Mazo Beach Handicap Access

This is of no interest to anyone other than disabled nudists wishing to get to Mazo Beach while avoiding the mile walk from the parking lot.  It has been almost impossible to track down just which government agency is responsible, we tried last year and failed miserably. 

Thanks to months of work by our friends Jim & Claudia, avid and dedicated activists and Badger Naturists working to preserve and keep Mazo available to all of us, there now seems to be a somewhat sane process to make this possible.

To view this info, go to  Mazo Beach Fans message board, sign in (easy), and go from there.

We hope this helps some folks.  We lost a chunk of last summer there when I couldn’t walk and was unable to find out just who gave out the permits and gate keys.

If this helps you and you see Skippy, Beach Dog, and us at Mazo feel free to say hi and give us a lot of money!  Just kidding!

Here’s hoping Summer actually starts one of these days.    -Steve

Wet and Naked

Here we are in Madison, Wisconsin, arguably one of the most liberal and forward thinking cities in America.  Where women can (technically) go topless in public, where lesbians have bared their breasts in parades, where LGBTQ is fully acceptable,  lingerie and leather nights at bars are regular events, where clouds of smoke drift over the State Capitol during the annual pot rally, home of the famous Halloween Party where upwards of 100,000 drunks party through the night.  40,000 college kids at the UW.  Madison, home of Satan worshippers, according to Bill O’Rielly. 

But no place to participate in that age-old practice that our grandfathers probably did, skinny-dipping.   Big lake on the upper side of the  isthmus,  big lake on the bottom.  Smaller lake in town, beaches, lagoon, river.  Cherokee Marsh.  But nary a legal, or even relatively safe place to get wet nude.  What gives?

A few years ago, while researching another issue dealing with the lakes, I found a curious chain of command regarding our lakes and waterways.  Wis. has laws requiring public access to waterways but that’s where things start breaking down.  Wet places are usually the responsibility of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but maybe not so within city limits.  Madison’s lakes are specifically not under DNR jurisdiction (except fishing from shore, sort of) but rather the Sheriff’s Department. Not Madison Police.

So here’s the setup:  on the shoreline the Madison Police have authority, and maybe DNR .  In the water it’s the County Sheriff’s job.  But, the beaches are controlled by the City, even in the water.  The city lifeguard can kick you out, though the city has no authority to do so.  Tell it to the judge.

All this came about while I was trying to find out, for my son, if he could bow fish for carp.  Bow use is illegal in the City, the lakes are within City limits, but under different jurisdiction.  Never did get to the bottom of it but it seems like he could do it standing in the water or from a boat.  Maybe. 

Skinny dipping is sort of like that, I think.  Maybe you could (if not seen) from private property or from a boat, or away from a beach.  Maybe.  Again, tell it to the judge.

All in all, it’s just not worth it.  Mazo beach is a half hour away.

You’ve stuck with me so far, so how about a personal story!  OK, you’ve twisted my arm.  Many years a go a lady friend and I were middle-of-the-night skinny dipping in the lake.  Along comes Officer Friendly (City cop) with his flashlight and orders us out.  He gave us a lecture about what we were doing wrong and then lets us get dressed and go.  Judging by where he aimed his flashlight most of the time, I bet he wished he had more to tell us.

Did you notice that it was a City cop? Not Sheriff?  No legal authority in the water.  Right, tell it to the judge.

So this turned out to be a really long boring story, but it illustrates how goofy the system is.  Full of contradictions and all for what?  So people can’t skinny dip?  This is a huge crime issue?

Enough.  Let’s go to the beach and get naked!     - Steve 

Here’s Our Beer!

Point Nude Beach

Point Nude Beach is the perfect summer pleasure. Available only during the warm months of summer, this lively and unfiltered wheat ale is well balanced using “au naturel” raw and red wheat, then delicately finished with Yakima hops. With a refreshing light flavor, Point Nude Beach is perfect while enjoying summer activities or just hanging out with friends. Clothing optional.

Introduced: 2008
Availability: May 1 - August 1
Suggested Pairings: Chicken, Pork, Summer Salads, SPF 30 and Swim Suit (optional.)

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Now, some people might see this as a shameless endorsement of a commercial product.  Not so, because we aren’t getting paid for it!  It’s just a good old-fashioned unsolicited endorsement of a fun product made by an honest-to-goodness all-American, genuine home-grown Wisconsin brewery.  And they make decent beer, too.

Personally, I think they should brew up a batch in cans (no glass at the beach) and give out samples at Mazo Beach.  The main drawback with that idea would be asking for proof of age, and, well, most folks at the beach don’t have pockets, let alone any place to carry ID.  Could be a problem…  ;-)      -  Steve

another link:  PR Newswire

More Naked Tree Climbing

The trend seems to be spreading.  More and more people are climbing trees naked, at least in California.  

Maybe it’s the Spring weather that’s causing this unusual behavior.  But then again, this instance did occur at Berkeley…

For the full story at zombietime.com

and more pics, just click on the picture. 

Umm, Naturist? Tree-hugger?

This little news item kinda stands on it’s own, I guess.  Don’t have much to add except, didn’t I ask people to please behave while nude?!

Nude Man in Tree