Nudist resort, camp or colony?
I know the "politically correct" thing to say is "nudist resort" but, as I look out my window today, really the best word to describe this beautiful place is camp.
As much as the management of these rustic places market the word resort and beg you to us it, people camp here.
When I think of the word resort, I think of places like the Arizona Biltmore Hotel or even nudist resorts in Florida like Caliente and Paradise Lakes.
The Arizona Biltmore is hands-down the best place from a physical plant standpoint I've ever visited. It holds a special place in my heart since it was there 10 years ago that I accepted the top writing award in the country for best feature story in my "real world" job. My newspaper company picked up the major coin for my weekend stay there, including the fully-stocked bar in my room. I almost passed out when I opened the refrigerator door. I never even had a "fridge" in my rooms before, mostly at Motel 6s and Howard Johnson's (but I did a maid at HoJos, see story below).
I don't think of traditional Northeastern nudist places like Penn Sylvan in the Reading area or Goodland Country Club in New Jersey or even the one I live in now for the next month or so, which is the best of that genre, as "resorts."
Hell, using the word resort for places like these is a real stretch. On the other end of the spectrum is the word colony.
When I was growing up, the term "colony" was a popular one when referring to nudists, like ant colony or Pilgrim colony. Or even a cult colony, like those who followed people like Jim Jones and David Korech to their deaths.
Colony is a four-letter word to nudists. I don't know anyone who has ever liked the term.
I haven't heard that in a long, long time, though.
We once had a fire in a trailer here about 15 years ago. The local daily paper had photo of the firemen putting out the flames with a huge headline at the top of the front page: Fire Destroys Trailer in Nudist Colony.
Ugh.
We got a few yucks out of that one here for several days after that.
It still elicits a smile 15 years later.
But when it comes to the traditional Northeast, Mid-Atlantic or New England areas, the word resort doesn't quite fit those kind of nudist places.
Camp works just fine.
As much as the management of these rustic places market the word resort and beg you to us it, people camp here.
When I think of the word resort, I think of places like the Arizona Biltmore Hotel or even nudist resorts in Florida like Caliente and Paradise Lakes.
The Arizona Biltmore is hands-down the best place from a physical plant standpoint I've ever visited. It holds a special place in my heart since it was there 10 years ago that I accepted the top writing award in the country for best feature story in my "real world" job. My newspaper company picked up the major coin for my weekend stay there, including the fully-stocked bar in my room. I almost passed out when I opened the refrigerator door. I never even had a "fridge" in my rooms before, mostly at Motel 6s and Howard Johnson's (but I did a maid at HoJos, see story below).
I don't think of traditional Northeastern nudist places like Penn Sylvan in the Reading area or Goodland Country Club in New Jersey or even the one I live in now for the next month or so, which is the best of that genre, as "resorts."
Hell, using the word resort for places like these is a real stretch. On the other end of the spectrum is the word colony.
When I was growing up, the term "colony" was a popular one when referring to nudists, like ant colony or Pilgrim colony. Or even a cult colony, like those who followed people like Jim Jones and David Korech to their deaths.
Colony is a four-letter word to nudists. I don't know anyone who has ever liked the term.
I haven't heard that in a long, long time, though.
We once had a fire in a trailer here about 15 years ago. The local daily paper had photo of the firemen putting out the flames with a huge headline at the top of the front page: Fire Destroys Trailer in Nudist Colony.
Ugh.
We got a few yucks out of that one here for several days after that.
It still elicits a smile 15 years later.
But when it comes to the traditional Northeast, Mid-Atlantic or New England areas, the word resort doesn't quite fit those kind of nudist places.
Camp works just fine.
posted by My Nude Life at
10:01 AM
1 Comments:
Uhmmm ...you got me thinking about that huh?
Nice blog … Keep it up.
By the way, do you think Christianity is a cult?
If you have an opinion on the subject, please do email me. Alternately, you may want to check it out at the forum
Cheers.
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La Bona, at 11:00 AM
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