The afternoons have been so nice here. I am soaking it all in before fall arrives.

It’s so beautiful out! Who else loves Gate 6?

We went early Monday near gate 5 and left a little after noon. We had a great time just relaxing and it felt like we had a lot of the beach to ourselves. A+++ Will do again.

However, if you enjoy crowds, textiles, stereos playing obnoxiously loud, creepers in the bushes, bros ogling, and trying to find parking, then you will HATE weekdays.

The sand was abnormally hot af (wear your sandals) and the bugs were out in force, especially the boxelders, but there was only one textile (he wasn't being creepy at all), but overall it was a fantastic way to start the day.

It’s my favorite thing to do in summer. This one is from last year. I’ll be the curvy girl with a book and a joint.

Perfect conditions

This is your yearly reminder: public sex is illegal. Do not be that person.

The last warm day we had I ventured out to Collins as a solo female woman. I have done this many times over my ten years in Portland and have only felt creeped out maybe once or twice. However, this day was particularly different. The beach was pretty empty when I arrived around noon. Just the regular old dudes minding their own business.

I chose my spot, read my book, and was also minding my own business when a younger male sat about 10 ft away (there were hundreds of feet available, btw) and then a couple sat on the other side of me about 25 ft away.

Within minutes to couple starts getting frisky. The younger guy is watching. I’m in the middle of this low-grade pornographic situation and thinking, “Are you kidding me?”

The couple gets into some National Geographic level shenanigans. There’s animal noises. There’s moaning. There’s screaming.

The young guy THEN APPROACHED the couple and was about a foot away and then was motioned to join them. He did. It gets louder and far more awkward so I pack up and go to a different section.

This is at 1:30 pm on a Wednesday. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I am not a prude, but nude beaches get a bad wrap for this sort of behavior. Don’t be that person and have this magical place taken away from us. Please.

*thank you to the lone male who approached me kindly and asked if I was okay and if I needed assistance leaving the awkward as hell situation.

I'm so happy that the weather is finally breaking. I'm sure this was just a bit of a false spring, but it was great to take advantage.

There was a decent size crowd, and we didn't have an issues with creepers.

WIN

Story here

I'm just going to say it, 90% of the issues at Rooster and Collins come from textiles and/or are encouraged by textiles. I've been going to both beaches for almost 15 years and while there's always been bushwhackers and people putting on shows, the consistency to which they happen has only increased since 2020 when we saw the textile invasion.

In forums and threads, especially like FetLife (not a user there, don't DM me), it's always the textiles who are encouraging couples to put on shows. When I see or hear of bushwhackers, I don't know the last time it was a nudist doing the whacking.

Out of the thirty plus women that used to meet me at RR or CB, only three, myself included, still go today, and all cite the same reasons for not going today: textiles! Where I used to go at least five days a week, I only go now a couple of times a month, if that. Maybe you are totally fine with Rooster and Collins being unsafe and uncomfortable for women, but for those that have been going since at least 2019, can you say that it's better without us there?

I don't know what to do outside of bitch and complain to everyone I know, and yeah, I'm a bitch now because of this apparently with some here. I've seen signs put up, but they get removed almost immediately by the textiles at both places. I've seen comments and posts online but they either get removed or the textiles troll them. I used to think that it was a ridiculous idea to change their names from "Clothing Optional beach" to "Nude beach," but maybe that's where we are at and it's needed. Likely won't fly at CB but anything is worth a try at this point.

I really miss going and I hope that these textiles, and nudists that enable them, see what they are really doing and they can see how what is happening at Denny Blaine mirrors what is happening at RR and CB.

I suspect that CB will soon have a petition by locals to shut it down or make it clothing required, especially with what we see going on with the parking. I hope not, but at this rate it's only a matter of time.

I wish I could put this as a flow chart, but here goes:

• If you're asking for someone to join you, use the weekly post that is stickied.

• If you are there and asking others to join you, yeah, just the weekly post.

• If you are there, and you are giving a status update, go ahead and post that. Just don't make it about finding someone to join you.

Listen, we get it, you're at the beach having fun and wish you could share the experience, most of us have all been there. Thing is, this sub quickly fills with nothing but these posts and soon everyone is complaining and reporting and sending us messages. We polled y'all and this is how you said we should handle it. You're not in trouble until it becomes a pattern.

Also keep in mind that it is illegal to have sex at the beach and we, as mods, are 100% going to remove posts and comments that are both looking for this and those posting about it. This is how these beaches have been shut down, this is also how you find yourself having to register as a sex offender, and also getting cold water splashed on you as the best case scenario. Now we're not saying that it doesn't happen, I've seen videos where it happens in dumpsters behind 7-11, but that doesn't make any of it alright. Don't do anything that would give the religious zealots ammo to shut us down. If you're just that hard up, use grindr or r/OregonMenGoneWild or r/OregonSwingers or whatever.

Stay safe out there!

Friday May 23, the beach is pretty empty but it's beautiful here. Some light wind and light cloud cover, but the sun feels warmer than the number on the thermometer.

Added in the locations of the rock peace symbol, rock maze, UFO and volleyball courts. Let me know if there are other items you'd like added. Cheers!

Spent some time at collins the past few days and I was incredibly disappointed to see how many folks were clothed. I know this is a known and perpetual issue but it is annoying and upsetting. This afternoon it seemed there were more clothed folks than nude folks in the area I was in. Including a couple who basically was engaging in sexual foreplay, a whole group of folks all in suits, a man who closely walked past me many times and multiple pairs or triads of young men who were just beach walking and fully clothed. What’s the point??? There’s a huge massive beach for those who don’t want to be tits out. They even have to drive further to get to this portion of beach. I’m just trying to sun my tits without the eyes of fully clothed folks.