Conference moira::naturism

    Suggestions for future get-togethers include visits to
    Solair Recreation League in Connecticut and the Ledges
    in Vermont.
    
    The Moonstone Beach get-together is coming up in June.
    
    Any other ideas?

    We had our outting at Moonstone today and it went very well.
    We had ten people show up and everyone had a good time.
    
    In the section of the beach to the west of the road, a channel was
    washed away so that the pond and the ocean were now connected.
    The high tide filled up the pond and the water poured back into
    the ocean all day long.  The water in the pond was much warmer than
    the ocean so we were able to go into the water; the ocean
    was VERY cold.
    
    The day went so well that everyone agreed that we should get together
    more often.  We have planned on the next day already.  Send mail
    if you want to find out when this  and all future announcements
    for get-togethers at Moonstone.
    
    Ben
    

Hi all,
    
I volunteered to set up the next outing.  This time it's going to be:
    
			    The Ledges!   
    
If you want to know more about The Ledges - Read NOTE 13.*
    
If you're interested in going, contact me for details.

Thanks,

- Molly -
    
                           

Molly is too busy with work recently, so she asked me to write up the trip
report for her:

On Saturday, July 15, Molly and I and a group of noters from the NATURISM
file went to the Ledges in Wilmington, VT.  We also had some mutual friends
there who were able to provide a speedboat for waterskiing.  Since the boat
would be there, we decided to bring along our large yellow raft (actually an
aircraft escape slide) and use the boat to tow the raft from the parking
area to the Ledges.

We had a good turnout, with 16 noters showing up, despite cloudy skies that 
cooled the air considerably.  But by 1 o'clock or so, the clouds had blown 
away, and we were treated to another beautiful sunny Vermont afternoon.  
People didn't do a lot of waterskiing, but we got some good use from the raft, 
which was large enough to accommodate more than a dozen people, and was much 
softer than a towel on the rocks.  At one point the State Police boat came by
to check out the raft.  We were a little worried that maybe there was
something wrong with having it out there.  But as it turns out - they were
just curious about what it was.  Molly told them that it was an airplane
escape slide, and then joked about a 747 just having crashed in the lake and
sunk, leaving just the escape chute floating.  The officer (who had a good
sense of humor), then said "And let me guess.... during the crash landing,
everyone's clothes must've been blown off!"  

I missed the Moonstone trip, so this was my first time getting together with
folks from the notefile, and it was nice to be able to put some faces to the
names.  I had a really good time, and I hope everyone else enjoyed themselves
too.

Many thanks to Molly for organizing the trip, and also to Ben and Shawn who
helped me put the raft away at the end of the day.  I'm looking forward 
to a Solair trip, and I'll hopefully see you there!

Carl

    RE: .5
    
    And it took me forever to figure out why they kept referring to the
    raft as "BIB"...
    
    "*BIG* Inflateable Boat"...it looked like the Loch Ness monster
    as it was being towed. :-)
    
    
    B.

    RE: .5
    
    	I give up where or how did somebody manage to get hold of an
    aircraft escape slide? And who blew it up???!!!
    
    		Dave....

    I think a bunch of people bought the BIB from Building 19 somewhere
    in Massachusetts.  It's amazing how much air comes out of a gas-powered
    leaf blower..
    
    B.

The day for the Solair visit has been picked!

We're going to Solair in Connecticut on Sunday, August 13th.

Molly has offered to bring a barbecue grill for cooking burgers and hot dogs
and whatever.  The easiest way to handle this is to have each person bring
what they want to cook and eat.  

I called up Solair to find out what their gate fees for one-time visitors were.
The fee is $15 if you are a member of the Naturists or the ASA.  It's $20 for
others.  I realize that is kinda steep, but this is a chance for everyone
to visit a naturist campground if they haven't gone to one yet.

The place has a pond for swimming as well as courts for volleyball and tennis.
It would be ideal if we could get enough people for a volleyball game there.
There are enough trails for walking around the campground.

As usual, I'll take names and try to arrange for car pools.  I'll send 
directions to anyone who wants them.

B.

    The Tri-State Sun Club is presenting a 4 day Mid Summer Celebration
    in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, near Stroudsburg, from 
    August 17th-20th.  I'd like to organize a group to share cabins
    containing 6-10 people.

    The location has hundreds of secluded acres of rustic countryside
    to enjoy in the nude, two pools plus beautiful lakes with boats
    and canoes, large catered eating facilities, entertainment &
    recreation centers, dozens of tennis & volleyball courts, camping
    areas for tenting, RV's, trailers & vans, plus many other sports
    facilities.
    
    The event will include fabulous door prizes, coed volleyball
    competition with cash prizes, three full evenings of music and dancing,
    professional bluegrass band, golden oldies party & costume contest
    with prizes, massage, open-stage talent show, campfire sing-along,
    art & photography shows, and special interest group & children's 
    activities (including Singles activities).
    
    The prices per person are as follows: 
    
                   CABIN RATES                   CAMPING/TENTING RATES
                   (with meals)            (with meals)     (without meals)
              Adults  Children  # Meals  Adults  Children  Adults  Children
    Thu-Sun:   145      120         9      140     100       85       30
    Fri-Sun:   115       90         7      110      85       65       25
    Sat-Sun:    80       60         4       75      50       50       15
    Thu-Sat:   115       90         7      110      85       65       20
    Fri-Sat:    85       65         5       80      55       50       15
    
    
    If you are not a member of Tri-State, ASA, Naturist Society or other
    recognized organizations, add $20 to prices.  Children prices are
    ages 4-12, under 4 yrs. are FREE.  No smoking in cabins or buildings.
    
    If you would like to go and share a cabin, please send me mail and
    I'll send you more information.  If you would like to camp, call
    Michael Gesner at (201) 689-1048 (after 7:30 PM) for more info.
    
    The following information will be requested for each participant:
    Name, Address, Phone, Affiliation & ID #, days attending, and 
    participation in talent show, volleyball competition, costume contest, 
    and sing-along (bring instruments).  Membership cards will be checked 
    at the event.
    
    Please reply to me ASAP since cabin space is on a first come first 
    serve basis.  Hope lots of you can join us!!!
    
    
    
     

    RE: .9
    
    I assume no one went to Solair today, because we got the worst rain
    in a long time.
    
    Since that was so, I'd like to see if we could reschedule the visit
    for September 9th or 10th.  I would imagine that a trip to Solair 
    would be more comfortable than a trip to Moonstone since there are
    trees at Solair to block the wind during that time of year.  Let me
    know if you would be interested in making a trip to Solair that
    weekend.
    
    
    B.

    
>    I assume no one went to Solair today, because we got the worst rain
>    in a long time.
 
    Wrong! One nice thing about nuding is that rain dosn't get your
    cloths wet.
    
    All the people at Solair were commenting on how full the lake was,
    the beach area was under water, and the road threatened with flooding
    (it reminded me of Northen NSW just afer Easter this year). 
    
    The Hot Tub was hot, and the company pleasent. Though I did miss
    all those deccies that were supposed to be comming.
    
Peter.    
    

    Hi All,
    
    	I am going to be up at the ledges on Sunday (3rd), and since I
    heard that others of you will be there too, I wanted to meet some of
    you.  Just stop by and say hi; you can't miss me, I'll be the one with
    the beard, long hair, wife, and 5 mo baby.
    
    Hope to see you there, but if not, I'll see you at Solair on the 9th.
    
    					Fran
    

Well, I can't make it Sunday, but is anyone going on Saturday?


Jim

    This has been announced to the regular people on my Moonstone.dis...
    
    A bunch of us are going to make an outing trip to Solair Recreation
    League in Connecticut this Saturday, September 9th.  I expect to get
    there myself around 9 am and I'm willing to pick people up along the
    way if they need a ride.
    
    Molly offered to bring a grill last time and I hope she'll keep the
    offer open since the "kitchen" at Solair closes down after Labor Day;
    otherwise, we'll have to fend for ourselves.
    
    
    For more info, send mail.
    
    B.

    Today was our outing to Solair in Connecticut.  Ten people from
    the notesfile showed up.
    
    After the obligatory guided tour of the place, we staked out an area
    on the beach, not that we spent all that much time there.  Most of
    us stayed at the volleyball court where there was a game constantly
    being played.  Turns out that Molly was a ringer with tons of
    experience.  The regulars at Solair were also quite good.
    
    Nobody brought tennis rackets, which was just as well since the courts
    were being used all the time.
    
    The people at Solair were very nice; they talked to us and helped us
    find each other once they knew that a bunch of us were meeting there.
    They thought it was great that we had this notesfile and could talk
    and meet for outings.
    
    The kitchen was open after all (only on the weekends, until some time
    in October).  The people who congregated around the tennis courts had
    a gas grill permanently by the courts that everyone could use.  We
    didn't even have to bother with the charcoal that Molly brought.
    
    We (our group) were the wild people in the place.  There were mostly
    family types there when we got there and most everyone was very quiet.
    We stood around in a group to talk and I guess we stood out a bit.
    
    The place has gotten a bit more conservative since they had some legal
    problems with their neighbors.  They installed high complete fences
    around the entrance area since they had some problems with visitors
    early in the season.  SOlair will allow singles visitors only on the 
    weekend now, unless accompanied by a Solair member.  
    
    If you visit Solair with the potential for joining, get membership in 
    the Naturist Society first.  You'll recover half the Naturists
    membership fee by paying lower gate fees during your introductory
    visits.
    
    I used to be a member at Solair so my opinion might be biased. Could 
    one of the other people from today's visit give your opinion of the 
    place, please?
    
    Ben
    
    PS: Molly, I like your new nickname. :-) :-) (ha-ha!!!!!!)

    Being new to the use of notes I am a little late for this year but
    for next year I would suggest as one area of activity Bare Back
    packing. I listed my schedule for the 1990 season. And am intrested
    in meeting other DEC naturists for other activities.
    John Reid

    Bareback hiking?  :-)
    
    Sounds like another idea for something to do with other naturists.
    I'm sure that some of the people here would be interested in trying
    something different.  It would probably be an interesting experience.
    
    B.
    

    Yep Bare Back packing! I am using note 130 as my soap box to tell
    those intrested about my trips that I go on in the White Mountains
    on New Hampshire. I started my SIG three seasons ago. I am also
    a member of New England Naturists Association. I am the SIG leader
    and have a news letter that goes from March to October. Any one
    intrestes in receiving it only needs send 8 stamps and your address.
    
    As far as Bare Back packing goes I have enough trail tents to
    accomodate a crew of 14 people. I provide a liost of 26 items that
    you would need. I set up the trips to accomodate the experience
    level of the group. The goal is to have a good time! If those joining
    me are not experienced we can set up a base camp and do a series
    of day hikes. If people have experience or are in good shape we
    can do three days  of continious bare back packing. I have with
    some who have joined me hiked 12 to 15 miles each day. Its geared
    to the group. I only charge the cost of the trail food and require
    those going with me to provide their food money a week in advance
    to lock in their tent space and show their commetment. I buy the
    food and we all meet at the Merrimack Hilton Hotel on Continental
    Blvd in Merrimack. Its safer then MK1 or 2. We consolodate down
    to a few cars and head north. If the trip is called because of rain
    I will refund everyones money. I am not doing this for profit only
    to find other hardy soles that are intrested in joining me on a
    bare back packing trip.
    Todate I have not encountered any problems in the three summers
    I have been running this sig. We usually hike in a few yards before
    stripping down so as not to cause a problem at the start of the
    trip. We put away our cloths and dont use them again until the end
    of the trip or if its  cold at night. I also recomend Muskol 100%
    deet (the emporers cloths) to keep off the bugs. Since this note
    seems active and looking for naturist activities and I am looking
    for intrested people who may want to try a trip I will drop a note
    here to say HI.
    By the way what other things do you all do? Possible my wife and
    I could join you.
    John

    Bare Back Packing an enjoyable experience for male and female.
    I do not know how many women read this note but if there are single
    or married women who do I would be very intrested in finding out
    what intrest there might be from the female gender to go on a Bare
    back packing trip. I know from experience that women can carry a
    back pack as well as a man. Its just a function of yor physical
    condition and how well you take care of your self. So may be some
    of you would care to respond.
    My wife would bare back pack if she did not have a physical disability
    that prevents her from joining me its something she always wanted
    to do. We do camp on occasion.

I was talking with someone (or several people) about the possibility
of getting a bunch of people from the Naturist notesfile for a day trip
to Solair (near Sturbridge, MA).  June 23rd came up as a possible day for
this outing.  As far as I know, there are no major naturist trips on that
day (correct me if I'm wrong) so if anyone is interested in visiting
Solair this year with other naturist noters, please let me know. Actually,
it really doesn't matter if you let me know, but it would be nice to know
if anyone's going.

As usual, I will try to arrange carpools if people need them.

Ben
    

    Gee, I'd LOVE to go !
    
    CarPool ?  Can you stop by Canada on your way to Solair ?  
    I need a ride !
    
    :-)
    
    Darrell
    

    Ben, Is the June 23 Solair visit still on?  I am interested (i.e. Will
    be going), and my girl friend will be visiting a nudist camp for the
    first time.  We are planning on camping there on Saturday night.  If
    there is anything social going on, we will stay in camp in the evening,
    otherwise we will be going to the Plainfield Greyhound Park (clothed,
    of course!  ;-)  We will be happy to have other DECnaturists join us!
    
    The weather has been HOT here in the Northeast lately!  Let's see a
    good response.
    
    (BTW, I have been going to Neil's Waterfall in Wilton, NH lately, and
    the water has been beautifully comfortable - cooling, but not
    freezing.  I intend to stop by tonight after work, also.  There have
    been an average of 6 to 8 people there, most of them nude.)
    
    See you at Solair!
    
    Jack

Hmm.  Didn't SOLAIR get moved out to 7/7?


Jim 

The next Solair visit has been moved to July 7th...

Too many damn conflicts...

Solair is having their "Bring a friend" day on the 23rd...
NENA is having their next swim on that day...
Someone is having a "MAJOR" party that day...:-)
Argh....

Those on the distribution list will get notified next week for carpooling...

B.

    Some people have expressed an interest in visiting Solair this summer.
    
    I'd be interested in organizing such a trip and seeing if we can talk
    Solair into letting our group of DEC Naturists in for a visit for a
    discounted fee.  I'm thinking of putting together a visit in early
    June to avoid conflicts with the Eastern Gathering and other naturist
    events.  If you're interested, send me mail.
    
    Ben

    We *were* planning on going to Moonstone tomorrow, but I heard it'll
    be in the high-sixties or low seventies...kinda cool for Moonstone.
    Why don't we go to SOlair instead?
    
    B.,

I and a bunch of my friends will be making a trip out to the Ledges next
Saturday, August 22nd.  I thought this coincided with a planned NENA trip,
but I don't see it on my calendar.  Anyway, if you would like to join us,
please do!

Carl

    The following activities are being planned by NENA or the NENA Singles
    group, but they are open to everyone.  If you want more information or
    to be included, send mail.  In case of inclement weather they will be
    cancelled (no rain dates).  If you send mail, I'll send you my home
    phone and you can call to see if the group is still going.
    
    Activities:
    
    Sat. 9/4  - Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard - NENA organized, bus will meet
                the 7:15 ferry from WOODS HOLE - call 800-722-6362 to reserve
                space on bus or more info - bus costs $10/person
    
    Sun. 9/5  - Solair, MA/CT line - NENA Singles group event - contact me -
	        $15/day (singles), $20/day (couples) - Directions: Mass.
                Turnpike Exit 9 south to Sturbridge.  Left onto 131 east to
	        Southbridge. 4 miles from intersection turn right onto Elm st
	        for 1.5 miles, then right onto Alpine Drive for 2.7 miles.  
	 	At intersection of Brickyard Rd and English Neighborhood
		Rd turn right onto dirt road. Phone 203-928-9174
    
    Mon. 9/6  - Ledges, VT - Boats will be available! - camping possible
                the night before - contact me

                          ********** ADDED EVENT ***********
    Sat. 9/11 - C/O Sail out of Newburyport, MA - 40 ft boat limited to
		first 15 respondees - donation $10 - contact me
                          **********************************

    Sun. 9/12 - Dove Star, Hooksett,NH - swim/sun/sauna & croquet tournament - 
                Time 11-4/5, $10 per person - Naturist NH Event - call
		603-524-3805

                          *********** NEW DATE ***********    
    SUN. 9/19 - C/O Hike in White Mtns - no experience necessary - meet at
                6 AM in Merrimack, NH or at Campground - NENA Singles event -
		contact me ASAP - NOTE CHANGE IN DAY FROM SAT. 9/18!!!
                          ********************************

    Fri-Sun.  - C/O Intimacy Workshop - presented by the Human Awareness
    9/24-26     Institute - contact me
    
    Hope lots of you can join in!
    
    Robin DTN 276-8381 or 508-496-8381