Backpacking with Hannah and Friends

Author's note: This story is part of a series, it can stand on its own, but I recommend reading #1 in the series first. All characters are over the age of 18.

Hi I'm Billy, after my mom (named Charlotte) and I fell on financially hard times we moved from Chicago to rural Oregon to live with her sister Sally on her twelve acre property. Sally had a daughter the same age as me named Hannah. Sally and Hannah were often naked at home -- and sometimes away as well. Gradually me and my mom became more comfortable with nudity, and now we all practice nudism. Though my mom not as much as the rest of us.

Around a week and a half after we moved in, Hannah asked me if I wanted to go on a three day backpacking trip with her and her friends. I told her I'd never been much of a hiker, but she reassured me we'd take it relatively easy. With my mind at ease I enthusiastically agreed. Over the next few days we gathered up the necessary supplies and packed them up the night before into some large backpacks.

Friday, the morning of the hike we arose early, around 6 am. We got dressed, grabbed our bags and made it out to the car. We put our stuff in the trunk, and I got in the driver's seat of my mom's beat-up faded 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass, we spun out of the gravel driveway and onto the two-lane country road. From the passenger seat Hannah gave me directions. After driving for over an hour we came to a dirt road and proceeded up it. About twenty minutes later we stopped at the parking area for a trailhead.

I could see Hannah's friend Leah waiting next to her older green Subaru. We parked next to her and got out. Leah had dark blonde hair, was quite tall (around the same height as me), and had a lean build. She was wearing a white patterned bandana on her head, a gray zip up hoodie with "San Francisco" printed across the front, a pair of loose green hiking pants (though tighter in the butt), and some hiking sandals on her feet.

"Hey Leah!" Hannah said walking over and giving her a hug. Leah and I exchanged a friendly nod of hello, we had already met before.

Just as I was unloading the backpacks from the car another vehicle pulled up. James got out. He waved good-bye to the driver and the car drove away. Apparently his mom was dropping him off.

James had neat, short black hair, was quite slim, and a few inches taller than me. Me and him were both wearing Carhartt hoodies and tan cargo shorts. Though my hoodie was gray and his was maroon, and his shorts came up about four inches above the knee, whereas mine were almost over the knee.

"Hi girls!" he said cheerfully as he walked over and hugged each of them lightly, "and hi Billy."

"Hey, good morning." I responded.

"So now we're just waiting for Abby." Leah commented.

"Yup." I said.

Hannah turned to me. "Hey can I borrow that?" she asked, gesturing at my hoodie.

I figured she was just a bit chilly. She was only wearing a sports bra and some tiny skin tight spandex shorts, and her hiking boots.

"Yeah, sure." I said, setting my baseball cap on the ground and pulling the hoodie over my head. I would still be plenty warm in my t-shirt; it wasn't really cold at all. I handed it to her. She put it on.

We stood around waiting, primarily chatting about the route we'd take today. It appears we were in for an eleven mile walk before we would make camp tonight.

Off in the distance I heard a diesel truck approaching. After what felt like an eternity an older lifted, black Ford Super Duty pulled up. A short, skinny girl with long brown hair -- who I assumed was Abby (I had never met her before) -- got out of the passenger side. She was wearing a floor length brown canvas skirt, a long-sleeve burgundy crew neck shirt, and a pair of tan combat boots.

The driver's side door open and out stepped an uptight, rough looking man. I correctly guessed he was Abby's father. Hannah and the others had already told me about him.

"See you later Abby, have a good time." He said, and then his face and tone darkened, "Hey, and you two." He gestured violently at me and James. "Don't be messing around with my daughter."

"Yes sir." James and I said in unison. I noticed his voice immediately going deeper.

He waved a polite good-bye to the others, got back in his truck, and sped off.

"Hey everybody" Abby said, enveloping the others in a group hug, "sorry about that, I thought by now he'd have loosened up -- I'm nearly 20."

"What can I say, he's overprotective." James said shaking his head.

"Oh, Abby, this is my cousin Billy." Hannah said gesturing in my direction.

"Hi, nice to meet you." She said.

"Good to meet you as well." I replied, with a polite smile and nod.

Hannah kept looking up and down the road earnestly, appearing to be listening for the sound of approaching engines.

"Hmm... you don't think he'll come back right?" she asked finally.

"I don't figure so, I didn't leave anything in the truck and he's got work." Abby said.

"Ok. Hey Billy, can I borrow the car key?" she requested. I handed it over.

Hannah waltzed over to my car. Pulled the hoodie off and set it on the roof. She cracked open the passenger door and leaned against the rear fender. She started working her shorts down, eventually crouching to the ground to work them over her hiking boots. As she wasn't wearing any underwear underneath them she was now bottomless. She tossed the shorts on the passenger seat of the car and began working her sports bra over her head. After she had removed that she placed it with her shorts and pressed the button on the door to lock the car.

She had some very nice medium sized boobs, her thighs and glutes were well toned and very muscular, (she spent a lot of time in the gym) and her bush was trimmed quite short and wasn't much more than a narrow strip of hair.

She walked back over totally naked and handed me the car keys and my hoodie. Then she pulled her backpack on and fastened the strap around her waist.

"Hannah's infamous weight saving method strikes again!" Leah said with a laugh in her voice.

"Haha yeah. But there are benefits, for one you can't chafe if you aren't wearing anything. For another, peeing is pretty damn easy." said Hannah.

"True." James commented.

"But won't you get cold at night?" asked Abby.

"Well, I have a blanket for around the fire, and my sleeping bag should be plenty warm. I shouldn't really need more than that."

"If everyone's ready, let's get going." said Leah.

After everyone had put their packs on, we started heading up the trail. Leah leading, followed by James, Abby, Hannah, and finally me. The trail was narrow and quite steep; there were pine trees all around, with ferns and other brush underneath, the morning dew shone brightly on the fresh spider webs from the night before. The sun had barely risen and was still low off in the east. I checked my watch -- it was around 8 am. I was by far the least experienced and slowest hiker in the group, and after a quarter hour on the trail I noticed I was starting to lag behind a bit. I could still see Hannah in front of me, but every time we turned a corner I noticed she was getting further and further away.

The trail we were hiking looped around the base of a mountain. It was going to be a thirty mile hike overall, with eleven miles the first day, ten on the second, and only nine the final day.

So far the trail was quiet; we hadn't run into anyone else. As there were no cars in the parking lot I didn't figure there'd be many other hikers around. After about five minutes of not seeing the rest of my group I began to worry I wouldn't catch up for a while. Eventually though I turned a corner and there they were, sitting on the ground or leaning against trees resting. I sat down on a stump and caught my breath. When we had rested for a bit we started to move out.

Hannah motioned me to go ahead of her, "Sorry we dropped you earlier, we shouldn't have put you in the back; my bad."

"Hey no problem, I'm kinda slow." I said.

"Nah, you're moving just the right pace, we just got ahead of ourselves." She said trying to reassure me. I felt kinda lame being the slowest of the group, but considering I was the least experienced it tracked. Still, I was a tiny bit disappointed that I couldn't look at Hannah's beautiful body anymore as she was behind me.

We carried on, passing through more and more beautiful scenery. To our right was the mountain, and a steep narrow canyon was now below us to our left. The area we were hiking in was relatively untouched, but I could see sharp, manmade clearings manufactured by recent logging off in the distance.

After we had been walking for nearly a couple hours we stopped for another break. By now I was starting to get a bit warm, so I stuck my hoodie in my pack. James and Leah were doing the same. James was wearing a blue tie-dyed t-shirt; Leah had on a cropped white tank top, she wasn't wearing anything under it and her nipples were poking through quite visibly. Abby seemed to have something on her mind, she kept looking over at each of us, seemingly worried about something. Then her eyes rested on Hannah briefly and she shrugged her shoulders. She set her pack on the ground and pulled her long sleeved shirt over her head. Underneath it she had only been wearing a bra -- and not a sports bra either -- just a normal tan bra, it had thin straps, a clasp in the back, and was quite revealing, showing a lot of her small boobs.

She continued to have a deer in the headlights look about her, expecting us to judge her or something. When no judgmental looks appeared she eased up a bit.

We drank some water then carried on.

It was around an hour later we ran into our first fellow hiker. A scruffy looking dude in his late 20s or early 30s, wearing flannel, with long dark hair stuffed under a baseball cap and a rough beard to match; came walking downhill towards us. We all moved to the right so he'd have room to pass. He nodded a hello at us. I noticed his eyes light up when he caught sight of Hannah. After he was gone I heard Hannah let out a giggle in delight.

Around one o'clock we stopped for another break in a wide clearing full of tall dry grass. Everyone set their packs down and it appeared we would be stopped for a while. A couple of us were getting food out, others just relaxing.

Hannah wandered a dozen or so feet away, but still in plain view of the group. She spread her legs apart and squatted down. I heard a familiar trickle of water as she began peeing. A few heads glanced her way and then nonchalantly back to what they were doing. To not appear weird I followed suit. When she was finished she came back and rejoined the rest of us.

By this time me and Leah were engrossed in a conversation about novels. We had similar reading tastes; we were both fans of classic dystopian novels and fantasy, among other things. James and Abby were talking about their boyfriends and dating in general.

We had a lunch of granola bars and other snacks. By this time the sun was high up in the sky and it was sweltering. I felt absolutely boiled. I looked over at Hannah and Abby, they didn't seem so bothered. As we were starting to get ready to head out I decided to address the group.

"Hey guys, um... I..." I stammered nervously, "I'm really overheating and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I... um... joined Hannah in the nude so to speak."

I couldn't believe I'd just said that. Sweat dripped off my forehead, not only from the heat.

"Yeah, I don't mind." responded Leah with a shrug.

"Of course." Abby said with a slight hesitation. James nodded.

So with that, I pulled my shirt over my head, dropped my shorts, and with some trepidation, pulled my boxers down. To my surprise no one was paying any attention to me. I stuffed my clothes in the top of my bag and hoisted it onto my back. We headed out, taking up our previous order.

The breeze through my lower extremities helped immensely with the heat. I felt the unusual sensation of my dick swinging back and forth as I walked. I felt the nervous excitement that being nude in a public place always brought. I felt myself getting hard.

I noticed that Leah would quickly glance back at me when she thought no one was looking. It was probably an hour later when she came back and walked with me and resumed our conversation from earlier. As we talked I noticed her eyes would sometimes rest on my lower body quite subtly.

After much walking and some breaks we came to our campsite for the night. We had walked eleven miles that day. It was only about half past three. We would be camping in a relatively open clearing, with the occasional bush or stand of trees here or there. It was clear a forest fire had swept through at some point in the distant past. The mountain was a ways off to the right, and to the left of the trail was a not so gentle downhill with trees and ferns growing.

James and Hannah decided that they would stay behind to set up the campsite and sent the rest of us out to gather firewood. The arrangement was fine with us. I elected to put my shorts back on for protection and ease of carrying tools. After I redressed, me, Leah and Abby traversed carefully down the hillside.

We collected downed tree limbs, cutting up the longer ones with a folding saw. After bringing five or six armloads up the hill we elected to start hauling it back to camp. When we returned we saw that they had fixed up the fire-pit and arranged some downed logs for us to sit on around the fire. After making a few trips with the wood in hand we had acquired enough for the night.

We started talking about the plan for tomorrow.

"So there's a lake about halfway through tomorrow's hike. That's where we'll need to stop to refill our water." Leah said.

"Considering tomorrow's hike shouldn't take too long we could also stop to swim for a while." Hannah added.

"Yes, let's do that!" Abby said excitedly, James and her pumping their fists in unison.

"Ok. Sounds good." Leah said. I gave a thumbs-up in agreement.

After this Leah and Abby wandered off behind some bushes off in the distance -- presumably to take a leak, as they had done this a couple times today. Hannah and James were focused on getting the fire started. I decided to take a walk and see the surroundings. When I came to the edge of the clearing I realized there wasn't much further I could wander in this direction as the forest grew quite dense, so I started heading back to camp.

When I arrived the fire was roaring. Hannah and James were sitting around the fire talking. James had gotten undressed while I was gone and the two of them were just hanging out in the nude, sitting side by side on a log.

As I briefly sized him up I saw that even though he was quite lean he had good muscle definition in his upper body-- he had long thin legs, and had virtually no body hair anywhere. (He must've had good manscaping discipline.) His member was limp, but still large. He had taken his boots and socks off as well.

I dropped my shorts, and then took a seat across the fire from them. Soon we were all laughing and joking like old friends.

Leah and Abby returned soon after. They also took a seat around the fire and joined the conversation. At some point while we were talking Hannah untied and removed her boots and slipped her socks off. She rested her bare feet inches away from the roaring fire.

We chatted for a while, but decided to lay our sleeping bags out before it got too close to dark. We were going to lay them out in a semicircle around the fire, just behind the logs. Hannah put hers over to the far left, and I put mine on the right next to hers. To my surprise Leah laid hers out next to mine. Then Abby and finally James on the end.

There was still a bit of time before sunset, so we decided to explore around a bit. Unexpectedly, Hannah volunteered to stay behind and tend the fire. We waved bye to her and headed out. I steered us the opposite way as I had gone earlier, explaining that direction was kind of a bust.

We walked through the tall grass, the dry blades scratching our bare calves as we walked; me and James nude -- the girls fully clothed. After passing countless ancient burned stumps, random bushes and young trees we came to the edge of the clearing, where the forest was once again lush and old.

Across the trail there was a smaller, narrow path sprouting off. We had clocked it on the way in. It appeared to be well traveled. The sun was getting low in the sky, sunset approaching soon. It would probably start to get dark in under an hour.

"Wanna see where this goes?" I asked.

"Yeah. Let's do it." Leah agreed.

"Ok, but let's make sure we start heading back before it gets too dark, don't really want to fall off a cliff we can't even see." Abby warned.

We all begrudgingly, yet goodheartedly agreed to be responsible. I took the lead down the trail. There was a slight downhill grade, the brush around us was low overhead and we often had to duck a little bit. (Abby wasn't tall enough for this to be necessary.) After a couple minutes of walking and a few twists and turns we came to a small rocky outcropping, overlooking a wide valley. The tops of tall trees were visible below us. There were some small wisps of clouds forming down there. There were mountains off on the horizon, circling all around. Off to the west we could see the sun beginning to dip behind one. The sky was a rainbow of reds, oranges, purples, and pinks. We sat down, a couple of us on rocks, a couple in the dirt, and watched the sun set.

We saw it disappear and knew it would soon be quite dark. So we started heading up the trail, calmly but expediently. We relaxed our pace when we reached the clearing. Leah paused, took off her sandals, and carried them in her hands. She walked with a skip in her step, her single braid swinging back and forth across her shoulders.

As we passed the last hill and saw the fire glow in the dimming light I took off in a bit of a sprint. I snuck up behind Hannah and tapped her playfully on the shoulder. She jumped a little bit and then screech-laughed in surprise. It was then that I noticed her hands had been placed near her clit and I had interrupted her.

"Sorry I... um interrupted you." I apologized, quite embarrassed.

"Haha, nah, getting caught is all part of the fun." Hannah responded good-naturedly, seemingly even more aroused by my intrusion.

Moments later everyone else returned. They gathered around the fire. Abby sat down and removed her boots, but remained in her socks. James began stoking up the fire. Leah dug around in her bag.

"I'll be right back guys." Hannah said with a slight twinge of cheekiness in her voice. She disappeared into the ever gathering darkness.

I stood and warmed my bare body by the fire. The sunlight was fully gone by now and soon we'd be seeing stars. Off in the distance I heard crickets chirping.

We brought meals that would be prepared by adding hot water. Abby filled the lightweight water pot that Leah had gotten out of her pack and placed it near the glowing coals in the base of the fire. After several cycles of heating water and adding it to the individual meals the mac and cheese was finally done. We had enough water for the rest of the night and half the day, but we would definitely need to stop by the lake to refill.

Hannah came wandering back in to camp soon after the food was ready. She sat down with a contented huff and we dug in.

When the meal was finished we roasted some marshmallows over the fire. We continued for some time, slamming them back and putting another one on the sticks as soon as the previous one was finished. I looked around at the faces covered in the sticky dessert, all of us laughing.

"Ok let's stop here guys, so we have at least some for tomorrow." James observed, holding up the bag that had barely a third left. We playfully pretended to lunge for it as he put it away. Eventually we let him take them away.

I leaned back and stared up at the sky. A blanket of bright stars spread from end to end. This would be the first time I'd ever slept under the stars before, and I'd only been camping in a tent once or twice.

After this meditative sesh I tuned back into the campfire and the people around it. Hannah had gotten her blanket out and was wrapped in that. Abby, James and Leah had all put their sweatshirts back on. (James had also put boxers on.) I noticed I was starting to feel a bit chilly. I went over to my pack and tugged my shorts back on along with my t-shirt.

We sat around the fire for a bit, chatting and enjoying each other's company. After many stories too long to retell here and several pop song campfire sing-alongs, Leah glanced at her watch.

"11:13." She announced to the group.

"Probably time to head in." I said with a slight sadness in my voice.

"Yeah, we gotta get up a bit early again tomorrow." Hannah affirmed.

The girls walked off in the darkness, presumably to pee before bed. When they were gone James turned slightly away from me, tugged his boxers down a bit and let off a stream of pee into the weeds near the edge of the campsite. I figured "might as well" and unzipped and did the same.

The girls came back and everyone started prepping for bed. Hannah went right over and crawled in and was almost instantly snoozing. Leah sat on a log by the fire and tugged her hoodie and hiking pants off -- underneath she was wearing a simple black thong, not overly skimpy. James pulled his t-shirt over his head and crawled in. I stripped. Me and Leah got in our respective sleeping bags. I briefly saw the dark silhouette of Abby pulling her skirt off, laying it close behind her head and crawling under the cover. I closed my eyes and gradually fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning to Hannah and Abby stirring around. I opened my eyes, sat up and looked around. I felt stiff from the hard ground, but in spite of that I had still managed to get some good rest. They were sitting around the fire, chatting and getting the fire going again. I crawled out of my sleeping bag and sat down on the log.

"Morning." I said -- half greeting, half groggy observation.

"Good morning." They cheerfully replied together.

I rubbed my drowsy eyes and took in the scene in front of me again. Hannah was of course, still nude. Abby was wearing her burgundy long-sleeved shirt from the day before, but instead of her skirt, she was only wearing a pair of pink low-rise cotton briefs. They covered her butt quite well, but had a slight camel toe in the front.

I sat around the fire for a bit, but still felt chilly. Even summer mornings in the mountains could get cold. I checked my watch -- 7:26 am. I elected to get dressed. I went to my pack and put my cargo shorts and t-shirt on, and a clean pair of boxers.

I came back to the fire and started the coffee. I boiled water in the fire, then filled each of our three cups with water and some instant coffee powder to stir in. James got up moments later and I made a cup for him too. I glanced over at Leah, she was still sleeping peacefully.

Around 8am Leah started stirring. When she had made it to the fire pit I had already made her coffee and I handed it to her as she sat down.

"Thanks. Good morning everybody." She said in a sleepy monotone voice.

We sat around the fire, waking up, drinking coffee, and dining on a breakfast consisting of some mix of: Pop-Tarts, dried fruit, jerky, and granola bars. When we had finished eating we decided our next steps.

"Ok we need to get on the move soon if we want to arrive at the lake in the early afternoon." James observed.

We found no issue with this statement. So we got to work. Hannah put out the fire. Leah and I got to work rolling up the bedrolls. James and Abby started gathering up cooking utensils and other camp tools and packing them in. Soon all that was done. We each started packing up our own private stuff.

Leah went back over to the fire and tugged her pants on and fastened her sandals. James put on his shorts and tied his hiking boots -- but elected to remain shirtless. Hannah and Abby sat side by side, tying their boots, and then got to work braiding each other's hair. They went with two braids on the side. They helped Leah do a single braid and then tied the bandana back on she was wearing the day before. After I had tied my boots it appeared we were ready to go.

I was a bit surprised to see that Abby hadn't put her skirt back on (she stuffed it in her pack) and had instead opted to hike in her shirt and underwear. I had heard that her parents were very strict about what she wore while she was living at home.

We continued up the trail. Ten miles today. James leading, followed by Abby, then Hannah, and finally me and Leah taking up the rear. I think She and I were really starting to hit it off. I was excited to see where this might go.

We walked on, passing through some dense forests with a mix of pine and deciduous trees, ferns, blackberries and other underbrush densely filling the surroundings. Every so often we'd come to a brief clearing or pass over a long deserted logging road. Once we crossed a narrow decrepit bridge over a fairly shallow creek, but a decent drop.

Staring ahead at Hannah's beautiful naked ass never got old. I thought I was being discreet, but Leah might or might not have noticed. Either way, to get my attention she started coyly, yet pseudo-innocently rubbing her erect nipples that were already barely obscured under her cropped white tank top. She also started fiddling with the hem so it would expose more and more of her tanned midriff. Needless to say, this worked fantastic on me. Soon one-hundred percent of my focus was on her. Once I caught a flash of a small feather tattoo close under her left boob.

Far off in the distance I noticed a group of hikers coming towards us. They were probably about a half mile away. About fifteen or twenty minutes later we had closed the distance and they were soon approaching. It was a group of five middle aged people -- three men and two women.

"Good morning." The guy in the front said.

"Hey, good morning." Abby said, returning the greeting.

"Are you guys doing the whole loop?" one of the women asked.

"Yeah, we camped last night, and we're hiking all day today and tomorrow." Hannah answered.

"Cool. Best of luck to you guys." Said one of the other hikers.

We all cheerfully waved bye to them as they passed. They took almost no notice of Hannah's state of undress other than a quick glance and some surprised looks.

A bit later we took a break and had some water. Abby went off behind a tree with a trowel and some toilet paper so we sat down and waited for her to get back. I sat down and Leah came over and sat back to back with me. Hannah and James hovered around, each leaning on a tree as we talked. Abby eventually came back and we headed out soon after.

It was getting on close to noon and I could finally see the lake off in the distance. It was maybe half a mile away. We slowly made our way there, the trail started steeply trending downward and soon we were right alongside it. The turquoise lake was surrounded by mud and tall marshy grass. We took a left off the trail and started navigating our way around the lake clockwise.

"According to the map, the spring is over this way." James explained.

We trudged on through the tall grass until we finally came to a small trickle of water flowing out of some rocks downhill towards the lake. Deciduous trees were shading the small stream from the hot sun and it was quite cool under there. Hannah and James each pulled out portable backpacking water filters from their bags and got to work filtering the water. Around twenty minutes later all our water bottles were filled back up.

We headed out from underneath the trees and back the way we came. We wandered over towards the shore of the lake and sat down on some rocks. Each of us took off our pack and looked out over the lake and took it in. It was a shining light blue, so clear you could see the rocks and sand on the bottom. There were several creeks and springs flowing in and out of it. The mountains surrounding it framed it so beautifully against the deep clear blue sky.

I glanced over at the others. Hannah had untied and removed her boots, and was now working on taking her socks off. After she had stuffed them in the tops, she walked right past the rest of us and started wading into the water.

"C'mon in guys! It's not too cold at all!" she said. I could tell that was only slightly true as she shuddered ever so slightly as she said it. With that, James dropped his shorts and started hurriedly taking off his boots, but they were double knotted so he was struggling a bit.

"Ohhhh, you're not gonna beat me to it!" Leah yelled with a mischievous tone in her voice. Before I knew what was going on, she had pulled her shirt over her head, kicked off her sandals, pulled her pants off and was just stepping out of her underwear when James started racing towards the water. As soon as she was free of her inhibitions she made a beeline for the water and they jumped in with a splash, maybe beating him to it by a hair, it wasn't entirely clear.

I looked over at Abby. She was watching all this with an open mouth. She was seemingly a little bit wary and indecisive as what to do next. I turned away from her and began undressing. After I had removed all my clothes I carefully hopped into the lake with a small splash.

I turned back to shore; Abby had removed her shirt and footwear and was now just wearing her bra and underwear. Slowly and self-consciously she made her way into the water. She was carefully wading around as if attempting not to get her clothes wet at all.

I looked over at Leah wading knee deep getting acclimated to the water temperature. She had some beautiful medium sized breasts that hung down ever so slightly. Her tall, lean figure showed off her lovely bum. In the front I could see she had a full bush matching her dark blond hair. She blushed at how I was so clearly checking her out. Then blushed even more when she look down at my cock; I glanced down -- I hadn't realized it was fully erect. Then I blushed.

Leah, James, and I began swimming out further. Hannah hung back and was talking to Abby. I could just barely hear their conversation.

"C'mon let's catch up with them." Hannah said.

"Well, I don't really want to get these wet..."

"Why don't you take them off?"

"I don't know... I'm just worried I'd feel awkward and also it'd somehow get back to my parents..."

"I promise you, no one is going to tell your parents and we won't make you feel weird. I mean, look at the rest of us." she waved her arm in our direction.

"Well, you do make a good point. Hmm..."

"If you don't feel like it you can always get dressed again."

"You've been trying to get me to do this for a while. I've been considering..." she said, mulling it over. "Screw it, I'll do it." She started climbing back on shore.

Hannah hurriedly swam over to us. "Guys be chill to Abby, we don't want to freak her out."

"Of course we will." James said.

Leah and I nodded in agreement.

After stepping back on land and removing her clothing, Abby started wading back out. She held her right arm over her chest mostly covering her small, yet well-defined boobs, and her thighs were tightly pressed together, showing only a tiny peak at her hairless shaved crotch. Despite her nervousness, she seemed excited, her face in a slight grin, yet biting her lip slightly. When she had walked out far enough, she flopped her petite body down into the water and began swimming.

All five of us swam further out together towards the middle of the lake. We stopped moving and treaded water for a bit. Hannah and Leah turned over and floated on their backs, their sensual bodies barely obscured at all through the mere inches of clear water. James, Abby, and I treaded water upright, forming a loose circle around them.

We stayed like that for a while, talking whilst treading water and floating. Eventually Hannah dove way down deep under the water, returning to the surface a surprisingly long time later. After taking a moment to catch her breath she went back down again, followed by James. I watched them do this for a few rounds then decided to head down for myself.

I held my breath and dunked under, my vision immediately going blurry. I observed their vague forms towards the bottom of the lake, diving as close to the sand as they could. I paddled further trying to catch up with them, just as soon as I had reached them I discovered I needed to come up for air. I tapped the bottom of the lake and headed for the surface. When I had gotten near the top I briefly took in the sight of Leah and Abby resting on the surface. I plunged out of the water, gasping for breath. Moments later Hannah and James came up too -- though less dramatically as they were more experienced.

Leah and Abby passed on diving; but the three of us dove a few more times. Eventually we decided to head in as we would need to get hiking again soon. We swam in and then waded to shore. The sun illuminated the water on our bare bodies, making them shine.

We sat down on the rocks to rest for a bit before heading out. So far no one had reached for any clothes at all. Leah sat down on the same rock as me, to the left, her bare hip lightly brushing mine. Hannah sat down in the grass with her legs wide apart, not caring at all that her coochie was on full display. James and Abby also shared a rock, but sat a couple feet apart. Abby was sitting with one leg over the other, covering basically all view of her privates -- but despite her previous trepidation seemed totally at ease.

It was about 2:30. We drank some water and had some granola bars and other snacks as a light lunch.

"It's not much of a rush, but we probably should get a move on in the next half hour or so." Hannah observed.

"Yeah we still got a little more than four and a half miles to go." I said.

"Excuse me for a moment." Abby said in a quiet tone. She got up and started to edge towards the trees, before she had gotten three feet, or even turned away from us, a quick squirt of water shot out from between her legs.

"Oops, sorry." She said with a tiny nervous laugh, her hand hovering inches in front of her crotch as she backed away further, bouncing lightly with the strain of needing to pee. She only got a couple of steps before it happened again. Her face turned a shade of pink.

"Girl, just go for it!" Hannah yelled, trying to be supportive.

Abby dropped into a low squat and blasted the ground with her pee. I heard a deep sigh escape her lips as the tension was removed from her body. Her eyes tightly squeezed shut, then softened. She trickled for a few moments, and then stood back up. (I had looked away out of politeness, but watched out of the corner of my eye.)

"Whew." She said, "Sorry about that."

"No need to apologize at all. Everyone does it." Hannah said with a bit of a mischievous expression.

Abby nodded. "Ready to head out?" she asked, changing the subject.

We all put our shoes back on. Abby stepped back into her skirt, but didn't wear anything underneath it, and remained topless. James put back on his T-shirt, but stayed nude below the waist. Hannah, Leah and I didn't bother with clothes at all. When we were all packed up we headed out to continue the hike.

Hannah took the lead this time, then James, Abby, Leah, and finally me. The trail left the open clearing where the lake was and headed into some of the densest forest we had come across so far. The dark evergreen trees provided a total canopy overhead so barely any sunlight leaked through, making it quite cool -- almost cold. Moss and ferns were the only plants other than the trees. We walked in relative silence, listening to the wind and the birds chirping. Only occasionally someone pierced the peaceful silence with an observation or joke.

After quite some time we heard tree branches rustling, footsteps, and the murmur of distant voices. People were evidently coming towards us on the trail but so far we couldn't see them. A few moments and a few nervous glances later we finally caught sight of them.

It was three middle-aged women -- their bodies curvy but on the larger side. Shockingly, just like us, they were all stark naked. Two of them were wearing trail running shoes, one was barefoot. They were all carrying backpacks. When they saw us they immediately gave us a friendly wave.

"Hello!" one of them said, "It's not often you run into fellow au naturel hikers out here!"

"Is it you guys' first time?" another one of them asked.

"For some of us it is." Hannah said.

"It's great isn't it?" one of them said enthusiastically.

"Yes, it's a very freeing experience." Leah commented.

"Well, enjoy the trails!" the first woman said as they passed by us. We exchanged some friendly waves and continued on.

Gradually the woods thinned out and soon we came to a clearing. I couldn't tell if it was natural or caused by long ago logging; I would've bet on the latter. When we had passed through the clearing the trail rapidly became steeper and we started climbing higher and higher in elevation. Up here the trees were shorter and much younger -- hardly more than saplings. Instead of the usual deep green they were more of a sharper, lighter green. As we climbed our progress slowed to a very steady slow pace.

As it got closer to evening the ground plateaued out and we managed to speed up a bit. When it was nearing 5 o'clock we arrived at the spot we'd be camping at. We found a spot with an old ring of rocks for a fire-pit. There already were some larger rocks to use as seats around the fire. I groaned and dropped my pack off my back, several others did the same. Abby, Hannah, and James immediately sat down and started untying their boots. Abby kept her socks on, but the other two removed theirs.

This time we were camping in the forest, among a stand of very old fir trees. Some of their trunks must have been four feet wide. We all went searching for firewood this time, digging through the thick bushes and collecting any dead tree branches we could find. When we had collected enough we made several trips carrying it all back to camp.

We set our sleeping bags up in the same order as the night before. We hung out around camp for a bit, then me and James started working on building the fire. I handed him wood and he started assembling the structure, explaining as he went. I listened intently.

The girls sat down on the largest of the rocks, Hannah in the middle, Leah on her right, and Abby on the left. As she was sitting down, Abby worked her skirt down to her ankles, stepped out of it, and tossed it over her shoulder. They pressed their bare bodies together, touching at the shoulders, hips and thighs. Hannah put her arms across the others' shoulders and they reciprocated.

After a lot of work James and I had finally got the fire started. The girls propped their bare and sock-footed feet against the rocks at the edge of the blaze to feel the warmth. I went and sat down on a nearby rock and relaxed. James sat down on the ground near the girls with his knees to his chest. As we sat around chilling and talking we realized it was getting closer and closer to night.

Around 7pm we decided to eat dinner. We had mac and cheese again. After dinner, Leah got up to grab her hoodie and when she returned she came over and sat next to me. We sat there, just talking and calmly enjoying each other's company. Everyone else was engaged in some other discussion, but I didn't hear any of it, and I'm not sure Leah did either.

I gazed into the fire -- and sometimes into her eyes. She absentmindedly ran her fingers through the light colored tuft of hair between her legs. She placed her hand on my thigh. Gradually she began lightly rubbing the top of my leg and then moved her hand and started coyly rubbing the inside of my thigh. When her fingers brushed my erection I felt a sharp jolt. She looked over at me to make sure it was all right. The look on my face must've told her it was, as she started up again, slower this time. I placed my hand near the inside of her leg, but didn't move it as I feared to wreck the moment.

By this time the other three had noticed something going on; they would inquisitively look over whenever they thought we weren't looking. Leah got up and started walking away into the gathering darkness. I sat put. She looked back at me and motioned to follow with a sharp twist of her head. I stood up and followed her out of camp.

When we were out of earshot and obscured behind a number of large trees, Leah turned to me. She was holding a small electric lantern she must have grabbed on her way out of camp that I must not have noticed before now. It was unlit; I could only see her face and features by the dim moonlight.

"So, um... do you want to do it?" she asked, uncharacteristically timidly, "I know I want to, and I think you do too."

For some reason, no words came to my brain.

"You know, sex? C'mon, I've seen how you look at me. Don't be shy."

Finally, I was able to speak. "Yes, yes. I would love to." I said, trying and failing to keep my cool and not act too overzealous. This would be my first time -- I had never had a girlfriend, let alone sex before.

"Great! Follow me." She said. We carried on walking, me uncertain of our destination. "Wait, I don't suppose you brought any condoms did you?" she asked, the question dashing my hopes.

"Um... no I didn't."

"Oh well, no matter. We can still have fun doing other stuff."

I noted to be better prepared going forward. I wondered what "other stuff" might be, but didn't ask it out loud.

"I suppose that was a bit of a stupid question, considering you aren't even wearing anything." She observed a few moments later, a note of humor in her voice.

After a bit of walking and picking our way through the occasional brush, we came to a fallen log lying on the ground with some thick moss growing on it. She set the now glowing lantern on the ground nearby, then sat on the ground with her back against the log and patted the spot next to her. I sat down. I felt the soft caress of the moss on my bare bottom. She untied the bandana from her head and unzipped her hoodie, and tossed both of them in a pile on the ground a few feet away.

I looked at her face in the dim yellow light, and she looked at mine. For a few moments we just looked at each other, then her eyes turned downward -- mine followed. She reached her hand over and started gently stroking my erect cock. It began pulsating and I felt my heart beat rapidly in my throat. She looked into my eyes, seeking permission; the pleasure in my eyes seemed to grant it. She gripped and squeezed harder and harder, it growing stiffer as she went. I started breathing in and out quickly, my heart racing, just trying to draw breath. Just when I thought I was about to climax, she slowly let off.

"Here, feel." She said, taking my hand and placing it on her bush. Her crotch felt wet. I reached farther down; her eyes giving me the go ahead.

I massaged around between her legs with my fingers. I soon found the right spot judging by the look of elation on her face and her increased heaving breaths. As I rubbed, the wetness increased as well as the look of sheer euphoria on her face. Soon I heard some quiet moaning. My penis was still throbbing and erect. As I continued her breaths got heavier and heavier, the moans increased and she began quivering in delight, I could feel her orgasm. She grew still and I let off on the stimulation.

After a few moments at rest she reached over and resumed stroking my cock. My heart started racing in anticipation. Soon, I could feel it throbbing and it was ready to go. I took it in my hands and pointed it and let off. Most of it went into the dirt but some went on my leg.

Now we flattened out and lay down on our backs, resting our heads against the log. We stayed there in the darkness for quite a while, catching our breath and taking in what had just happened. After several long moments she turned her body towards me and lightly touched my face with her fingers. I rested my hand against her bare stomach, lightly tracing the feather tattoo under her breast with a finger. After a long while, she stood up and faced me. I staggered to my feet as well.

"I think I hear a creek over there," she said pointing towards a direction off in the dark, "Do you want to go rinse off?"

"Sure." I replied, still mystified.

She picked up her clothes and carried them with her, I grabbed the lantern. We set off towards where she heard the stream. About a hundred yards later, we came to it. It wasn't super large, but enough for us to wade out a ways.

We dunked our hands in the cold water, then splashed our legs; helping each other out. After we felt thoroughly rinsed we got out. Leah paused to put her hoodie back on and then we started making our way back to camp, walking hand in hand. It was only then that I noticed it was starting to get quite cold, even chillier than the night before.

When we saw the orange glow of the campfire we flicked off the lantern. As we entered camp I surveyed the faces around us. They must have had some idea of what we might have been doing as they were full on staring as we came into view. The looks weren't as much judgmental as just curious. Still they asked no immediate questions and we offered no information, the hand-holding did say a lot.

The two of us sat on one of the rocks; the others sharing the other one. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Abby got up to put on a sweatshirt and her briefs; but also came back with the bag of marshmallows.

Each of us grabbed a stick and toasted them over the fire, and just like that it was totally normal again. We sat around the fire talking, telling stories, and occasionally singing. When it was a quarter to eleven or so, Hannah looked at her watch and informed us of the time. It was met with groans, but we agreed it was time to hit the sack.

Leah and Abby headed off behind a nearby bush. Hannah and James just peed openly near the edge of camp, I joined them. Peeing next to my cousin was a strange experience, but becoming less unusual as time went on.

Before we turned in I noticed Leah moved her sleeping bag as close to mine as she could, Hannah edged hers a little closer as well, but left eight inches of space or so.

The next morning I woke up to thick fog all around. Things that were barely ten yards away were now basically invisible behind the opaque white haze. I glanced at the watch on my wrist, it was 7:16. Looking over at the other sleeping bags, I noticed that Abby and James' were empty, with Leah and Hannah still asleep on either side of me. I was careful not to wake them as I climbed out of bed.

After emerging from the sleeping bag, I almost immediately realized how much colder it was than it had been the day before. I immediately hustled over to my backpack and got fully dressed, including my hoodie and I even pulled out my rain jacket. I headed over to the fire pit and did my best to begin starting the fire, but didn't make much headway before James and Abby returned.

Like me, they had both gotten dressed, Abby in her skirt and sweatshirt; James wearing his hoodie and cargo shorts. They both squatted down around the fire next to me and together we worked to get it started. When it was sufficiently hot, we started heating up water for coffee and instant oatmeal.

Either from smelling the coffee or from hearing us moving around; Hannah and Leah woke up and came over to the fire and sat down. In lieu of getting dressed, instead they just brought over Hannah's blanket and huddled tightly together wrapped in it. When we had finished our breakfast we began working on breaking camp.

Me and Hannah started rolling up sleeping bags; James and Abby put out the fire and gathered up the cooking utensils. Leah was occupied with getting clothes on, but after that she came over and assisted us. Soon we were all packed up.

I realized that Hannah seemed quite cold, her bare body was covered in goosebumps from head to foot and she seemed to be shivering. Even though it was her own personal decision not to wear or even bring any clothing on this trip, I still felt bad. I was going to offer her something from my bag but Leah beat me to it.

"Hey Hannah, I've got a pair of shorts and an extra shirt in my backpack if you're cold." She offered.

"And you can have my rain jacket if you want." I added, holding it out to her.

"No, no, no, guys," she said, waving us off, "I appreciate the offer, but it's part of the adventure. Besides, when we get moving I'll warm up pretty quick."

With that I put on my rain jacket and we got moving. Hannah taking the lead up the trail. The thick fog made it difficult to see the view around us; still it was quite breathtaking in its own way.

Some drops of rain began to fall, slowly at first, but soon increasing. We stopped for a break and everyone put on their rain jackets -- aside from Hannah of course. As soon as we started moving again the rain increased more and soon the sky was dumping buckets. We sloshed through the quickly deepening mud, the thick drops pelting the rubber of our hoods. Everyone seemed subdued and just trying to make it through the downpour, except Hannah, she was skipping and spinning in glee. Sometimes looking up and flashing a wide grin at the sky.

"Fun fact, the human body is waterproof!" Hannah joked loudly. This was met with a few brief muted chuckles and groans.

We trudged on, occasionally making half-sarcastic complaints about the weather. I figure deep down none of us would have rather been anywhere else. None of us wanted to stop for breaks as standing still and getting drenched was somewhat less appealing than powering through.

When it reached afternoon, the sun came out and the rain subsided. We all breathed a sigh of relief and stopped for a break soon after. Sitting on the ground and leaning against trees we had lunch and some water.

By this time everyone had shed their rain jackets and hoodies. Leah took it a step further and removed her crop top to hike topless. Hannah removed her boots and socks, tied the laces together and hung them off the back of her backpack. We set back out.

Evidently Hannah's prancing barefoot down the muddy trail seemed pretty appealing to Leah, as she soon paused to remove her sandals also. I watched her on the trail ahead of me, clad only in her hiking pants, loose hair blowing in the wind, bare feet in the dirt; and remembered the night before.

We were getting close to the end of our journey. Less than three miles to go.

For the first time in a long while we ran into more people. It was a large group and they passed us by wordlessly, we tried to be friendly but were met only with scowls. They seemed like religious folk.

Around four o'clock we arrived at the parking lot. We had completed the loop. It was an adventure I wouldn't soon forget. I had grown much closer to the group; I felt we were all truly friends -- and possibly more with Leah.

"Here you go." Leah said to me and passed me a piece of paper. It had her phone number on it.

"Thanks, I'll call you." I said, trying my best to be cool.

"You'd better." She said, touching my shoulder flirtatiously, yet with intensity.

We all hung out in the parking area for a bit, leaning against the cars and reflecting on the journey. Eventually we said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. Hannah and I drove off with James; Leah took Abby in her Subaru.

Hannah put on her clothes in the shotgun seat while I drove. James was in the back. We arrived at his parents' farm and dropped him off. Then we headed home. Twenty-five minutes later or so we pulled up the long gravel driveway and parked in front of the house. We grabbed our bags from the back and headed inside.

Inside, our respective moms were hanging out on the couch watching TV. Both were naked.

"Hey y'all! How was the trip?" Aunt Sally asked warmly.

"It was great, mom. There's so much to tell you." Hannah said, "But first I'd better put this stuff away and shower."

"Yeah I probably should too." I agreed.

"Oh, by the way, we were wondering if you guys wanted to take a day trip to the coast with us next weekend. Probably Friday or Saturday?" my mom asked us. Her arms lightly folded across her chest self-consciously, a blanket across her lap.

"Yeah, that sounds great." I answered.

"Absolutely, sounds like a blast." Hannah said, popping a double thumbs-up.

After I unpacked and showered, I lay on my bed thinking about how much my life had changed in such a truly short time, and looking forward at things to come, not knowing what to expect, but excited for the ride all the same.