I don't think it was so much that it wasn't patronized but was sold because Tom and Mary Clare wanted to retire. Each and every time we visited, and we visited for the day, a couple days, weekends and as long as a week or more, TCI was always 3/4's full and most times more so when you take into account the day use traffic.

They had been talking about selling TCI for some time, even more so in the past couple of years. Tom's always said, "Terra Cotta is always for sale at the right price," I it seems he got what he needed to now enjoy their retirement. I just think most of us didn't think it would happen so suddenly.

Only thing I think most of his loyal guests would have appreciated was a bit more of a warning that the serious possibility of a sale was on the horizon and not just idle talk, leaving most frequent visitors to TCI thinking that they had a bit more time enjoying this great place.

It is a shame that it will go textile. It leaves two options for nudists in Palm Springs ... Desert Sun and Living Waters Spa. It will be interesting to see which of those two all of the Terra Cotta visitors flock to.

We wish Tom and Mary Clare the very best in retirement and thank them for providing us this slice of paradise in our own backyard to visit, stay and meet our closest friends for the last 17 years we've been visiting.

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