Glen Eden pool area afloat in
mud and displayed water from pool.

Sky View resident cut off by
3 ft-deep water and mud flow.

December, 2010 - The torrential rains that pounded Southern California the week before Christmas also brought mud and flood waters to several local nudist parks in the area.

Glen Eden Sun Club in Corona sustained the worst mud and flood damage. The runoff water from the hills behind the park backed up at Campbell Lake, which then overflowed bringing rocks, mud, and tree branches with it. Residents of both Chapel View Road and South Park Avenue could not leave by cars for a time, and residents in the Sky View section were totally blocked from leaving their area except via foot bridge.

The muck moved downhill and settled in the main recreation area. One resident said Piper Hall had about six inches of muddy water inside it. They sent us a photo of the outdoor pool area and surrounding patio chairs awash with brown runoff. Another resident emails us to say “big logs and other debris” were “strewn all over the park.” Luckily, nobody was injured.

The Western Nudist Library building, the Connett Grove, and the main office were far enough away they were never in danger of flooding.

We were told many park residents and other volunteers joined the park staff to quickly make the roads passable and most of the mess (except in the outdoor pool) was back to normal within a few days. The park held its annual New Year’s Eve party in Piper Hall as scheduled. The pool was repaired by mid-January.

Other local nudist parks were luckier, it seems. Sherri at Deer Park said the grounds there are built on a slight incline so the water simply rolled to the front street and out onto the field in front of the park, leaving only some muddy ruts in the road behind. “The ruts are being filled in as we speak,” she added. “We are fine and open for business.”

David Cheek at Olive Dell said his park is “doing fine” also, however he added that Colton side of Reche Canyon Road was “covered with mud, boulders and crud from days of runoff” and the southern side of Reche toward Moreno Valley has a couple of spots where the hillside collapsed onto the road.” CalTrans crews got both directions open within 36 hours. Like Deer Park, th park's roads were very muddy and hard to navigate for several days, but the residents pitched in together to bring things back to normal in time for the Christmas Eve party at the clubhouse.

Dave Landman at De Anza Springs wrote: “Everything here is fine. We didn't get near the rain that San Diego (or LA) got.” He added that the road meeting (where the County will calendar the paving upgrade to the 4-mile road leading to the park) “got pushed back to Jan or maybe even Feb so nothings new on that regard.” But it will be nice to have that 2-mile dirt road paved finally!