I have always enjoyed being nude. As a child my parents had a difficult time keeping a swimsuit on me in the summer. In fact, our family often skinny-dipped together on camping trips. I was fascinated by sleeping nude; feeling the cold cotton sheets against my skin. As a teenager, I loved going for bike rides in the country, swimming nude in a gravel pit pond and sunbathing on its banks. Occasionally a friend and I would explore the woods near our homes, and each other, in the innocent play of teenage boys without clothing.
In later years I began to frequent the nude beaches outside of Portland at Sauvie Island and Rooster Rock. There is something totally liberating about sun, wind and water on a naked body in the peacefulness of the outdoors. The memorable fear I had of being around nude boys in the locker room as a kid - and being "found out" or aroused - disappears in the safety of a beautiful nude beach frequented by gay men totally at ease with themselves in the elements. My enjoyment of outdoor nudity has also taken me to incredible locations in Mexico, the Caribbean, Hawaii, British Columbia, Washington State, Florida and California. One experience at a nude beach stands out in my memory.
Several years ago I was sunbathing in a very isolated area of Sauvie Island and experienced an incredible anonymous encounter. I arrived at the nude beach on beach late in the afternoon, found a space protected from the breeze, and immediately fell asleep in the warm glow of the fall sunshine. A sudden lack of sun jolted me awake and I squinted to take in the muscular silhouette of the male figure standing over me in shadow, blocking the warmth. All I could determine was the person had wind-blown blond hair, an incredible tan and a great body. With the sun in my eyes I couldn't see his face at all. He knelt down and began licking the inside of my thighs and beneath my balls. He took both of my balls into his mouth and worked them around until I could stand it no longer. I pushed his head off my crotch, but he made every effort to keep me from seeing his face.