Nudity Prohibited

Those of you familiar with Black's Probably recognize this old buoy. It's floated around Blacks beach, having moved quite a ways North. In the old days, it was painted a bright lavender with a bit of a gay theme to it. I'm not sure if it had anything written on it but it was a bit of a landmark on Blacks, in spite of the storms that seem to carry it around the beach.

It's still there, some ten years later, but someone seems to have painted it orange with big gold letters that say NUDITY PROHIBITED. I'd say that the gold letters certainly add a bit of flair to the old buoy and to the message. I don't know if the park system did it as something humorous or if one of the myriad, colorful denizens did it. There is a small, tactful brown sign next to it that says that nudity is prohibited in the state park system. Best I can tell, the people that sunbathed on the beach didn't seem to care one way or the other and there was still the occasional naturalist here or there. The buoy was looking somewhat photogenic so here it is in all of its glory. Maybe next time they'll do polka dots.