
everyone else being nude.
	It was different/strange when an attractive girl would walk by
dressed.  Something about that situation just didn't feel right.  It didn't
bother me, it just seemed strange being nude.    
	There were few people there that were around our same age (late 20's
to early 30's) going nude.  Most of this age group was dressed. 
	People that are out of shape look better nude than they would look
stuffed into a swim suit.   
	I also felt like we were the ones that were out of place when we were
walking down the asphalt path.  Almost everyone there had on their clothes.
We just wore our smiles, and our shoes.
	There was always a number of boats sitting out a few hundred yards
with people staring at the beach.  I found this pretty funny.  I could barely
tell what color clothes they had on at that distance, so I don't see what a
thrill it would be looking at nude people from there.  But they were always
looking.  A couple of times, I'd just barely raise my hand a bit and give
a boat a quick wave.  A split second later they would all be waving.  It
worked everytime I tried it.  Now that's entertainment!
	I'm sure that it won't be too long before we go there or somewhere
else again.  I'd like to go to a nude resort sometime.  I think that a lot
of the things that bothered me at Hippie Hollow wouldn't even be present at
a real resort or club. 
	If I lived in Austin, I'm sure that I would be a regular at HH.  It
is a beautiful place if you can ignore the minor irritations.

Andy	
                
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