Author's note: I know it's been a long time coming, but it is important to me that the story line flows properly. I've received a number of very complimentary remarks about my story so far, and I'm very concerned that following chapters will not meet the same level of quality and enjoyment. I have a full-time job, family, many extracurricular activities and very little time to write. After writing a story, I like it to sit for a while, and then I re-read it. Often the whole story line has to be modified to get it to flow properly. Sometimes I go overboard, and it becomes just too unrealistic (like any of this could be real).
Here is the next chapter in my on-going story of Jennifer and her dad camping. I have at least two more chapters started, but don't expect them for a while. I hope you enjoy this one as much as you did the previous three chapters. Harry Perry
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As Jennifer and I walked the mile or so downstream and through the woods to meet the neighbors, I couldn't help but think about the relationship that was developing between my daughter and me. It was a strange one, to say the least, and I wasn't convinced it was healthy, though I couldn't come up with a reason it was harmful. I'd been brought up in a traditional American conservative environment, which I've always felt was a bit extreme. Society in this country frowns on nudity and anything that can be remotely construed as sexual, but incest is punishable as a sex crime. If a man is convicted, he is branded for life in the legal system.
On the other hand, I hadn't really committed incest; not yet, anyway, and from what I could gather, it certainly wouldn't happen on this trip, if it happened at all. Jennifer wanted to remain a virgin, and I wasn't about to force myself on my own daughter, but she seemed willing to do just about anything else, and that was immensely satisfying. Besides, how could any man deny someone as beautiful as my little girl even if he is her father.
That got me justifying in my mind the evil I had already performed. It made me wonder what constituted incest, anyway? I think a lot of people would say that just showing myself to my teen-aged daughter in an aroused state would be incestuous. Others might say vaginal penetration was required. I'm sure family members romping around naked together, not to mention masturbating together, might be pushing the envelope. Would oral sex be considered incest? Our president tried to claim it wasn't really sex, but I never agreed with that.
Then I had to consider why society is against incest, if what we had done was actually incest. It's usually unacceptable because it's believed that a parent is forcing or seducing the child into something perverse and taking advantage of their position over the child. Quite the opposite had occurred here. My daughter was seducing me! From the way she acted, though, I don't think she would consider it seduction or even incest. She just thought the human body was beautiful and sex was just a part of life that should be enjoyed by all. It really didn't matter who was involved, just as long as they were both comfortable and enjoying the experience. The strange thing was, I liked her thinking a lot better than society's, although I was feeling guilty. Was I just allowing my lust to justify my actions? Was the guilt because it truly was wrong? I couldn't determine from where the guilt was coming except that society's morals made me feel that way.
I was still going through some anxiety about masturbating in front of Jennifer, but her encouragement, her natural sense of it, and the thrill she seemed to get from it made me feel less like a pervert. It was almost as if it was a reward I was giving her. She was so comfortable with her body, and she had such a refreshing view on sex, that I felt compelled to agree with her, but those old taboos that were forced on me all my life kept nagging at my soul. Then again, the thought of her sexy body, watching her masturbate and her enthusiastic open-minded attitude really turned me on.
Again my daughter maintained a light-hearted conversation as we progressed downstream. She told me of how much being in the woods reminded her of some of her hikes with the Girl Scouts, except the scout hikes were usually all girls, and no boys accompanied them.
"My patrol was really cool because we were made up of self-confident, like-minded girls," Jennifer explained. "We all loved camping out and nature. In general, Girl Scouts aren't allowed to go camping alone, you know, without a chaperon, but the parents trusted me, and I made sure everyone was safe.
"We had a blast. We always try to set up a camp that is comfortable and has all the amenities of home, at least the best we can. It was our game to pretend we were the sole survivors of the world, and our campsite was going to be our home forever afterwards. We would play games and hike around to discover our surroundings; whatever struck our fancy during our trip.
"In our game, since we were alone in the world, we would spend the entire weekend naked; all of us wearing only sneakers or hiking boots. We had nothing to fear, and it gave us a better sense of being with nature. Besides, it was kind of erotic exposing ourselves like that and being at risk of being caught. What was cool about our patrol was that there were no pretenses, no judgments, no criticisms and no reason to be embarrassed. The only concern we had was keeping it from our parents. Since we knew our parents would have a fit because of their overly conservative views, we would grind our clothes in the dirt and dunk them in water to make them look like we wore them. It was so relaxing and enjoyable to be free like that."
"You never got caught by anyone else in the woods?" I asked, picturing a bunch of teen-aged girls running around in the woods au naturale and some guys discovering them on their own hike. The thought alone got me aroused, which only added to my normally aroused state around Jennifer.
"Oh, a few times," Jennifer said, "but it was never a problem. The girls were all good girls, and our virginity status never changed during our nature weekends. Usually adults or other girls that would run into us would just smile and leave us alone."
"What about guys? Did you ever run into boys or men hiking?"
"Oh, sure," she said as if it was no big deal. "Most of the time they would follow us around, take pictures of us or beg us to let them touch us, but they never did anything to us without our permission. I think we intimidated them. With the more aggressive ones, the girls would demand that they strip, too, and that usually scared them off. It's funny how modest boys are."
"So, you never really had any problems?" I asked.
"Nope!" she replied. "We always had the best of times, and I think that's why I want to enjoy this weekend with you in much the same way. I'm hoping our trip will be as much fun if not more than what I'm used to with a bunch of girls."
What was she suggesting? She wanted a "nudist weekend" with me? That wouldn't be a problem except that it would announce my constant arousal of her, and I wasn't sure that was a good thing. Maybe she liked that.
As we maneuvered through the woods toward our neighbors, I found myself frequently enjoying the view of my daughter from a number of angles. It amazed me that she was just so beautiful. All of the girls I knew in high school that looked as good as she were stuck up and aloof. They wore clothing that was considered quite revealing in our day, though it wasn't near as revealing as what Jennifer had been wearing or even what I believe was common for girls today. These girls in my high school would act offended if you looked at them or dared to say anything even remotely suggestive or even complimentary. I don't know how my daughter was at school or around her peers, and I figured meeting the neighbors might give me some insight. As far as how she was around me, I didn't see any hint of haughtiness or discomfort as I eyed her perfect body. She almost glowed when she would catch me staring. How she could expect anyone not to stare, especially when she pranced around in a half tee-shirt that barely came down far enough to cover her nipples, was beyond me. It wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't so well endowed, but she was. And then those short-shorts! Why she believed that they were even remotely acceptable in public was a wonder because the shorts didn't hide anything.