Not going to comment on the local versus non-local theme again (see the post below this one), but for quite a while - I started going to the springs around 2004-5 as well - i have mostly stopped visiting on weekends unless I know that a group of like minded naturist friends would be there, or a naturist group was planning a day. Critical mass. Sometimes people have used this board to arrange such weekend visits (Celtfire did so a few years back and we had a great day.) I will visit on the weekend during cold weather months, when most use the springs as they should be - in my experience. In these beautiful spring months, I try to visit during the week and usually find the place to be mostly naturist when I do. But every trip is different. I'm of the philosophy that if you skinny dip and have a joyous time, it is kind of contagious down there ... usually ...