**The vacation**
**Naked But Not Afraid…**
Each year around April my husband and I try to get away to one of our favorite spots in the Caribbean, St. Barthelemy. We usually fly into Sint Maarten and stay a couple of nights before traveling by ferry over to Saint Barth. We usually stay in the same little boutique hotel that has about six guests at most, a little pool in the center of the courtyard and we are within walking distance of Orient beach. We usually spend a day on Orient and a couple of days at Cupecoy beach, which we love because of the privacy. It has little caves cut into the beach and you literally could have sex if you wanted without being caught. I know this from experience. St Barth is about a five-minute plane ride from St but because I won’t fly in a 4-seat aircraft, we take the ferry. Orient Beach is nice and as you face the water it’s all the way to the right. If you don’t mind crowds or like to socialize with other naked people this is your spot because they are hundreds in all shapes and sizes. It had taken me a couple of years to get used to going fully nude in front of others, but I guess it just happened gradually. At first, I went topless at the beach, then I went topless at the little pool at the cabanas so within a couple of years I was totally comfortable with going clothing optional. Most of the time Rick and I were alone but on occasion, we would meet and have dinner with other couples, more often than not we just kept to ourselves and enjoyed the sunshine, water, and views.