Clewiston, Florida, a town on the southwest corner of Lake Okeechobee surrounded by farmland, is reportedly becoming the new home of a "remote gay sex camp," with developers purchasing the 269-acre plot once belonging to Eckerd Youth Alternatives, a non-profit dedicated to serving at-risk teens. The organization shuttered the facility several years ago. Snapped up by a Ft. Lauderdale company calling itself Bazu LLC, the land is zoned for certain housing types, but emails circulating are referring to it as the location of a new gay-oriented camping … facility. The new outpost is expected to be called Vitambi Springs Resort, which already has its own Facebook page and website, and whose parent company VSR Development Corp. is owned by the same three men — Steven W. McCloud (president), Martin C. Ruddock (vice president/treasurer), and Antonio P. Barone (vice president) — who own Bazu LLC. And if Vitambi's Facebook profile is to be believed, as of now 42 people "like" the impending arrival of their new neighbor. And why wouldn't they? A chance to commune with your fellow gay man in nature, away from it all? Just be sure to pack your condoms, lube, and deet.
