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A Trip Report By Tony W
The first half of Memorial Weekend saw a deep overcast and cool temperatures over the entire Los Angeles basin. Lucky for us, the sun broke through within minutes of arriving at Deer Park Nudist Resort. A sign in their Registration Office window reminds us this is NOT a clothing-optional resort, but it is obvious from the various states of dress and undress throughout the park that this policy is only loosely enforced (besides, it was not a warm day to that point.)
The staff is extremely friendly and gives a free day pass to SCNA members visiting DPNR for the first time. There are two swimming pools, a smaller heated one near the clubhouse and a much larger one that is unheated and is used basically for lap swimming and water exercise. The cold pool is surrounded by deck lounges, occupied by people intent on improving their tan even through the partial cloudy skies. It is adjacent to a built-in Jacuzzi which is anything but cool, and it is most popular at sunset when the evening temperature drops to “clothes-level.”
On the Sunday we visited we participated in the planned holiday weekend activities such as the pie-eating contest and clothes-toss. (Take note: you need to stuff your pants with your tennis shoes to get them to go any distance.) We were told we missed an outrageous Magic show, dinner-dance, the free kegs of beer plus Karaoke the night before (Karaoke is a big tradition here), but we did enjoy the Sunday band who played our favorite music from the 60’s and 70’s.
Management and volunteers are working hard to turn the clubhouse into a forest-themed motif, complete with deer (after all it is “Deer Park”!) The indoor Jacuzzi is operational and very popular, as is the new sauna and resurfaced tennis courts.
[Editor's note: 4 months after this report was written, Southern California suffered major damage from forrest fires that endanged many of the nudist parks, including Deer Park. The fire destroyed the hillside behind the upper pool and took out the trees in that section of the park. It also destroyed the clubhouse and restaurant in the upper section of the park. Luckily there were no injuries. It forced the owners to commit to rebuilding the park's infrastructure including a new ell for water, better roads, and a removal of many of the old trees, buildings and trailers. More about this transformation in future reports.]
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