Kowabunga

This is a bit off of the beaten path for me, but I ound it interesting. Nudist Colonies are having trouble attracting young people to their way of life.

From Fox News:

"We don't want the place to turn into a gated assisted living facility," said Gordon Adams, membership director at Solair Recreation League, a nudist camp in northeast Connecticut that recently invited students from dozens of New England schools to a college day in hopes of piquing their interest.

The median age is 55 at Solair, where a yearly membership is $500 for people older than 40, $300 for people younger than 40 and $150 for college students.

If I were 20-something, why would I want to hang out with a bunch of people more than a generation older than me, the senior citizen crowd, in the buff. As my wife would say: "Ewww!" Come to think of it, I wouldn't want to do it even though I am in the 40-something crowd. I've never been one to run around in the buff to begin with anyway.

Once at a WesterCon, back in 1982, I was surprised that the nudists took over the hotel's swimming area and jacuzzi. I kept my swim trunks on. So did everyone else I was with. Fortunately, one doesn't see that at conventions anymore.

This ain't the '70s anymore. Nude beaches are also not the hot spots that they once were some 30 years ago either. Public nudity, aside from the "Bay to Breakers" race/party perhaps, ain't as popular as it once was.

Thank God! There are very few people I would want to see running around in the buff publically. and I have no doubt that I wouldn't be on anybody's short list either.

Having all of these nudist colonies becoming "assisted living for nudists" brings to mind images I would rather not have. Ewwww!