THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

TUCSON MOUNTAIN RECONNOITER PART III 2021-01-04 The First Nude Hike of the New Year The previous week, we explored the south end of the Tucson Mountains. It is a promising new playground, a short drive from home. The Story is h NEED A NUDE TRAIL? MAKE ONE 2018-06-16 I mentioned this trail once before, when we visited Ken and Amie’s hilltop near Dewey, Arizona. Then, it was just a hilltop, a garden, a trail and plans. Now, there is a pleasant home on top and a system of stealthy trails to wander, to meditate and explore. We came

up from Tucson on

MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

NUDE HIKING

The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration through ritual. I would suppose that this won’t be everyone’s cuppa, but food for thought. This is the story of one of two rituals required during my studies. They were accomplished completely nude.

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

TUCSON MOUNTAIN RECONNOITER PART III 2021-01-04 The First Nude Hike of the New Year The previous week, we explored the south end of the Tucson Mountains. It is a promising new playground, a short drive from home. The Story is h NEED A NUDE TRAIL? MAKE ONE 2018-06-16 I mentioned this trail once before, when we visited Ken and Amie’s hilltop near Dewey, Arizona. Then, it was just a hilltop, a garden, a trail and plans. Now, there is a pleasant home on top and a system of stealthy trails to wander, to meditate and explore. We came

up from Tucson on

MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

NUDE HIKING

The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration through ritual. I would suppose that this won’t be everyone’s cuppa, but food for thought. This is the story of one of two rituals required during my studies. They were accomplished completely nude.

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. JUNE | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 1 post published by lasthouseob1 during June 2021. 2020-03-17. Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have

used once.

FEBRUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Because of unprecedented drought, a fire has devastated mile upon mile of lush Sonoran desert. Two hundred year old saguaros are burnt and slowly dying among scorched dark hues of black and brown. The coating is like earth under a leaky car on the completely barren landscape. Tall cottonwood trees, formally a riparian habitat, are black sticks MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

MARCH | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST As we sit quietly eating breakfast, still in shirts, cuddled by our folding chairs, yet another white p/u truck pulls up and stops where the road gets particularly nasty. This time, a family gets out and parades past, following the road. The father marches ahead like a tall commander in front of his troops. MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

NEED A NUDE TRAIL? MAKE ONE 2018-06-16 I mentioned this trail once before, when we visited Ken and Amie’s hilltop near Dewey, Arizona. Then, it was just a hilltop, a garden, a trail and plans. Now, there is a pleasant home on top and a system of stealthy trails to wander, to meditate and explore. We came

up from Tucson on

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. JUNE | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 1 post published by lasthouseob1 during June 2021. 2020-03-17. Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have

used once.

FEBRUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Because of unprecedented drought, a fire has devastated mile upon mile of lush Sonoran desert. Two hundred year old saguaros are burnt and slowly dying among scorched dark hues of black and brown. The coating is like earth under a leaky car on the completely barren landscape. Tall cottonwood trees, formally a riparian habitat, are black sticks MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

MARCH | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST As we sit quietly eating breakfast, still in shirts, cuddled by our folding chairs, yet another white p/u truck pulls up and stops where the road gets particularly nasty. This time, a family gets out and parades past, following the road. The father marches ahead like a tall commander in front of his troops. MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

NEED A NUDE TRAIL? MAKE ONE 2018-06-16 I mentioned this trail once before, when we visited Ken and Amie’s hilltop near Dewey, Arizona. Then, it was just a hilltop, a garden, a trail and plans. Now, there is a pleasant home on top and a system of stealthy trails to wander, to meditate and explore. We came

up from Tucson on

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that JUNE | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 1 post published by lasthouseob1 during June 2021. 2020-03-17. Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have

used once.

MARCH | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-15 . We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. NOT GETTING LOST: PT. 1 2020-03-17 Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have used once. I got it to not get lost in the forested mountains. There I can’t see far and the foliage and terrain is redundant enough to confuse landmarks. I’ve used this devise only a couple of times over

OVERSITE CANYON

2020-05-15 We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. The weather

has been changing

IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and JANUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Posted on January 21, 2021 by lasthouseob1. In the United States, there are many various laws add-dressing nudity. Sometime they are so vague as to be misinterpreted by authorities. One solution to the outright fear, or trepidation that this creates, is to CAT MOUNTAIN: INTIMACY WITH THE DESERT Cat Mountain. The plant life in this desert ecosystem can be both tenacious and tough, delicate and dainty. This day’s excursion on the hillside will place this truth in my face. The day has become what they are calling partly sunny, but still, it is unusually warm on

February 1st.

NEED A NUDE TRAIL? MAKE ONE 2018-06-16 I mentioned this trail once before, when we visited Ken and Amie’s hilltop near Dewey, Arizona. Then, it was just a hilltop, a garden, a trail and plans. Now, there is a pleasant home on top and a system of stealthy trails to wander, to meditate and explore. We came

up from Tucson on

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

NOT GETTING LOST: PT. 1 2020-03-17 Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have used once. I got it to not get lost in the forested mountains. There I can’t see far and the foliage and terrain is redundant enough to confuse landmarks. I’ve used this devise only a couple of times over UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

NOT GETTING LOST: PT. 1 2020-03-17 Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have used once. I got it to not get lost in the forested mountains. There I can’t see far and the foliage and terrain is redundant enough to confuse landmarks. I’ve used this devise only a couple of times over UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

JUNE | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 1 post published by lasthouseob1 during June 2021. 2020-03-17. Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have

used once.

MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that MARCH | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-15 . We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points.

OVERSITE CANYON

2020-05-15 We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. The weather

has been changing

FEBRUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Because of unprecedented drought, a fire has devastated mile upon mile of lush Sonoran desert. Two hundred year old saguaros are burnt and slowly dying among scorched dark hues of black and brown. The coating is like earth under a leaky car on the completely barren landscape. Tall cottonwood trees, formally a riparian habitat, are black sticks CAT MOUNTAIN: INTIMACY WITH THE DESERT 2021-02-01 We had been up an unfamiliar trail exploring in the Tucson Mountains about a month before. As we walked, memories flooded in and I recognized the neighborhood from a couple of decades before. I had attended several nude gatherings there. The most attention grabbing thing around is Cat Mountain. At that time, way back, JANUARY | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 5 posts published by lasthouseob1 during January 2020. 2019-09-16. Our destination is the ‘ol hot springs on the Verde River. The plan is to spend three days with a couple of side excursions into Fossil Creek’s sweet riparian area. JANUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Posted on January 21, 2021 by lasthouseob1. In the United States, there are many various laws add-dressing nudity. Sometime they are so vague as to be misinterpreted by authorities. One solution to the outright fear, or trepidation that this creates, is to

WEAVER CANYON

2020-04-05 We haven’t explored the area down the road that goes to the sleepy little border town of Sasabe. We are driving out to Three points, Arizona to head south on it, State Road 286. We don’t know what we will find, but then we like that. I have done some preliminary

scouting on the

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

NOT GETTING LOST: PT. 1 2020-03-17 Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have used once. I got it to not get lost in the forested mountains. There I can’t see far and the foliage and terrain is redundant enough to confuse landmarks. I’ve used this devise only a couple of times over UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

NOT GETTING LOST: PT. 1 2020-03-17 Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have used once. I got it to not get lost in the forested mountains. There I can’t see far and the foliage and terrain is redundant enough to confuse landmarks. I’ve used this devise only a couple of times over UP THE NEWER MILLER CANYON TRAIL The old trail had been washed out by the floods which followed the fires several years ago. The old wide road to a mill (Miller Canyon) has been replaced by a thinner trail, which wanders above, but aside the steep canyon stream below. We hear water rolling MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

APRIL | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2021-03-29. We’re heading down south to gather some rocks and enjoy our naturism along the way. We love rocks. They give us so much in a practical world and even delineate our paths guiding us along many a trail. With every excursion into nature, we are compelled to collect a few “special” rocks. IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and MAY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

JUNE | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 1 post published by lasthouseob1 during June 2021. 2020-03-17. Several times, someone has asked how we navigate. I have a GPS that I have

used once.

MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that MARCH | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-15 . We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. FEBRUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Because of unprecedented drought, a fire has devastated mile upon mile of lush Sonoran desert. Two hundred year old saguaros are burnt and slowly dying among scorched dark hues of black and brown. The coating is like earth under a leaky car on the completely barren landscape. Tall cottonwood trees, formally a riparian habitat, are black sticks

OVERSITE CANYON

2020-05-15 We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. The weather

has been changing

JANUARY | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 5 posts published by lasthouseob1 during January 2020. 2019-09-16. Our destination is the ‘ol hot springs on the Verde River. The plan is to spend three days with a couple of side excursions into Fossil Creek’s sweet riparian area. JANUARY | 2021 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Posted on January 21, 2021 by lasthouseob1. In the United States, there are many various laws add-dressing nudity. Sometime they are so vague as to be misinterpreted by authorities. One solution to the outright fear, or trepidation that this creates, is to CAT MOUNTAIN: INTIMACY WITH THE DESERT 2021-02-01 We had been up an unfamiliar trail exploring in the Tucson Mountains about a month before. As we walked, memories flooded in and I recognized the neighborhood from a couple of decades before. I had attended several nude gatherings there. The most attention grabbing thing around is Cat Mountain. At that time, way back, APRIL | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-03-22. We’re supposed to have a mostly cloudy day today. We’ve run out to Tortolita to get my mail. My friend called to tell us that the desert was in a full bloom after the rains. In January, we had discovered a well-groomed surprise trail. I have now seen satellite photos and HEARD AT THE BEACH AND BY THE POOL… Heard at the beach and by the pool. Posted on April 25, 2021 by lasthouseob1. “So I’m at the beach with this log of sand stuck in the crotch of my swimsuit. How am I gonna get it out without looking weird?”. “I don’t know, but the way you’re walking sure looks

weird.”. “I

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

FOSSIL CREEK: EXPLORING THE SITES MAY | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Nature’s Dance: Great angular blocks, layers and deposits form jagged cliff sides. Beyond, a tunnel has taken several millennia of carving with the pressures of a funnel to create. Waves of white foam wash through at high tide, torrential and potent, but they are slow, very slow to make a mark. APRIL | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-03-22. We’re supposed to have a mostly cloudy day today. We’ve run out to Tortolita to get my mail. My friend called to tell us that the desert was in a full bloom after the rains. In January, we had discovered a well-groomed surprise trail. I have now seen satellite photos and MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that CAT MOUNTAIN: INTIMACY WITH THE DESERT Cat Mountain. The plant life in this desert ecosystem can be both tenacious and tough, delicate and dainty. This day’s excursion on the hillside will place this truth in my face. The day has become what they are calling partly sunny, but still, it is unusually warm on

February 1st.

TUCSON MOUNTAIN RECONNOITER PART III 2021-01-04 The First Nude Hike of the New Year The previous week, we explored the south end of the Tucson Mountains. It is a promising new playground, a short drive from home. The Story is h SPRING AT REDINGTON PASS Spring 2019 Redington Pass is always such a pleasant little trip. It is only a half of an hour carnuding from Central Tucson to the trailhead. It feels like getting away from everything, leaving the pavement, the urban structures are miles behind. We park just off of

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

FOSSIL CREEK: EXPLORING THE SITES MAY | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Nature’s Dance: Great angular blocks, layers and deposits form jagged cliff sides. Beyond, a tunnel has taken several millennia of carving with the pressures of a funnel to create. Waves of white foam wash through at high tide, torrential and potent, but they are slow, very slow to make a mark. APRIL | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-03-22. We’re supposed to have a mostly cloudy day today. We’ve run out to Tortolita to get my mail. My friend called to tell us that the desert was in a full bloom after the rains. In January, we had discovered a well-groomed surprise trail. I have now seen satellite photos and MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that CAT MOUNTAIN: INTIMACY WITH THE DESERT Cat Mountain. The plant life in this desert ecosystem can be both tenacious and tough, delicate and dainty. This day’s excursion on the hillside will place this truth in my face. The day has become what they are calling partly sunny, but still, it is unusually warm on

February 1st.

TUCSON MOUNTAIN RECONNOITER PART III 2021-01-04 The First Nude Hike of the New Year The previous week, we explored the south end of the Tucson Mountains. It is a promising new playground, a short drive from home. The Story is h SPRING AT REDINGTON PASS Spring 2019 Redington Pass is always such a pleasant little trip. It is only a half of an hour carnuding from Central Tucson to the trailhead. It feels like getting away from everything, leaving the pavement, the urban structures are miles behind. We park just off of

NUDE WORSHIP

2017-02-05. There are those trying times when one gets a bad break, financial plans fall apart, troubles at work, you know, stress explodes. Even thinking positive thoughts, one might wake up in a cold sweat, or have a sense in the stomach enough to take away any

appetite.

CARNUDING HANDBOOK: ON BEING REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL Carnuding, driving without clothing on, derives from the term canuding, which is to use a canoe nude. I’ve mentioned this quite a lot in previous posts. Indeed, most of our trips have included driving to and from destinations nude. I haven’t given much detail of this aspect of what some might call a part of the “craft” of the free

range

THE FREE RANGE NATURIST We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely

limited range.

AUGUST | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-29. I’ve been hankerin’ to do this backpack trip for a few years. I had been down the trail to an extent several times, but this will be two nights with a day in the middle to make the best of the rest of the Wilderness of Rocks. JUNE | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-04-13. We’re east of Tucson in the San Pedro Valley. We’re exploring and looking for good hikes away from the crowds created by bored Covid 19 refuges, the captives in their own homes out on the trails to blow off steam.

OVERSITE CANYON

2020-05-15 We are going to spend four days in the Huachuca Mountains, a sky island which has its southern tip at the Mexican border. It is Friday to Monday, so I have planned to avoid the weekend crowd by being in more remote areas during the usual high points. The weather

has been changing

MILLER CANYON BASE CAMP The trail rounds the old orchard that DF lived at when she was in her twenties. Our route continues as a wide trail, that once was traveled by mining vehicles. It has a park-like atmosphere with so many people. Soon, after we reach the sign for the fork that MEDICINE WALK IN TORTOLITA Since I recently did a post about gathering rocks for sacred ritual purposes, I discovered notes for a paper that I wrote of my experimentation with ancient ritual. The following is about this aspect of nudity, in which it can be an augmentation to exploration

through ritual. I

JANUARY | 2020 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 5 posts published by lasthouseob1 during January 2020. 2019-09-16. Our destination is the ‘ol hot springs on the Verde River. The plan is to spend three days with a couple of side excursions into Fossil Creek’s sweet riparian area. IDA CANYON | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST 2020-05-16 We both slept well. We’re waking to birds, treetop branch shadows, turkey gobbles. It’s a wonderful temperature, when we stand in the sun. We drop off our bedclothes here and there. The cold of the night is disappearing steadily. I free my pants, then the down jacket. DF has a similar wardrobe distribution and SPRING AT REDINGTON PASS Spring 2019 Redington Pass is always such a pleasant little trip. It is only a half of an hour carnuding from Central Tucson to the trailhead. It feels like getting away from everything, leaving the pavement, the urban structures are miles behind. We park just off of MAY | 2019 | THE FREE RANGE NATURIST Posted on May 20, 2019 by lasthouseob1. Forests are made for weary men, That they may find their soul again. And little leaves are hung on trees. To whisper of old memories. And trails with cedar shadows black. Are placed there just to lead men back. Past all the pitfalls of success. To boyhoods faith and happiness.

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We are human beings whose purpose in life is to live, to experience, to be aware in this moment. We have been graced with a body, a vehicle, in which to do just that. Yet, for most of us, this wondrous sense of being is inhibited by clothing and trapped into an extremely limited range. Even those of us that acknowledge our human rights of nakedness are limited to indoors, maybe a back yard space, or a visit to a naturist resort. This does not have to be our lives. We do not have to be cooped up like chickens. We can expand our birthright much further, adding flavor, depth, health and the inner peace of spiritual oneness to our

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EACH WEEK, through enjoyable (OR acclaimed) stories and pictures, I will show you with delightful highlights, the very practical skills that I have used to accomplish body freedom here in the Southwest. There is a bit of “Arizona Highways Magazine” photography with insight into the unique flora and fauna, ultralight backpacking, camping, hiking and boating, all from a free-range naturist’s perspective. As a side, I’ll post short informational essays about naturism, like health, mental health, or spirituality. BE SURE TO CLICK ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT AS YOU DESIRE. � The owners of TheFreeRangeNaturist.org as of the year 2015 declare. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to TheFreeRangeNaturist.org with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

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July 25, 2015

Jay Robbins

Great site JB!! You and DF have wonderful adventures. Well written stories and natural scenery. Pinaleno is now on my bucket list.

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July 28, 2015

lifesongsd

Hi,

Beautifully written and superb photos. It was quite lovely meeting you and look forward to hearing from you. Truly am interested in getting some info from you to put in Camping Bares nudesletter. Also, I did forget the name of the raw food cookbook! Hope to hear from you soon.

Alicia

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June 20, 2016

Rick Franz

Hello Jon Michael,

Just finished reading your review of Redington Pass in the Spring, 2016, issue of “N” magazine. Kudos on the excellent writing and great photos! I have been a regular visitor to Tucson every April or October (occasionally, both months) since 1988. A trip to Redington is always on my itinerary. First discovered that gem after reading of it in Lee Baxandall’s famous guidebook, “Nude Beaches & Recreation.” My home since 1980 has been in Santa Fe and our high desert terrain is totally different. Those Arizona granite boulders, giant saguaro, prickly pear, and barrel cacti are exciting beyond description. Your synopsis of that naturist’s sanctuary is brilliant and whets my appetite for the next visit this autumn. Keep up the good work!

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July 30, 2017

Michelle Angel

Thank you , I’m heading back to he desert and will be seeking out

crested saguaros !

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September 1, 2017

Fred

If you ever come out Los Angeles way, there are quite a few deserted trails in the Angeles and Los Padres National Forests I use, not to mention assorted hot springs and a real live legal nude beach.

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September 4, 2017

Fred

Let me know if you ever come to southern California. I have some nice places to hike that get very little traffic.

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January 9, 2018

Steve

So refreshing

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April 4, 2018

coolbrzy

Living in the Southeast for the moment, it is difficult to find places to hike nude as I did in CA. Your stories keep the imagination inspired until I can once again hike unencumbered and free as nature

intended!

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April 13, 2018

L&C Tucson

Just discovered this wonderful blog while researching clothing optional recreation in the southwest. Found the articles to be very well written, informative and full of great photos of the beautiful Arizona scenery. We live in central Tucson and have visited many of these great places highlighted in your blog and now have new ideas for our future naturist getaway. Looking forward to your next edition, keep up the good work!

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February 11, 2019

mTr

Have you ever hiked Saguaro National Park?

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February 12, 2019

lasthouseob1

I’ve wandered it, here and there. I’ll eventually be hiking the western part more, because there are a few trails on my list in the

Tucson Mountains.

There is a place that ponds water in season and has granite slabs in the Park East. It’s just over a hill around the farther bend in the loop. Friends and I used to skinny-dip there long ago, when I lived

out that direction.

The park goes all the way to Happy Valley, so, technically our hike up Miller Creek Trail from Happy Valley was Saguaro National Park. We plan to spend a couple of days high in the Rincon Mountains this year.

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February 12, 2019

mTr

I hiked there yesterday, the exact spot you described. Even did some free hiking on that last spur of the trail. I might have been spotted from afar on my way back to the crossroads, but had donned my shorts before I actually met the couple on the trail. I will be browsing more of your past stories.

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February 13, 2019

coolbrzy

It’s certainly a beautiful area. My wife and I hiked there when we were dating, though I wasn’t a naturist at the time.

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February 14, 2019

Ursa Major

Thanks to the inspiration from your Free Range Naturist website, I took my first nude hike in the Ironwood Forest National Monument a few days ago. I spent a couple of hours on the north side of Ragged Top mountain and thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful Sonoran Desert lush and green from the recent rains. I can’t wait to get back out to there again but I’ll have to wait until this latest round of cool wet weather passes. Thanks again.

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May 7, 2019

Penis

Keep up the great work.!!!

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May 7, 2019

Penis

Well, I would type more to you but I’m only one person and I’d rather be out being my nudist self rather than typing big novels of text, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.!!!

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June 2, 2019

MrCris

Do you have any other websites or profile?

(Such as Flickr)

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June 2, 2019

lasthouseob1

No, but I do frequent two forums. FreeRangeNaturism.com is where most of the discussion takes place about this website and our free range lives. ANaturistFamily.com is another that I participate in. I find it a knowledgeable site.

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June 22, 2019

Barefoot~ Billy aka Offkilter Thoroughly enjoyed the company and the terrain of today’s solstice hike sobo passing Little Rock pond on the AT/LT

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July 15, 2019

Thomas R McCroskey

Happy birthday Free Range Naturist!

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July 27, 2019

Penis

Again, keep up the great work as it helps us promote naturism as non-sexual as textiles only think of our way of life as only sexual and close minded as far as our way of life.!

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September 9, 2019

mTr

As JB might say, I “liberated” Red Ridge (off of Mt Lemmon) today. I descended down to the Catalina Camp trail. I spent some time exploring the structures at Catalina Camp. Then hiked a bit further on Trail #2 to the cross roads with Canada Del Oro Trail before climbing back up the mountain. It was quite a workout but very enjoyable.

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