At some point that night I realize that I could either get in the tent or wake up outside. The last time I camped at this spot I woke up to a bear coming out of the woods to get a drink in the river, so I know I don’t want to be outside. It’s extremely dark and the air smells of rain. I follow the glow lights to my tent and collapses on my sleeping bag. The breeze is nice but it’s still too hot to be covered so I lie down naked on top of my bag. Before I pass out Chris climbs in next to me. I know...

We are leaving on vacation tomorrow until the 10th so it will be a while before I am back. A strange thing is happening to me these days. My body fat is falling to its lowest levels ever. For me that means that I am somewhere around 10%. People are telling me that I look sick (not in the good way). My diet and workout levels haven’t changed lately, however, I have maintained a very rigorous diet for a little over a year now and it seems my body is beginning to give in on the last fat deposits It...

Chris is a smoker and not just of cigarettes. So we moved over to our chairs and got out our pipes. I smoke a few times a week because it helps with my muscle soreness from working out so much. Chris’ work buddy, Josh, was clearly eager to see us light up and to smoke with us. He joins us and we start getting high. We talked for a good while about a lot of things, especially mutual friends, etc. It turns out that Josh is good friends with my oldest and they had partied some together. I always enjoy...

We settled in for an evening of drinking and shooting the shit and it wasn’t long before the new guys and the original guys are getting to know each other. It was beautiful and peaceful but still rather hot. Chris, a big muscular bartender that I work out with but don’t really know, came up and started talking with me about my business and finding time to lift and so on. He’s single and has never been married, but has three kids and one on the way. He came along with a work buddy that I had never...

It was a great weekend! My buddy Matt and I made plans to canoe a local river so I headed over there Friday afternoon. Much to my surprise the headcount was eight men for the weekend. My first thought was so many new guys would probably kill the vibe. The two other dudes that joined us to watch the game were there so I knew they were cool. Now there were four more and no one had said this was an “official” get naked weekend so I wasn’t sure.



I love the river and I knew...