HikerRick, I remember when I first started going to the springs back around 1984. At that time you wouldn't see me runnin around in my birthday suit. After spendin time around all the relaxed, friendly and easygoing people down there I figured I'd give it a go. I think its a very positive thing to be so comfortable with yourself that its no problem showin the world your natural form. For some its not thier cup of tea. I remember this one british guy that I saw down at the springs at differant times over the course of a couple of years and one day he commented that he wondered what I would look like with cloths on since he had always seen me nekid at the springs :-) Over time I became relaxed enough ( runnin around in my skin ) to do my hikes in my natural form. Now its so " second nature " that I know I could literally sit in a shopping mall with no cloths on and feel at ease and comfortable. I do in reality restrict my enjoyment of this past-time to environments where the disdain of society will not intrude its ugly head :-) Whether its soakin up the sun on our sailboat, hiking a trail out there in the woolly wilds, or soaking with friendly people at OZ, its a great experience and way of being that I'm glad I was introduced to :-)