Hello Texans and Austin-ites!

We are a North Texas couple who don't consider ourselves nudists but my wife [38F] and I [40M] have enjoyed getting naked at the Garden of Eden and CO pools on our trips to Key West. One of the reasons we feel free to let loose in that environment is that GoE does a very good job of policing camera usage. Me and my wife's day to day life is pretty vanilla and we don't love the idea of identifying pics floating around of us naked at a club or beach.

But we absolutely love how freeing the experience is.

My wife's best friend is planning a couples trip to Austin for Memorial Day weekend. We love Austin and typically go hiking and do Barton springs and hit up 6th street or SoCo or whatever is the currently hip equivalent (I typically follow my wife's lead here as she stays more in the know)-- my wife loves Austin and we visit as often as we can. Most Austin trips are a getaway for the two of us or as a family with our kids, or she often takes girls trips to Austin with her bestie's social group.

For this trip, her bestie wants it to be a couples trip with her and her husband, us, and another girlfriend who is currently single but is looking to bring a friend (girl or guy) with her if she isn't involved with anyone by then. The "rule" that has been proposed is that each of us (6 in total) each get to suggest an activity for the weekend and we all "have to do it" no matter what it is. (Obviously this is meant to be playful and no one will be made to do anything against their will).

My wife's bestie has already mentioned that she's read about HH and wants to "check it out". But neither of us are sure what she means by "check it out". My wife is a little hesitant, but not because she's afraid to be naked around her friends. On the contrary, she's not sure how she feels about showing them how NOT AFRAID she is to be naked in public.

This would be our first time to HH, and my wife is certain she would have no issues getting naked if it were just the two of us. Also, the currently single girl she is pretty confident is wild/open minded enough to get naked and she has no concerns there. But she's really not sure how she feels about getting naked with her bestie and even more so, her bestie's husband. To add the situation, my wife really feels like he's not the kind of guy who's gonna feel comfortable getting naked, even if the group of friends dynamic wasnt at play. He's just quieter and more reserved. But he and I, while friendly towards each other, have never really hung out before, so I don't really know how much he'll open up in this social environment.

I've tried to remind her that there probably isn't many people who would believe we are the "kinds of folks" to do the things we have done on vacations and away from home. But we mostly do those things only when we travel to reduce the chances of running into people from our "regular lives", so I'm also not entirely sure how I feel it either.

So a couple of questions--

1. How crowded would you expect it to be on Memorial Day weekend? My gut says "very", and I generally don't feel compelled to fight crowds on weekends like this. But in the spirit of having a fun weekend I'm willing to do it within reason.

2. Does the more crowded nature of a holiday weekend such as Memorial Day mean there are more lookie-loos? More folks trying to snag photos of those they didn't come with?

3. How do you handle bringing friends who aren't sure if they'll get naked? I know there's no consensus here about whether people should be "allowed" to be at HH clothed, but I'm not personally sure how I feel about potentially being one of them.

Any extra advice or thoughts?