First Naked Man Experience
By Martin Moulton
Although I have been to Laguna Del Sol in Wilton CA several times before on lesser holidays, the first weekend of August was my very first #NakedMan Experience. My fellow classmate, Davey (Dartmouth ’88) and his wife and sons have a lovely “crib”-like home/spa-oasis (large lap pool, in-pool jacuzzi, outdoor cabana/kitchen, and pool house/office with kitchenette/laundry, and five to seven productive fruit trees) just outside downtown Sacto, from where I have pedaled to and fro on the not terrible, but far from ideal, direct route from there to LdS. We only spotted two cyclists along the 2 hour, 35-mile pedal route, with a 105ºF high.
The countless numbers of Nudists and Pedalers (& ebikes & e-scooters & e-unicycles) zipping around 25-acre Lake Archie present on Wayne & Suzanne Schell’s massive 250-acre private compound (unlike most other local Nudist resorts with far less paved and wheelable road/trail space) seemed like another no-brainer fit for my five fellow WNBRist buddies and I to promote our upcoming remaining two rides of 2026.
I spoke extensively with one very active and tall 70-year-old, Scott, from nearby Folsom (who, as a career, helps folks navigate the booming green energy home-solar panel industry) who had just completed the 50K Rodeo Valley Trail Run/Walk along the Coast. Scott found the number of Nudist-welcoming merchants in San Francisco listed on our handout even more interesting than the exciting opportunity to get in some naked exercise and advocate for good causes while touring around a bustling cosmopolitan Nudist-Safe-Zone. He and I, and a lovely, very astute and funny Asian-American lady from San Francisco, had a long conversation in the jacuzzi touching on several aspects of Platonic Nudism to marketing and sales.