Sunflowers Nudists Temp: Scooters

Sometimes, you have to strip down to find out what really moves you. And sometimes, you just have to go 25 miles per hour to feel a breeze that actually saves your life.

“You wear leathers on a Harley when it’s 100 degrees, you’ll pass out before you hit second gear,” he explains, adjusting his helmet. “But a scooter? A scooter is slow. It’s casual. At 25 miles an hour, the breeze is just a kiss. And when it’s this hot, a kiss is all you want. Clothes just get in the way of the wind.” Scooters Sunflowers Nudists Temp

By J. Sinclair

At first, the scene feels like a surrealist painting. —the small-wheeled, underpowered cousins of motorcycles—putter along a dirt path that cuts through a ten-acre field of sunflowers . The bikes are decorated with streamers, baskets full of cold drinks, and in several cases, cleverly placed cardboard signs reading, "Eyes up here, please." Sometimes, you have to strip down to find

And the heat does care. It dictates the rules. By 11:00 AM, the pavement is too hot for bare feet, hence the Tevas. By noon, the plastic seats of the Vespas become miniature frying pans. I watch a woman named Diane drape a damp chamois cloth over her seat. “Secret trick,” she winks. “Evaporative cooling. Also keeps you from sticking to the vinyl.” “But a scooter