Tucked away in the woods seven miles from Tonganoxie and three miles from McLouth, Kansas, Gaea Retreat Center has a twelve-acre lake, ideal for midday or moonlight frolicking. Gaea, operated by Earth Rising Inc. (P.O. Box 10442, Kansas City, MO 64111, 816-931-4443), is home of the Heartland Pagan Festival, Midwest Male Naturist Gathering and the Gaea Goddess Gathering, three of many annual retreats. Because Gaea serves as a tribute to nature, the most natural thing festival campers can do is swim naked in the pond on hot summer days. No one cares if you fling off your clothes and dive off the dock, and there are always a couple of boats you can row out to the middle. Just be sure to wear sunscreen on those parts not usually exposed.
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