Skinny Dipping At Naked Hippie Property Woodstock NY
We went to Woodstock, home of the nude hippies. Well, they're not very naked anymore, but more on that later.
When people think of Woodstock, they usually think of the huge, renowned music festival that took place nearby in 1969. Decades before this festival, the town of Woodstock had established itself as a hub for artists, musicians and hippies, with its art colonies and summer music festivals.
Incidentally, I've heard the term "art colony" is how they came up with "nudist colony" in the 1900's, but have yet to check thisDoes anyone know? (Sadly "naturist colony" is a phrase that still prevails today in spite of naturists' attempts to stomp it out. Now we say naturist community, club or resort. FYI, using the phrases or terms "naturist colony" or "naturalist" is like writing "noob" across your brow.)
The central area has quite a number of art galleries and lots of New Age stores. We also checked out their outdoor market where people sell clothing, crystals and gemstones, jewelry and homemade goods.
Hippie Store on Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY
It was fun exploring the town, but the day was blistering hot, so we truly needed to find a spot to swim. I imagine we were pretty confident we'd get to skinny dip because we did not even trouble bringing our bathing suits. This was Woodstock after all and we assumed that there would still by several naked hippies around who would prefer to swim nude.
The website swimmingholes.org listed several areas where people could swim unclothed. So we decided to attempt Big Deep. The site says, "Walk downstream for more distant locations (downstream here bathing suits AREN'T customary and many users would really like to keep it that way!)."
Well, we decided we had discover if that was true. The directions were accurate, and we discovered the water only a short distance in the parking lot. There were lots of people at the end of the trail, all in swimsuits. So we walked along the water and readily discovered a quiet place to strip down.
Skinny Dipping in Big Deep Woodstock
The water was really chilly, but I managed to get in up to my waist. The bottom was mostly mud or clay, and I did not find any fish. We appreciated the peaceful setting for a little while. It is tough to say whether there is a genuine tradition of unclothed swimming here, as we didn't encounter anyone else doing it (no naked hippies - sorry to say).
On the way out we did run into a young couple looking to do the same thing (or at least the girl was). It's fine when some nudies create a nude area like Split Rock in New Paltz, but in the countryside, all you truly need to find is a swimming spot free of one around, to go skinny dipping.
Skinny Dipping at the Enormous Deep Swimming Hole In Woodstock
Skinny Dipping at the Big Deep Swimming Hole In Woodstock NY:
Morley has frequently told the story of his first social nudity encounter at the Woodstock Festival.
" nude pussy beach was in August of 1969, and I, like thousands and thousands of other folks, was at Woodstock. And it was muddy and wet and I was there with a 2 year old and a 1 month old. I was a little scared, but I tried it and it was such an incredible feeling, sensing the air and water and sun all over me, that I was hooked instantly."
https://www.qatar.vcu.edu/?URL=teennudist.site of nudity, drugs, free love, rock n' rollwhen bodies were not so shameful and skinny dipping was no big deal (in some areas at least).
Just for fun, here's a hushed home video clip from your Woodstock Festival, showing folks skinny dipping at 2:31.
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