Having those late night thoughts while falling asleep yesterday, when a silly little memory randomly popped into my head: the day I had accidentally stumbled upon nudists on a public trail! 😱
(Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of my own of the location, but thankfully there's Google! Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zpo5Kks5KNqDyqos6?g_st=ac)
This had happened several years ago, back when my ex and I were traveling out west of Canada 🇨🇦 We had made it to Alberta and were exploring some of the trails and parks. One of them was this one: Weaselhead Flats. My ex and I parked the car, then made our way into the great outdoors.
For the first 20 minutes or so, everything was great! The paths were extremely muddy -- quicksand-muddy, lose-a-shoe-in-it mud -- but we were able to see a ton of animal tracks. There was a lovely river that opened into a pond, where we found fish and lots of shiny rocks! What was most surprising: for how beautifully tranquil the area was, there wasn't a single other person there! 😬
That was, until, we went further down the river...
(Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GASzutMNz6uMgCvU9?g_st=ac)
We were sitting on the one side, taking a minute to relax and have a snack to eat. When I looked up, I finally noticed another person enjoying the scene with us, sitting on the opposite side of the river, only there was something very off about him -- he was completely nude!! 😱 I immediately turned away; the amount of shame and embarrassment I felt was too much to bear! I thought to myself, my God, surely we've just unintentionally walked in on this man's private sunbathing spot!
I went to tell my ex, only he had news of his own: "There's more than just one." I followed his line of sight to find two more completely nude individuals! At that point, I was beginning to sweat -- we were actually AT a nudist resort?! Had we missed some signs somehow!?
My plan then changed to, okay, let's just play things cool! Nudists tend to be very relaxed people. I'm sure they won't mind our presence if we don't pay them attention...
How wrong I was! Within a minute of this thought, one of the participants rudely called out to us, "Excuse me! You know this is a nudist area, right?"
I called back, "No! There was nothing to let us know otherwise!"
I can't remember his next words, but it was something along the lines of, "Well, read the room!"
I had never been so offended before -- to grant these people the benefit of the doubt, all the while making ME uncomfortable, then asking US to leave a public location! The fucking audacity of such assclowns! 😂
(Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/m8kFtsxNgXEUYPTy7?g_st=ac)
We eventually just ended up leaving the river and continued down a different part of the trail, where we did not encounter anymore nudists. After we left, I went to check on Google Reviews -- because being the self-aware person that I am, III wanted to make sure III hadn't made a mistake! 😂 (AND to leave a review of my own!)
There were absolutely no reviews to hint at any nudity. What's more, there wasn't a single review to indicate otherwise -- people had been going to this trail for YEARS -- and zero mentions of nudists.
So anyway, I will end it off on this review 😄 You are welcome to look it up for yourself as well! To this day, you STILL will not find a single word about nudists. One of the most baffling experiences of my life! 😱
