’We ain’t stupid’: Nudists not wearing birthday suits today

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With one of the longest and chilliest cold snaps in years taking hold across south Louisiana, everyone seems to be bundling up. Even nudists.

“We may be nudists, but we ain’t stupid,” said Travis David, who does maintenance work at the Indian Hills Nudist Park in Slidell — Louisiana’s only such attraction.

David was fully clothed — heavily clothed — from head to toe Tuesday, responding to calls about broken pipes from the prolonged freezing temperatures the roughly 50-acre park just west of Slidell has seen over the last few days.

His face, though, was red from exposure to the low wind chills — a different, and more limited, sort of exposure than he has at warmer times of the year.

That’s because, for David, doing everything from cleaning up to putting in light bulbs isn’t a good reason to put on clothes.