Have you ever done something that might be extremely crazy to the rest of the world, but it piqued your interest enough to stray away from the norm and see what things truly are about?
I did that when I came to Pine Tree Associates Nudist Club. This club has been around for over 80 years. It started out as a farm that was owned by a family who were closet nudists with their friends. They gathered here in natural form and enjoyed the leisure of nakedness among themselves. As time progressed on, it turned into what it is today -- a family oriented no clothes allowed nudist club. Everyone has to be naked... everyone. No exceptions.
They are part of the American Association for Nude Recreation which has strict relations that have to be adhere to in order to be part of the association, respectively. Pine Tree is a strong member of this organization.
When I first arrived, the first thing that came to my mind besides 'oh my gosh, I am about to really do this' was how far removed and isolated it is. It is located in Crownsville, Maryland that is located between Annapolis (20 minutes away) and Crofton (15 minutes away) in the middle of upper class suburbia. If you pass by where you are supposed to enter Pine Tree like I did, you'll approach really huge houses and see foreign cars that I can't even pronounce. If you reach this point, turn back around.
They offer the open house to the public only a couple of times a year with this being one has them when I attended. At sign in, you have to give them your license where they take a photocopy of it, sign a consent waiver, and get some other information about yourself. Also, you have take off and leave your clothes in the car before check-in. The open house is free to the public.
Pine Tree is completely fenced in where it lays on 96 acres with tons of activities on the property:
- swimming pools both indoor and outdoor with slide
- hiking
- tennis and shuffle board
- hot tub
- yoga classes
- water volleyball
- overnight trailers and camper hook ups
The property is nice, however, everything inside of the club needs a face lift and lots of updating. I felt like I had gone back to the 1970s in many instances because of the interior decor was incredibly outdated. If they straightened out some of it, I could see it being more presentable.
They do have an on-site restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch called Cafe Derriere. It is that the cafeteria food with high upcharges. You're better off bringing your own food which is allowed and encouraged. They're open during the summer months for breakfast and lunch.
As I mentioned previously this is family oriented nudist club. For children they have a playground that is fenced in, a small swimming pool right beside the main swimming pool, and a room for arts and crafts. Kids must be under the supervision of their parents or assigned guardian at all times. When you arrive, you must give all information about your kids and if anyone is allowed to watch them outside of the parents themselves. This is heavily regulated for obvious reasons with no exceptions.
I enjoyed meeting some other newbies such as myself who also wandered in on curiosity. Being that I came here a single female; Pine Tree also regulates the male to female ratio with single females being let in more often so than single males. Couples policy is that couples must be male/female.
Per the website I remember reading -- if a male gets "over simulated", he has to get in the pool and/or cover himself up with a towel. If a woman is on her monthly she must wear shorts. I'm happy to report neither of these cases occurred to my knowledge.
I had a good time playing water volleyball even though I was completely horrible at it, hanging out by the hot tub, and socializing with everyone on how they came to be in this particular lifestyle.
We all have our ways of going about things. I feel this is a judgement free environment....ha, despite being some friendly gossip going around that I heard among some of the nudists, everyone seemed to have a good time and really didn't have a care in the world.
As far as coming back -- I think this is an experience I wouldn't mind having again, but I don't think the mood for the experience will strike again anytime in the near future. You never know though. You never know. read more