One Saturday afternoon last summer, two members were headed back to the lodge after hauling firewood out to their site. One of them was riding in the wagon we keep around for hauling wood, a grown man, glass of red wine in hand, and the other, was flat out running while pulling him. Just before they made it to the lodge, the wagon tipped. He went flying, wine and all. Everyone within earshot was laughing, except the guy who'd been pulling, who was now staring down at a wagon

For everyone who couldn't make it to Saturday's general meeting, here's a straightforward recap of what we covered. What TPL Social Club Actually Is Before getting into the recap, it's worth pausing on this, because we know it still confuses people. TPL Social Club is a separate Maine nonprofit, distinct from the lodge itself. Its whole purpose is to preserve and support the culture, the facilities, the wilderness, and the community of Twin Ponds Lodge. It's the thing that fu

This past weekend, July 17th - 19th, was Anniversary Weekend, which means TPL Social Club just turned four. Four years since Roberto and I took this place over, four years since the inception of TPL Social Club, four years of building something with all of you. Between hosting the meeting, running the Twin Ponds Lodge Awards, and organizing and cataloging all the donations for the silent auction, in addition to doing all the regular day to day tasks it takes to run this place

Good. That means you're paying attention. Gay clothing optional campgrounds are genuinely different from most places you've probably been. They're adult spaces, they're openly gay, and many of them — including Twin Ponds Lodge — have areas with a bathhouse vibe that they're honest about. If you read that and felt a little flutter of anxiety about visiting a nudist campground for the first time, you're not alone and you're not wrong for feeling it. What I want to tell you — an