A new experience

Last weekend we got invited to go to the Diamond Fork Hot Springs with some of my husband's friends. We thought it would be a great and much needed opportunity for us to get some time to ourselves and have fun with a great group of people. The group that we were joining warned us however that there might be some nudity involved, so if we were squeamish we had an opportunity to bow out. What made the trip even more interesting was that we left during a hail and lightening storm to go and hike 3 miles into the woods to get to the springs. The craziness of it made it seem all the more fun though.

Luckily when we started hiking the clouds parted and it was almost sunny. When we got to the hot springs there were already a group of people there who were from New Zealand and Denmark. They obviously held no social qualms about being nude and were very proud about it. One guy got out of his hot tub spring that he was soaking in and stood up to greet us as we made our way across a stream over to the hot ponds. The rocks we were crossing in the stream were slippery and you had to climb up and over a wall to the ponds. He was standing on this wall and as I made my way up his "parts" were practically at eye level and I remember thinking, if I slip and fall there's not much else to grab on to around me :) Luckily I did not slip and we made it over to a vacant hot pond.

This was the first time I had met my husband's friends that he bikes with and it was a little awkward socializing with nude people for the first time. I don't have problems with nudity at all, it's just hard to wrap your mind around it sometimes when it's not something you are used to every day in a social situation. It really isn't about being sexual it's just about being free and unhindered and in a natural state. I did admire the unabashed freedom in which the people partook. I did not have the courage to try it. Maybe someday. It was a very cool experience and one that was probably good for the secretly prudish parts of my head.

We all had a good soak in the hot springs, eating smoked trout and sushi, fresh sourdough, and drinking peach home brew. Also a few people got out of the hot pond and jumped into the freezing cold stream. I hesitated to do it myself but then with lots of encouragement I finally did. I am glad because it was the most amazing feeling. The hard part was totally immersing yourself into a dark (it was nighttime by then) cold creek. Then when you got back into the hot pond it felt like every single cell was tingling and then afterwords it felt like you had a massage and you just felt really relaxed. I would definitely do it again! I hope we can go back soon. This group also skis back there in the winter and sits around in the ponds like snow monkeys, I would love to get to do that.

These are pics that I have taken on several different trips, during the day.