Thanks for the report NudeDude. I’m sorry your wife was made to feel uncomfortable but also glad she enjoyed being nude with you. I too would encourage you both to seek out a rwsortcwhere she’ll perhaps feel more comfortable.
Jim
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NudeDude92 wrote:Well.... my report of hippie hollow. Since for some reason I am unable to post in the travel reviews section.
We just got back from a trip to Austin for our anniversary. (3 years! PTL!) While there we went to hippie hollow. My thoughts are as follows: I had no issues being nude in public. Once my shorts came off, they didn't go back on until we left. My wife on the other hand while she enjoyed swimming nude the old creepy fella there and the three clothed dudes who came for a peep show didn't exactly make her feel comfy.As such she was back in her bikini bottom at least twice while out of the water. The weather was sunny, but very windy, and as a diver, I didn't exactly appreciate the high wind waves that were whacking the shore, and making it difficult to rest in the water between dives, so that's a downer.
We are both willing to go again, but there is one thing I really wish they would do about the place and that's make it nude only not C/O. I feel like this would deter the majority of gawkers, and make it more appealing to people who don't appreciate feeling like they're being treated like some porno show live.
In short: final score:2.5/5 stars. It's a good place, but I'm not in love.
Ramblinman wrote:NudeDude92 wrote:Well.... my report of hippie hollow. Since for some reason I am unable to post in the travel reviews section.
We just got back from a trip to Austin for our anniversary. (3 years! PTL!) While there we went to hippie hollow. My thoughts are as follows: I had no issues being nude in public. Once my shorts came off, they didn't go back on until we left. My wife on the other hand while she enjoyed swimming nude the old creepy fella there and the three clothed dudes who came for a peep show didn't exactly make her feel comfy.As such she was back in her bikini bottom at least twice while out of the water. The weather was sunny, but very windy, and as a diver, I didn't exactly appreciate the high wind waves that were whacking the shore, and making it difficult to rest in the water between dives, so that's a downer.
We are both willing to go again, but there is one thing I really wish they would do about the place and that's make it nude only not C/O. I feel like this would deter the majority of gawkers, and make it more appealing to people who don't appreciate feeling like they're being treated like some porno show live.
In short: final score:2.5/5 stars. It's a good place, but I'm not in love.
That's why I think your plan to go anonymously with just your wife was well-intended, but ultimately, a very bad idea.
Some here offered to travel with you to Hippie Hollow.
With numbers comes strength in numbers. You turned them down.
Maverick wrote:
NudeDude, I hope the experience at Hippie Hollow didn't put a complete damper on y'all's trip. I'm sorry to hear that it turned out the way it did. I agree--Hippie Hollow should be all-nude, all the time, as any such place should be. Do you think the day or time you went had anything to do with the gawkers?
And, perhaps the most important question: barring gawkers and voyeurs, what are y'all's thoughts on naturism post-trip?
Ramblinman, I think NudeDude did all right by going with just his wife. I wouldn't call it a "very bad idea." Not the best--maybe so, but certainly not "very bad." I mentioned maybe meeting them down there, but even had NudeDude taken me up on the offer I likely wouldn't have been able to do it last weekend.
naturaldon wrote:Been there, Hippie Hollow. I have seen clothed people "fishing, walking the trail, hanging out." Obviously gawkers. However, the county park staff who routinely patrol the place are clothed and easily identified. I'm fine with that, and in fact, they would be glad to hear concerns so they can check 'em out.
Ramblinman wrote:A certain percentage of clothed people at a nude beach are inspired rather than titillated, perhaps they will even try it out for themselves someday, but no one likes to feel that they are a zoo exhibit. Mandatory nudity may be difficult to impossible to impose, but it would help tremendously.
Hippie Hollow is not the perfect venue.
NudeDude92 wrote:Ramblinman wrote:A certain percentage of clothed people at a nude beach are inspired rather than titillated, perhaps they will even try it out for themselves someday, but no one likes to feel that they are a zoo exhibit. Mandatory nudity may be difficult to impossible to impose, but it would help tremendously.
Hippie Hollow is not the perfect venue.
I would have to agree here, Ramiblinman. I hate unneeded attention. My wife and I are rather introverted. We have a very small circle of friends, and with our jobs, it's difficult to make new friends and stay professional.
So when we ventured into naturism, we tried it very privately. Sought out a very secluded part of a lake, and did nothing with anybody else. Even coming to join this forum was a major step out of my comfort zone. So when we went to HH, we just did the same as always. I'm trying to expand my participation. Hence, if MoNatureMan has the summer get together at his place, we might just go.
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