I had been camping for five days, by myself, in the Sierras, just north of Yosemite Valley, when I found my camp overrun by a family of bears. I moved to high ground and waited them out, making sure my food was hung higher than bears could reach and my gear didn't contain any food. I watched the bears throughout the day through my binoculars and when I was sure they were gone I headed back to camp.
By the time I reached my campsite there was another camp set up next to mine. I didn't pay much attention until I saw a pair of lace panties hanging from a backpack and some other frilly things blowing in the breeze next to them. The camp was set up and food as already hung on a bear line from one tree to the other. These people didn't waste any time getting set up.
I heard talking behind me, over by the large pool below the waterfall, so I started to make my way over. It is not unusual for backpackers to skinny dip, so when I saw naked flesh through the trees I said a friendly "hello" to announce myself and made my way through the trees. What I saw when I emerged from the bushes were two of the loveliest people I have looked at wantonly for a good long time.
Sitting on a rock in the middle of the large pool were two tanned, healthy looking, and very naked ladies who also were close to gorgeous, or at least as long as it had been since I had seen gorgeous people they looked to be.
I introduced myself, feeling a little uneasy, walking in on them like that. I quickly explained that I had the camp, which they had to have noticed, next to theirs and told them my name.
"Well, David, come join us," one of them said. I found it was Angelica who invited me to join them, and it was Macy who sat next to her. I stripped off my clothes, being careful to notice whether they seemed to mind a naked man in their pool. They seemed to be fine with my nakedness, but it was my very white body they seemed to find offensive.
"You don't get much sun, do you David," Angelica said with a grin. I said college kept me indoors a lot lately, but explained I was from Minnesota, so we didn't get much sun during winter. They were from Southern California, so could imagine living where you had to wear one layer of clothing, especially during the day.
As we sat sunning on the rock, me a few feet away from the two of them, we chatted about ourselves, politics, which we seemed to be in line with, the weather, and, incredibly, sex. "You straight, David?" Macy asked as direct as a stranger can be with another stranger who they just met less than hour before.
"As an arrow," I said, trying to be as unambiguous as possible. Hoping that it wasn't being sexist, racist, or simply stupid.
Angelica laughed and said, " Not bi?"
"Not yet," I said, trying for levity as much as possible.
