QUOTES 1/14/2019

“The realization hit us as a shock that very few people are traditionally beautiful without their clothes on . . . They come in all shapes and sizes.  The lifelong members of this club are as tanned as chestnuts.  While those wearing the tanned legs and arms with apparent white T-shirts and shorts are, like us, newbies.” – Janet, https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/caravans/articles/general/naturism-a-bum-deal

“Naturisme: Respect des autres et de la nature, convivialité sérénité délicatesse bienveillance” Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1sTx3p0rF4&list=PLrNU052C5E-mTXpwWNzyLgLEVABYrHMjW&index=24

“Baker Beach - I went out to San Francisco for one week in October of Two-Thousand and Eleven.  My schedule included obvious locations such as Alcatraz and Fisherman's Wharf.  The best naturally, if you would forgive the pun, was visiting Baker Beach and spending the day in the nude.  The temperature of the water takes some getting used to, but the friendliness of local beach-goers makes up for it.” - Kevin Shea, Indianapolis, Indiana, http://www.aanr.com/best-skinny-dip-experience#content

“We walked on, along a very quiet stretch of beach until we got to the access point for Monknash beach. . . another amazing place, with very dramatic scenery . . . surprisingly the beach was almost empty.  We just walked on but ended up stopping to briefly talk to a M/F textile couple in swimmers walking towards us who asked us what we were doing walking naked on the beach.  We explained that we loved to walk naked on beaches . . . We walked on past the ledge at the western end of Monknash beach which always has some naked people camped out and headed on past the ladders towards Dunraven.  Andi had stashed her stuff on the beach at Dunraven and walked naked eastwards to meet us with a bottle of water. . . The beach at the Dunraven bay end had a few people on it, mostly wearing swimming cozzies, but there were a few naked people (men and women) in evidence, so we stretched out for a well-deserved rest and more water before having another naked swim to cool off.” - https://nakedwalker200.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/fantastic-long-naked-walk-from-aberthaw-to-dunraven/

“Whether you call it nudism or naturism, either way it’s all the same. It is a feeling of freedom, a sense of bonding with other humans.  It is knowing that under all the labels, styles and outfits that fit us into a certain category depending on how we dress, we are all the same.  We are flesh and bones — human!” – Shai Long, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nudist-group-nude-events-men-nyc/

“. . . the normality of the nudist world even extends to entertainment and activities, with sunbathing, shopping, tennis, cycling, swimming and yoga all on the cards.  Not to mention walking along the beach with the wind in your hairs.  So it’s not about insecurities, finger pointing, perverted points of view and what’s socially accepted – naturism is as invigorating as it gets, building confidence and enjoying a community that is little understood by the mainstream.” - https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/caravans/articles/general/naturism-a-bum-deal?platform=hootsuite