Sophia
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The storm had finally arrived, and it was raining hard, and the lightning was out of control. Boom boom boom right on top of the car. It sucked, there was no way I could continue. Still, the weather had said there was only a 30% or 40% chance of rain, so I thought maybe it wouldn't last very long, and it would take me a few minutes to get to the next bridge anyway. The next bridge was right downtown, not more than a mile or so from the big buildings. There is a big interchange of interstates, on one side of the interstate is nice apartment buildings and restaurants and hotels and the downtown, on the other side of the interstate, was an industrial wasteland, a large rail yard, many lots filled with stored semi trailers, even a junk yard. Past all this was an older, slightly run down neighborhood, and in that neighborhood is a large park with some sports fields, and another bike path. On the other side of the park from the neighborhood is a large rail yard. And over that rail yard is the bridge carrying the bike path. Coming from downtown, there is a road that goes under one of the interstates, and just past the interstate the bike path emerges. So, from this street, if you followed the bike path, you would go into the trees a couple hundred yards then reach the bridge, then over the bridge and into the park. From this spot where the bike path emerged right next to the on-ramp to the highway, it would be the best place to get up to the bridge. The problem was, this was a road in a totally industrial area. Absolutely no reason for a car to be parked on the road right there. It would stick out like a sore thumb. It would probably have been stripped by the time I got back! Also, it had the same problem as the first bridge tonight, on the far side, if I left my clothes before coming back to the car, I would have to walk all the way through the park to get to them. I decided it would be better to do it the other way around. Start in the park, walk over the bridge, drop my clothes at the end of the bike path where it emerges onto the industrial street, then head back to the park naked. I had the same problem I mentioned before, I didn't want to park in the park's parking lot, because it would stick out like a sore thumb, so I parked on the street that bordered the park. On the opposite side were small houses. It was 3:30 in the morning, but one of the houses still had lights on! Still, all was quiet. Fortunately there was another car parked on the street outside the park, so I parked right behind it, so my car would not stick out at all. It was raining hard now, and the temperature had dropped precipitately. It was now below 60°. As soon as I stepped out of the car I was soaked. This was insane; I was shivering before I'd walked a hundred feet into the parking lot. It was crazy. I'd never make it. I should give up, come again another time. But I didn't want to give up. I could make it, and there would be the wonderful warm heater to greet me when I got back. The parking lot was quite deep, several hundred feet till you reached the grass of the fields. The bike path ran along beside the parking lot, and I stepped onto it and started into the park. It's a long, deep park, just sports fields with trees on every side and the bike path heading to the end, at least a thousand feet away, at which is the ramp to the bridge. It was raining insanely now, and cold, and the lightning was flashing violently, it felt like about ten feet over my head. About 200 feet in there were a few trees, and a picnic table, and I didn't want to walk all the way across the bridge with my clothes on, so I took them off right there. The parking lot had a couple lights, but the street was dark. I couldn't see my car. I piled my clothes on the table with my sandals, then hid my keys under a tree on the other side of the bike path, and I was naked in the middle of this vast empty field, no protection of any kind for hundreds of feet in any direction. The rain was streaming down my naked body, and I realized I was no longer feeling cold. It's an amazing thing about cold weather that no one realizes unless you a strong enough person to walk naked, that you don't actually need a coat. In fiction it's always depicted that the person was in the rain and got a cold; that's the opposite of what happens for strong people. You warm up to it, and it was comfortable and nice, even 58°, naked in the pouring rain, I felt wonderful. I continued along the bike path toward the bridge. This bridge was a cool one, on either side the ramps were spirals, so for a moment, I was out of the rain as I went up the first loop. The bridge itself was very very long and exposed, no obstructions of any kind for hundreds of yards. The only disappointing thing about it was that there was no road under it. I was actually completely alone and in control. As I started across the bridge, I felt the need to pee. I have peed while naked before, of course, but usually I squat down like I would camping. But I decided, why bother? It was raining so hard, even if some got on me it would wash off in no time, so I did something I have never done before, I just peed as I walked. It was so awesome! It's an unusual thing to do, so it took several steps before it would come, and then I felt it wash down over my legs. It was so warm, it felt really nice! It's weird to say, I actually quite enjoyed it. I just kept walking across the bridge as the pee streamed down my legs like a warm bath. This was definitely something I was going to have to do again. I peed for many steps across the bridge, the lightning flashing overhead, the thunder, the pouring rain, and so high up on the bridge, I had a commanding view in every direction. Stretched out to the right was the interstate. It was not close, but any cars going by would have a clear view of my naked body if they happened to look, and in the distance to my left I could see the tops of the tall buildings of downtown, somber and powerful against the flashing sky. I wasn't the queen of the night, I was a goddess. I could do anything. I was the most powerful person in the world. With the storm crashing above me I felt like Prospero summoning the heavens. The pee stayed warm on my legs for several minutes until it was washed off. At the far end of bridge the ramp spiraled twice around. It was right up against the on-ramp to the highway, just a few feet away, but it was an express lane, so it was closed for the night. I was out of the rain for several moments, then came out on the path out to the industrial road. At the end of the path, I put down my extra shorts and shirt, and stepped out into the middle of the quiet road. I looked both ways, up the incline of the road back the way I had come, and down under the highway toward the city. What if I just kept going? I had had enough, though, so I headed back up the bike path, leaving my clothes in a pile on the sidewalk. The storm continued to crash and flash all the way back across the bridge, and cars sped by on the highway from time to time. Back in the park, I walked, naked in the rain, invincible back to the picnic table. It was time to stop. I considered walking all the way back to the car naked, but there was no need. I put on my soaking wet shirt and shorts, grabbed the keys, and headed back to the car. (I know it's not a big deal, but it makes me proud that I can hide the keys in the pitch black and find them again ten minutes later.) The car was still warm, the heater blasted and warmed me up again in no time. I headed back over to the end of the bike path and my clothes. On the incline down to the bike path, I met a woman on a bicycle, in the pouring rain, maybe crazier than I am! Is it possible she was just on the bike path? What a disappointment! How great would it have been to encounter her there! My clothes were still there, soaking wet. I retrieved them and headed home. There were a couple more bridges that I might have tried quickly if it had stopped raining, but it was still pouring, and it was after 4 o'clock by now. This had easily been the longest naked walk I had ever been on. It had to have been well over half a mile. Wonderful.
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