In these parts, this is what's known as a "beach"

Ouch!

It's not easy sitting on a hot rock in your birthday suit. When we heard locals talking about the "beach" at Hippy Hollow, we had thoughts of lounging by some cool water on soft, accommodating lake sand.

Not quite.

The 'beach' at Hippy Hollow is a terrace of rock ledges that would challenge a goat. But they offer a great view of a lake cove that would be picturesque even if it didn't have dozens of naked people floating around. (Some not so picturesque.)

How is it people sashay buck nakid in the middle of Oral Roberts country?

Because every Democrat in the great state of Texas lives around Austin. Or, just about. And to prove just how liberal and open minded they all are, they've legalized nudity at Hippy Hollow.

It could also have something to do with the fact that Austin is the home of 50,000 college students enrolled at the University of Texas.

Students have been baring it all at this lake for so long, the locals finally through in the towel, stopped writing citations and said: "Let's go and take a look".

Cruising by Hippy Hollow in your power boat is a local past time on Sundays. After church.

Guy tells his neighbor, "I'm tired of looking at all those naked people cavorting around down there!". And the neighbor says, "Well, I can't see them." And the guy says, "You have to use binoculars".