A lot has happened since the last story. Cindy and I got married, and I took a job in the Boston area. We continued our nudist life, and developed a great network of friends.
We got a call from some friends of ours out of the blue, Kris and Ward. A hurricane was about to hit their home area, and after what happened several years ago, they decided to leave town for a few weeks. They figured they would make the most of this forced vacation and come see us. Cindy and Kris were close, and even though they spoke only once every few months, it was like they had never lost touch. I could tell Cindy needed some girlfriend time, so we invited them to stay with us.
Ward and I had several things in common, but we had very different backgrounds. The one thing I did know was that Ward would often streak around the house. Kris complained rather loudly that his exhibitionist husband would get them all in trouble some day.
We spent the first few days traveling around the area. On the third day, Kris wanted to go to the beach. Cindy explained that we did not own bathing suits.
"What???" exclaimed Kris. "Then why do you both look so nicely tanned? Are you fake baking it or something?"
"No Kris, it's just that we're nudists." Cindy quietly explained.
"Nudists? So you like hang out nekid with other people and look at each others dingies dangling about?" Kris blurted out.
"No, nothing like that at all. We just hate the confinement of bathing suits and the sand in our suits. Frankly, it is so much less sexually charged than a textile beach that it really feels more natural." Cindy calmly stated.
"Well, Ward is the only one who has seen me naked, and is the only one who ever will. It was in our vows...til death do we part. Fine, what else can we do?" This was a statement more than a question. "Let's go hiking in the mountains somewhere." Snorted Kris, and the subject was closed.
Cindy, always seeing the bright side of everything, took this idea and ran with it. She decided there was a great place to go hike for days, and a great lake too. Hidden on a mountain top, miles away from everything. And on one side of the lake was our favorite nudist escape. A place we never wore anything. We knew the area trails well. We hiked up there frequently. Start at our "nudist resort", and hike for a few days. We never put on a stitch of clothes.
"OK, I know just the place. We can park the car at this pull off near the highway and hike for two hours up to this lake. It will be fun." Cindy smiled. She knew I could tell what she was up to, but just remained mum.
We packed the car and figured we would head out early the next morning. It took only two hours to get there. The pull off was empty, probably because it was Monday morning. Occasionally we would run across someone who had parked there but rarely has any one ever found us hiking nude. We loaded up our backpacks and took off down the trail.
Not even forty five minutes into the hike, Ward started to complain he was hot. I told him about a stream about fifteen minutes away and he could seek some relief there.
When we arrived, he comically walked on the rocks, trying not to get his clothes wet while dipping his head into the pools of water. We all laughed at his antics. Kris even yelled over to him "Hey honey, why don't you just jump in naked. You can catch up to us further up the trail."
We all laughed at her suggestion and turned up the trail. As I headed up the path, Kris grabbed Cindy's arm and whispered in her ear. Cindy stepped back and said loud enough for me to hear "Sure, you and I can go skinny dip in our undies up stream and we can leave the boys back there. Les will not try to peak. After all, he already knows how hot I am naked". With that, the girls laughed and headed to the stream.
Ward was bathing in the cool water wearing his tighty whities, half hiding behind a boulder when I returned.
"Oh, thank goodness it is you, I was afraid it was a bear or something" Ward sighed.
"No, no bears, just bares" I laughed as I pulled off my shirt and sat down to pull off my boots. I stood up and dropped my shorts. Neither Cindy nor I wear undies while hiking, so Ward was surprised to see me walking toward him nude.
"I don't know how you do it. You look so comfortable naked out here in nature. Aren't you afraid someone will see us?" Ward questioned.
"No, never had a concern about that. We have met some people up here, and nine times out of ten, they are this far into the woods for the same reason we are -- to commune with nature." I confided.
"You look more comfortable than I am. Since you are sure no one will mind, let me get out of these wet uncomfortable things!" Ward said as he shucked his white cotton shorts.
Twenty minutes or so later, Kris and Cindy came ambling down the trail toward our spot. Kris's clothes were soaked where her bra and panties were. She obviously went swimming in her underwear, and got dressed while they were still wet. Cindy however was topless, with a dripping wet shirt strapped to the outside of her backpack. Ward was the first to notice their return. He ducked behind a rock and cat called to Cindy "Hey, love the new shirt Cindy. I guess they didn't have any that fit you though, did they Hon?"
"Ha Ha funny man. Your wife here realized after our swim we had left the towels with you, so she picked up MY shirt to dry off with. Then she fell back into the water, with my shirt in her hand. I figured I would let it dry out as we hiked. Kris and I figured you would not mind me walking like this." My wife explained.
"No, not at all. It would be better if you both did, but I am not going to push my luck." Ward laughed looking at his wife who was standing there with her arms crossed and giving Ward the look which said 'You can look, but you sure better not enjoy!'
Kris turned and walked up the trail as we got out, and to further the joke, used Cindys shirt to dry the sweat off her brow. She laughed so hard she needed to sit down.
Us guys decided to go topless too, just so Cindy did not feel uncomfortable (now if that wasn't a joke). We hiked for another hour or so, Cindy as the last hiker just until Kris lightened up a bit.
By the time we made it to our camp site, we had all forgotten Cindy was topless. It was natural for everyone, even Kris. We came over the hill, and there it was...our site. The sun shone on the lake like it was covered in diamonds, and there was not a sound except for the birds and the trees moving. Absent mindedly, we threw our gear onto the mat of pine straw which lay below our feet, and Ward, Cindy and I began to strip off the rest of our clothes to head into the lake. Before Kris knew what had happened, we were all half way into the water, racing each other to be the first one in.
Once we all dove in, Kris yelled "What about me?"
"Well, come on in and cool down, the water feels great Hon!" Ward hollered back.