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Early 1970's (c) Don Boyd

Early 1970's - does anyone remember nudes on horseback and on the beach at Dania Beach (now state park)?

Dania Beach, Florida view map


The beach in the photo was accessed through the woods and across a stream or two. It is now part of John U. Lloyd State Park which used to be beautiful with very old tall whispering Australian Pines that provided a lot of shade, particularly in the late afternoon, so that people would not suffer skin damage from the sun that often leads to melanoma, squamous cell skin cancer, etc. that can cause disfigurement and death. But the state doesn't care about people or aesthetics as they are hell bent on wiping out Australian Pines because they are considered by the "experts" to be a non-native species. So now the beaches and people are now sun-blasted and unprotected from the sun by the much shorter ugly native trees that were planted. In my opinion the park and the beaches are now much uglier to view on the ground and from the air and it's hard to fathom that public tax dollars were squandered to accomplish the desires of relatively few "experts" compared to the general population who is now deprived of much needed shade. I wonder how much attendance figures at the park have gone done since they raped the area of all the shade?


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Mike 14-Jun-2021 10:28
I remember it all too well. I especially remember my very 1st trip there. Only 18 years old in 1973, I was a little slow to catch on. A little confused and a bit dismayed. But by my second trip there, to Dania Beach, My Girlfriend and I had no close on too. GOD! I miss and loved those days! Debbie. Call me. Maybe we could try the Jack-Rabbit thing again. LOL!
Don Boyd12-Jul-2013 05:18
Harriet, I sure do remember Ronnie from the good old days. As soon as I saw your married name I wondered if he was your husband. : ) I'll answer more under your other comments and thanks for the Facebook friend request.

Don
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harriet12-Jul-2013 04:25
You might have known my husband, Don. He graduated with you...Ronnie Snell
harriet12-Jul-2013 04:23
You're right, Don. I was married in '72 and my husband and I would sometimes go to that beach on our homemade Jeep Dune Buggy...discovered the nudie beach by accident one day. I think my husband knew about it all the time and just didn't want to tell me, 'cause we sure didn't leave right away.
Don Boyd11-May-2013 05:14
What time frame would that be? I remember the unofficial nudity in the 1971-72 time frame.

Don
Guest 10-May-2013 13:37
I remember going nude in Dania beach, we skipped school to go