Crossed Oaks Haven

We have been doing a lot of thinking and planning and doing lately.   We have been going to resorts and beaches and staying too busy to be writing out the blogs and newsletters about our activities.

Parrothead, Luau, Singles, Nude recreation week, are all events that we have had the pleasure of attending.  There has been dancing and cooking and rejoining of our old friends.  The opportunities available in our part of the country allow us to do so many things that are so much fun.  We do plan to attend some other events like Patriot Weekend in the near future.  

Planning is basicly all the thoughts that run through Patti's head.  We are planning a Nude bowling event in September and also in January.  There is also going to be a big travel trip that the details need to be worked on.  It would be so great if we could really plan a trip as a group that included visiting several places, we always have fun together.

The big project that has Patti's brain spinning is a "CANWWE"  event.  Can we is the brain child born out of a friend of the club asking me about organizing a nude bike ride.  Now this event has changed and is still creating shape and is hitting road blocks.  The title CANWWE is create a nuder world with exercise.  An associate in Australia is running a FB page about it and has written an article on there about it.  I want to finish working my thoughts out and get it really going.

Thoughts are to have this event on March 15, 2015.  I want the logo to be of a world picture with the multiple ways we exercise surrounding the globe.  I think we could probably make t shirts etc.  I also think we should set up a body paint prior to the exercise.  There should also be a party/meal after.  What is happening is ironing out the details.  Where should it be, exactly what exercises should it include, how do we get a permit......

Look for us and join in our fun times.

Hi,

Today we are back at our most local resort to enjoy a luau.  I am working on club stuff inside awaiting all of our friends arrival.  We have been busy and plans are being made for the future.

I will write more later.

Patti

Hi,  I am looking at the website and see the last Blog here is from April.  We have been very busy lately and I have been trying to keep our Facebook page updated and the email page.  It would probably be nice to have a secretary to help me with all of the things we have to follow and keep updated.

Our Naturally Fun Times 10 newsletter has been rewritten and reprinted for handing out when we are traveling around.  I fear my brain has gotten a bit scattered lately and sometimes shows up in my writing so that the first one I emailed out was a bit fractured.  

May took us to the beach for some misadventures which were still fun.  Though we did make it out before the fire that kept our other friends on the bus.  We did have some discussion with the Jacksonville group of possibly doing something like having the bus pick us up at the visitor center to take us to lot 5 next year.  We have to stay in communication with the Jacksonville group if we want to try this again.  It sounded like if we would like to plan something similar in the future they might want to join.

We were a little fearful that our membership would be too small to be a chartered club but we have had a few new people join and some transfers.  Our membership has grown with the addition of Tom, Kenneth, and a couple Shasta and Doug.  Next weekend at Lake Como is the Florida AANR convention that promises to be very fun.  Patti will be stuck in some of the meetings but hopefully everyone will get to enjoy the corn festival and you will find Patti dancing at night.

The club pot luck on May 17th was a bit crowded on the pavilion and the pool was a bit cool yet but still a wonderful time.  Our next potluck is on July 4th.  I know that many people do family times and we can probably still go somewhere local to hang out on 5th.  The following weekend in July promises to be very crazy and fun with Cypress Cove and Haulover on the agenda.

Memorial day weekend was truly everything it should be.  We were at a wonderful resort ,SVR, and able to spend time with old friends and make some new friends.  Some of our group was also at Cypress Cove so we missed some of the comraderie available.  Suwanee Valley definitely shared the meaning of memorial day with us.  We were able to assist them in a few ways with the veterans initiative and will continue to help whenever we attend their events.  

The first weekend in June a couple of members went to Lake Como.  I don't know if we want to apply for the Schofield award or not.  I have not started tracking mileage for 2014-2015.  I was working so not able to go to Como but we had a wonderful time at Sunny Sands the weekend of June 6-8.  We thoroughly enjoy meeting all of the other folks that participate in the 5 K runs.  I know that I am inspired to try and do a walking 5 K.  I was trying to promote our club to the folks there to get them to join us for our Anniversary in September.  There are runs scheduled in August at SVR, September at Cypress Cove and November at Paradise Lakes.

Unfortunately due to an illness with our dog we are missing our trip to Cypress Cove this weekend.  I hope to get there sooner than our July trip.  In July we will be very busy and I hope to see all of you soon.

Patti

This month of April has been a lot more fun and though the crowds have not been as big in the past everything is still fun.  March had ended with us rocking out in the Butt Hut at Lake Como.  Despite the heavy rain storm we still had fun.

The only way our activities work is word of mouth and we meet the nicest people when we hang out together.  I particularly need to thank Jack for helping to make the Nude Bowling with Nudist Clubhouse work so well.  His group had as many or more people represented as the clubhouse group.  It is always fun to take so many people bowling.  We forget all the fun there is and doing it nude is much much better.  Next year Nudist Clubhouse meetup there will be another bowling.  Crossed Oaks Haven will host one in January also.  

Cypress Cove always has such wonderful facilities and we thoroughly enjoyed our weekend there.  It is so hard to leave and go home.  You will find us there again in the NV in June, an apartment in July and August.  Thanks to living in Florida we have so many more opportunities to be out nude with our friends.

Today we are hanging out with friends at Sunny Sands celebrating their 51st birthday.  We created our club after meeting so many nice folks at SS and will celebrate our 3rd anniversary with them in September.

Look for us at Lake Como, Apollo beach, Crossed Oaks Haven central and Suwanee Valley Resort over the next month.  The Naturally Fun Times continue.

Patti

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RECENT ADVENTURES

The winter was long and cold and wet and lead to a severe decrease in our activities and a bit of doldrum to the clubs leader. The weather is starting to warm up and activities have increased leading us into a more colorful and wonderful Spring time. I have not written a newsletter since January so tere are many activities to describe. February took us to Cypress Cove 2 times for wonderful weekends. The first was Valentine's day and we enjoyed a trip to the Nude Nite art show. I forgot to bring my camera so if you want to see a picture you can check Karen's FB page for the one I took with my phone. The second trip was during the AANR meeting and also Parrothead Lite. We introduced an out of state person to the world of social nudism and he is our newest member and is the farthest away. I think we need to continue to schedule trips where we are traveling out of state to see what other people have to go through not being in the Sunshine State.

March's club potluck was not as organized as I wanted it to be but we did get the cover off the pool and ate many many strawberries. March 14th through 16th we went to Sunny Sands for the final weekend of bike week. The DJ and the band Identity Crisis were both awesome dancing nights. We made some new friends and also have some possibilities for the future for the NV. We will be back at Sunny Sands April 19th for their birthday celebration and they may get Identity Crisis to come for our anniversary party in September. Patti felt so loved being spoiled by Mark and Amy when they opened their home when she we nt to the Runaway Country Music Festival. This weekend ended the month with absolutely the most fun time at Lake Como. The weather that usually puts a major damper on nudist activity brought us all into the Butt Hut for 3 great bands and a VJ. It seems we don't see our Western friends nearly often enough so it was great seeing Bob and Leslie and running into all the folks we have met before. We will be back again in a month.

CALENDAR

April

11-13: Cypress Cove for Nudist Clubhouse

11 Nude Bowling at Orange Bowl Lanes

18-20: Sunny Sands birthday party

20 Easter

25-27: Lake Como 5K run and 2.5K walk, we have rented a cabin

May

10th: Apollo beach

17th: Club Potluck

23rd-26th: Suwanee Valley Resort, Memorial Day and Joes birthday

Right now I am in the NV at Sunny Sands beginning the weekend with the bikers for Daytona Bike week.  Look forward for us to share our fun happenings soon.

Patti

A new month and we did break away from home to go to the Midwinter meeting at Cypress Cove and our Annual winter bowling.  It was stressful trying to set up the bowling due to lack of response.  I am hoping that by posting information here we will keep the interest going for our next event.

During the weekend at Cypress Cove we renewed our sense of where AANR is going and started making more firm plans for the clubs events.  I will be putting them into the calendar here.

Join us for a February Birthday Bash on Friday.

Patti

Hi Everyone,

It has been way too long since I have updated the website and we have been way too quiet.  The weather has been so up and down that the energy of our group has also waxed and waned a bit.  Several people have been out of town or they have some of their email settings not to accept the forwarded emails.

We have had a few more people join our website and one or two that are going to actually join the club membership.  I think that since the cold weather has kept us from the resorts it has put people on line and searching for the things they want to do when the weather stabilizes.

Our newsletter is usually what we have been doing, a photo representing our activity and then a calendar of upcoming events.  November and December were kind of mild for us.  We did have a very tasty Thanksgiving dinner with approximately 10 people attending.  The dinner was also a chance for us to discuss what kinds of things should happen when club members break away from our goals as a club.  We have not taken any changes in the membership but we reminded everyone of the importance of following the beliefs of AANR and the rules of each club.  I try to keep brochures and the rules from the resorts we go to in the club notebook.

Speaking of brochures I do have some of the new brochures for the list of all the AANR clubs that is current.  Talk to me about getting an updated one.

December we had our cookie exchange which is never the same each year.  This year we made our cookies ahead of time and I ended up throwing away the sugar cookie batter which seems wasteful.  We did make a generous donation of cookies to Salvation Army and they jumped on the donation.  They also sent us a nice thank you note.  I am thinking that our club pot lucks we should always donate some things to them.  

The celebration for New Year's at Suwanee Valley was entertaining.  Rich was an excellent DJ and got us moving enough to even get naked in the cool night.  Bob and Lynda even had their first dance.  The resort was generous with a champagne toast at midnight.

January so far has brought us a blazing fire.  We had collected several pieces of wood from the tree's and despite the rain all week before we managed to take the pile down to a few chunks of wood.  It was a real challenge and the weekend did not go exactly as planned.  The bonfire was at Patti's house and she ended up ill with the 24 hour bug.  

The weather is putting a blockade on our plans for this coming weekend.  Our friends at Sunny Sands had invited us to join in open mic night but many members have declined to attend.  Possibly anyone that wants to come use the hot tub at Patti's should contact her.  This will give us opportunity to save up funds for our major event in January.

We are the organizers along with Cypress Cove for an event that the weather does not affect.  NUDE BOWLING.  January 24th we will be joining our friends in this very fun event.  We were featured in the Bulletin last year with photos and an article for this event.  It is one of the least expensive and most fun things to do.  You can even bring your family.  $15 will get you all the things you need to be wearing nothing but a smile.

Some of the things coming up for 2014 include Parrot Head Lite, nude nite, Mid Winter Festival, NFN Fish fry, Luau's, body painting, singles weekend, more bowling, Nudist Club House events, textile cruise to Cozumel and many more naturally fun events.

Hope to see you there,

Patti

November so far has been a trying to recover from October.  Check out the pictures from the cruise.  We had so much fun exploring places we had not been before.  We wore out our feet in Nassau walking all the way to the Zoo and Gardens.  Experiencing the straw market where you barter for everything is definitely a unique experience.  Maybe one of my deals was good and the other was probably not since the bracelet turns your skin green.

Since November has mostly brought working on hot tub and pool repairs, pressure washing and other such reorganization it has not brought a lot of social activity.  Work interferes with my ability to go to the Nude bowling in Georgia but we have scheduled one for January.

Check our calendar for the description of events planned.  Let's give thanks and eat turkey on November 23rd.  Then it is time for our annual Christmas Cookies on December 7th.  New Years celebrations will be at Suwanee Valley Resort and then how about a bonfire in Silver Springs.  January will also bring the AANR meeting and Nude Bowling in Kissimmee.  Let's keep the fun going in the winter too.

Patti

Wow

October has been so busy and 1 more week with a full fun time planned.  Roger and I leave on a cruise to the Bahamas today and at the end you will find our group at Lake Como for a blues fest.

We started with our Oktoberfest weekend at Patti's house followed by a trip to Sunny Sands to meet a potential new member.  This person ended up joining AANR via Suwanee Valley Resort but still wants to join our group as well.  Sunny Sands also had a few of our club members this past weekend for Halloween activities.  I am sorry that I did not make it with issues with my daughters car.  My home is going to be host to a Halloween wedding as well so my time had to be split.

We have met some absolutely amazingly generous friends through our activities and Tom was the best host ever.  We made a group travel trip South to be able to visit Edun Lake.  Surrounding our trip he hosted us in his own tropical paradise and took us out to a local band.  You can look for photos of Maryanne and Patti dancing.  We even got cheered for dancing with this old man that walked out on the dance floor.  Mustang Sally needs to be on the list of my dance music as well.  We are now getting the newsletters for Edun Lake so members can look for emails with the activities there.

Each and every year Nude-A-Palooza grows and gets better and makes even more money for Rock Pink.  I love the necklace saying this year.  Miracles happen when you party naked.  There was over $21,000 donated to the cause.  I look forward to participating in this activity again and again.

We are taking a small break during November because sometimes we need to do the work that pays the bills.  Unfortunately for me that means missing the bowling with Native Woods in Georgia on November 17th.  I hope that several people do join them.  I have made contact with someone that does some community service including feeding homeless and Christmas presents so maybe we can donate things to them from our group with our December cookie baking.

Some items for the future:  Boat ride in the Gulf, touring around New Orleans, cruise to Cozumel.  Nude cruise February 2015.

Keep having Naturally Fun Times,

Patti