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We arrived last night after 50 hours at sea. We didn't make it all the way to Manhattan. Instead, we anchored for the night at Sandy Hook, NJ, within sight of The Battery. We got cell phone signals for the first time in a while, so we called the kids to say hello.
I chatted for a while with my daughter in law, Cathy, up in Fairbanks. Cathy is from New Jersey. I mentioned that we were at Sandy Hook. Cathy said, "Oh. That's where the nude beach is." "NUDE BEACH," I said, "Wow! Where are my binoculars?" I've never seen a nude beach populated by naked women before. It sounds like marvelous fun.
Libby overheard. She said, "We can stay here tomorrow and you can take the dinghy over to the nude beach." Our son Dave, on the phone, suggested that we both should go to the nude beach. Unfortunately, our camera is missing. We haven't seen it for more than a week. We also have a Bushnell binocular/camera combo that should be ideal for nude beaches, but alas, it doesn't work.
The last straw came this morning. It turned out to be a gray, foggy, chilly day; the kind of day that the nude beach would be deserted. Oh well, I guess it was just not in my destiny to ever get to the nude beach.
The positive part though was what Dave said before hanging up. He said, "If you went to the nude beach and wrote it up on your blog, you could triple your blog readership." Hmmmm, what an interesting thought. All I would have to do is to write a blog post salted with phrases such as nude beach, camera, binoculars, and naked women. Hey, what a coincidence; isn't that what I just wrote? Call it an experiment in Internet socio-dynamics and pretend that we don't already know the answer. In a month, when the Google statistics for this blog come out, I'll let you know if Dave was right.
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You Mean to tell me you guys never sail nude!i thoought most sailors were nude offshore in good weather, remember the human body is no big deal!
ReplyDeleteBeen next to a nude beach before. Very disappointing.
ReplyDeleteSeems that super models tend to avoid them, go figure. However, there were plenty of wrinkled, sun baked, out of shape people over 50. Applying sunscreen to your **** right out there on the beach must be quite the visual. Whatever makes you happy I guess. By the way, cameras are a big no-no on a nude beach. My buddy was educated pretty quickly about that. He almost lost his camera.
Fair winds,
Paul B
Sodus Bay