Posted on 12/27/2004 7:01:27 PM PST by tbird5
Assateague Island (WJZ) Park rangers on the Eastern Shore have a warning for would-be nudists -- keep your clothes on!
Rangers on Assateague Island say some nudists have considered the southern part of the national seashore a safe zone for nude sunbathing.
So park officials will be stepping up enforcement of indecent exposure laws.
This summer, two men from Ocean City were convicted and fined $650 after their arrests.
Both men are now banned from the national and state parks on the island for three years.
Assistant Chief Ranger Ted Morlock says rangers became more concerned about the issue this summer after a nude man propositioned a female ranger.
A national nude recreation group has hired a Maryland lobbyist to seek legalization of nude sunbathing on a small portion of the island.
Guess they'll have to change the name to Coveryourassateague!
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"Assistant Chief Ranger Ted Morlock says rangers became more concerned about the issue this summer after a nude man propositioned a female ranger.
A national nude recreation group has hired a Maryland lobbyist to seek legalization of nude sunbathing on a small portion of the island."
it's as if the first sentence was never written.
Don't know about Assateague, but in New York (Rockaway, Jones Beach and Fire Island) and South Florida (Haulover) the nude beaches are dominated by gay men.
Guess you'll have to stick to nude bathing with Germans.
On Cape Canaveral National Seashore, there is a portion of the beach where nudists can "moon" people all they want. Nudists have been going there for years.
"Guess you'll have to stick to nude bathing with Germans."
Or go over to Chincoteague and swim with the Chinese.
Assateague Island is home to some of the largest, hungriest mosquitoes I've ever encountered! My kids call them "nuclear mosquitoes"!
I don't EVEN want to know what goes on at the beach on Hilton Head!
Yes, the only thing that surprised me was that it was a FEMALE ranger he propositioned.
You'd have thought that kind of propositioning went on only in Kissimmee.
I, um, explored some new territory on my first trip to HH, but, being from Ohio, I always wanted to try Put-In-Bay. My friends who worked there in summers called it "Put-Out-Bay."
I really wish these so-called "journalists" would learn a bit of geography. The SOUTHERN part of the Island is in Virginia, not Maryland. this particular problem has arisen on the maryland side of the Island, the NORTHERN portion of the island.
Don't miss Middle Bass Island while you're there!
We call them the local birds of prey.
"the nude beaches are dominated by gay men."
More hanging Chads and dimpled Chads. Chads, Chads... everywhere, Chads! Oh, and a couple of Bruces.
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