It isn't that my wife and I are prudish, we just hadn't really thought of being naked outside. Well, let me correct that, I had thought about it a lot but had never mentioned it to my wife. I am not saying that I wanted to go around in my birthday suit, but the idea of her being on display to all and sundry was very appealing.
Our twentieth wedding anniversary was approaching and, wanting to make it special, I had done some research on the web and found an exclusive health spa about a 3 hours drive from our house. We live in Queensland, Australia and the retreat was in the very beautiful rain forests that we are lucky enough to still have. One of the features that really caught my eye was the relaxation technique of resting in a hammock that was suspended across a running stream, with just enough of a break in the rain forest canopy for the sun to stream down on you. There was of course plenty of time for my wife to have her face done, her body wrapped in mud and both of us enjoying a massage or three.
We were on our way, enjoying the drive, although it seemed to be taking forever. My wife was going over her mental check list of everything that had to be accounted for while we were away. I absentmindedly agreed that we had the kids at her mother's, the dogs were indeed at the boarding kennel and the mail was being held at the post office.
"Well, I think that is everything," she said.
"Yes," I replied, "now there's nothing to do but enjoy a week of pampering and nudity." I held my breath waiting to see if she had heard me and what her reaction would be.
"You can be as nude as you want, just don't get arrested as I am not spending my 20th wedding anniversary trying to get you out of prison," she mumbled as she looked out her window.
I continued, "You know we probably could be nude a lot of this week if we wanted to. The web site says they only have 5 bungalows up here, so there are no more that 10 guests at any time." It sounded like a very good argument to me and I was even warming to the idea of doing a little walking around sans clothes myself.
"Don't even think about it, stupid," she said with a laugh. "I could have stayed at home and seen you walk around naked. This is a special week, so let's make it a little bit different from life at home, with your naked 10 meter dash between the bathroom and our room."
We both laughed at this as the dash was real and had to be done so as not to frighten the children. I guess I could take clothes into the bathroom, but where is the fun in that?
Finally, we made it to the resort and we were shown to our little home for the week. It was great, I especially liked the bathroom that had a ceiling and external walls all made of glass. The view was of the rain forest and would be just like having an outdoor shower, without the insects.
We met the other guests at dinner that night and after the meal we were all shown around the amenities. We saw the massage rooms and all the other rooms that I was sure my wife would be spending a lot of time having her nails, face and hair done in. We were also given the rules, of which there were very few. The main one was to stay away from the other guest's cottages. We were told that privacy while in and around your cottage was of utmost importance and as it was a good 10 minute walk between cottages, we were safe to go for a stroll near our own cottage in privacy.