I remember as an early teenager going to the creek close to where I was living and wading in the creek with just shorts and shoes on. This happened often during the summer before the creek would dry up. Some years it did run year round. But I was by myself and there was a nice deep pool and so I stripped down and had my first skinny dipping experience. After that on occassion I would strip and enjoy wading and swimming in the creek. Didn't do much in my later teenage years. I still enjoyed being naked and slept nude some of the time, but not much outdoor nudism.
I do remember when I was about 20 going with a friend on a road trip. There were three of us and we had camped along the Colorado river in souther Utah. We ended up going skinny dipping and then hanging out around the fire nude. Was a very fun experience.
Not much happened after that and with getting married and working on the career, didn't think much about nudity or find ways to enjoy a nudist lifestyle. But I did go camping with my wife when I was about 35 and we found a little time to be nude together outside, mostly for some sexual play and I found I enjoyed staying nude after we had played around. I had a few showers during this trip just standing outside in the sun and pouring the warm water over me and then letting the sun dry me off. It was great. After this, when I went for hikes in the mountains and was alone, I would strip down and do some freehiking.
My transfomation to social nudity was going to hot springs when I had a chance. At first I always wore a swim suit and would remove it when I was alone. The time in the hot springs nude was much nice than having to wear a swimsuit. Once a lady came to the spring and I had put my swim suit back on when I saw her coming along the trail. But she came up and we talked for just a little bit. She went behind a rock to change into her swimsuit, but didn't try to really hide well. I could easily tell what she was doing. But she came back and we talked for awhile and she brought up the fact that it was fine if I wanted to be clothing optional in the spring. I think she had seen me sitting there naked before I had noticed her. So I removed my swimsuit to try it out and to see what it would be like to be nude in mixed company and I thought she wanted to remove her swim suit.
But she never did take off her suit in the spring. But I was very comfortable being nude even with her not that way. When she got out to leave, she didn't bother to go behing the rock to change, but just put on her clothes next to the spring. So it was a very non-sexually charged experience and my start to enjoying social nudism. Had many more times of enjoy a nude soak in a hot spring in mixed company and much prefer that over wearing swimsuits.
Now if I could only get the wife to be a little more at ease with this, we could really have some great outings when we travel. She is slowly joining me at times, but for the most part doesn't want to be nude around other people. But she has gotton to the point of being nude much more than she used to around the house and even if we are alone at a beach or boating. She may not fully join me being nude, but does go topless at times and doesn't think I am weird for enjoying being nude like at first. She felt that only perverts would enjoy being nude, but now she can understand why it isn't a sexual or a perverted thing. I'm looking forward to some warm weather again and a chance to be outdoors in the nude.