Show me yours and I’ll show you mine.

There are several nudist camps scattered about Texas for those interested in the “natural” life.  There are some that are not the normal Clubhouse / Jacuzzi / Discothèque paradises and instead provide a no-frills, run-down, out of the way location that leaves much to be desired.

The campgrounds are hidden way from prying eyes, after all when camping naked you don’t want to feels as if you are on display, instead you want to be part of an ensemble.  Albeit a sweaty, sunburned ensemble.

The land itself is nothing spectacular; loose dirt, sparse shade and dry creek beds, the perfect place to drop Trou and live free, at least until you take the time to figure out a few things.

Bordering the camp, there are miles of barbed wire, keeping animals and people on the right sides as far as the eye can see, until the whiteness of nothingness in the distance burns your retinas.  Maybe this is why no one gets offended  when they accidentally stare into the brown blinking eye of a bent over Mammoth – they’re already blind.

Space is abundant but shade is limited and thus; it makes sense that not only will the human campers search out the cooler locations, so will any numbers of creatures, many of which have no fear of nibbling on exposed skin for their afternoon snack.  Sharing the day and night with bugs, snakes, mosquitoes and ants is never a good idea, especially if naked.  One could find their “bits” covered in bites. 

One more word of caution, if including an air mattress into the camping gear is a must; remember that sliding sticky skin against plastic can leave the equivalent of “rug burns” on already burned flesh.  So before you decide to camp naked in the hot Texas sun, think it through.  Although I do not speak from experience I just wanted to give some words of caution.  Now, if you’ll excuse me I have a calamine bath to get too.

Happy camping from Texas…

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