Raw in the rain: Seattle residents don’t shrink from seeking nude beach

Suitless in Seattle: Residents want nude beach

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is asking residents what the city needs, and many are warming to the idea of a nude beach.

A clothing-optional beach is in third place Thursday in an online vote on the mayor’s website. Far ahead in first and second are expanding light rail, but about 870 people favor going bare in the air.

The thought of shedding duds in the often rainy and cloudy city may give some people goose bumps. But a small number of the suitless in Seattle brave the shores of Lake Washington and secluded but chillier spots on Puget Sound. And in June, there’s the Fremont neighborhood’s Solstice Parade, where unclad bicyclists with abundant body paint are the norm — rain or shine.

Online:

Mayor’s site: www.ideasforseattle.org

Fremont parade: fremontartscouncil.org/events/summer-solstice-parade/