We had an interesting discussion last week with the Weekly Wrap Up. I see the weather has broke in some places and yet others is getting worse 😮 

Up here in Canada, it is so hot and dry we are burning up. Over 1000 wildfires going on right now   I wouldn't go camping now unless it was on a river or lake shore. 

So back to one of the parts of the camping theme, I mentioned about swimming. So if you never went camping, or you like 5 star service in a hotel or you camped on a lake or you camped on a river, here is the question of the week that everyone can answer  Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Was it with someone? 

I do have a question before we start though... if a friend of mine went to a nudist beach on the ocean and went into the ocean, would that be skinny dipping  I would like to let him know . Is it skinny dipping if everyone else is nude as in 50 to 100, or so other people?

So yes, I have been skinny dipping, rivers, lakes, pools, hot tubs, natural hot springs. There is something exhilarating about being all hanging out there and not restricted by a bathing suit that makes you feel alive!

The questions is, have you ever heeded to the saying, don't be a prude, go nude ! Bathtubs are exempt from this discussion  

Now that you are in the predicament of saying yes, yes I did, or do I want to say I did and give myself away or just an outright no, let's move onto the Wrap Up.

Monday, Myr plopped in a new concept of a blog. Check it out and let us know what you think:

Tuesday he was back to go deep diving. Just saw a thing on free diving, wonder how low Myr can go :

Wednesday, Cia dropped in to clear up any confusion on what day the Secret Author Contest deadline was. In the end, it is a Secret   I would have strongly suggested you got them in on the 16th though:

Friday, Aditus brought up the dreaded topic that has spawned out of New Years 😮Do you have any Summer resolutions:

No matter how hot and sweaty Myr was, I'm sure you were too, he still got out the Words of the Day:

beginning, faith, choice, change, transformation, catalyst, threshold

Wouldn't it had been funny if he had started with beginning and ended with end  

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