My Gay Campground Experience(s): It's certainly a different kind of fun...
I went from complete fear to trying new things, relaxing, and simply having fun...
There is a clothing-optional gay campground about an hour and a half from where we live. It took about three visits for me to stop being weird about being there.
I keep my swim trunks on <— that changed yesterday (more later in this article). It turns out getting nekkid at a clothing-optional campground is not a big deal even though my husband’s eyes got huge :). He enjoyed the moment he once thought would never happen.
If you look around the campgrounds, especially around the pool area, there are many swinging richards, tater tots, beer cans, and scary anacondas of all flavors. Plus, who knew there was jewelry for your p*cker out there? I didn't… until now.
In every way, been quite the education.
The first time I went to the campground…
I was filled with fear and anxiety. All I did was get drunk and lay in my board shorts and t-shirt on one of the pool chairs. I ignored everyone. Dan and our friends had a lot of fun hanging out in the cabana and pool while I stewed in my feelings until I couldn’t feel or function. Not a healthy response, but that happened on my first visit.
The second time…
It was Labor Day last year, and I was still in board shorts. But this time, I didn’t get drunk; I had fun standing around with our friends in the pool. I was full of anxiety but no fear. I didn’t like the men flirting with Dan and must have mean-mugged them because they stopped immediately. Later that night, Dan and I got a bit frisky in the pool. Then we took the fun to our friend’s pick-up truck’s tailgate outside their camper. I was NOT going to have sex in the pool in front of other people doing the same thing. While testing the back shock absorbers on the truck in the most fun way possible, I realized that I was having fun “camping” for the first time ...
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