Albuquerque, Taos

[lost-in-nj]

and Sedona Az...


I need a place to go to to think... to REALLY FEEL my thoughts...
it means my marriage.
Any one have any insights to these places?
I know Sedona is very zen and centered but what about NM?

or anyplace else you know of??

Thank you everyone....



lost

[Kali]

1. I think you mean Sedona?

And probably Santa Fe is more in line with that sort of scene than Albuquerque.

Hope you have a few bucks because zen in those places is pretty pricey.

Still a road trip to them would probably do the trick for being alone with your thoughts. Or across Texas. :rofl:

[lost-in-nj]

2. HFS

that means HOLY FUCKING SHIT


You Are right.....\


LOL LOL lOL

I will edit....
thanks

lost

[Drum]

3. Taos Ski Valley.

about 15 miles outside of Taos proper. So so beautiful, up there in the mountains...I like it so much better up in there, yet with the desert so nearby. I've only been there in the warm weather, never when the ski stuff is happening. Very very good for my head.

[Redstone]

4. Lone Pine, California. And the rest of the Owens Valley. And be sure to visit Darwin Falls, and

make the drive up Cerro Gordo, and go up north of there to Lee Vining and Mono Lake.

You'll come back changed.

Redstone

[lost-in-nj]

5. Thanks

My problem is I am a chicken driver....
We have a mall that is 1/2 mile from my house but I can not drive there because it is on a really bad highway. yea I admit It am a wuss. ....... I always had someone else drive, I was in a very bad accident when I was younger and since then I let other people drive
that trip sounds beautiful though......


I have to take a pill to get on a plane... :(
I am anxiety ridden when it comes to transportation....




lost ;( ;(

[Redstone]

6. Go there. There's NO traffic. You'll relax, trust me. Except maybe the drive up Cerro Gordo.

That can be a bit of a challenge in a rental car.

Redstone

[carly denise pt deux]

7. For a zen, find yourself ambience, stay away from Albuquerque

it's loud, rowdy and a little on the scary side. My relatives live there. Taos is much better, sit and meditate in the open air, it's chock full of old hippies and artsy folks, they will help bring your chi around.
Signed, an old hippie
Carly

[ForrestGump]

8. Sedona's beautiful but (last time I was there, anyway, over a decade ago) overrun by

New Age weirdos. The type of drongos who give the ideas they want to subscribe to a bad rap, by doing stupid things like messing up the delicate landscapes by building medicine wheels of the kind that the local tribes never even had. Well-meaning morons, basically.

Albuquerque has great food! Frontier, across from the UNM campus, is a classic. But it's not, as nice a town as it is, a really good place to escape within. I've somehow never been to Santa Fe or Taos but either might be a better choice for that.

I love New Mexico. For me, the high plains of Eastern New Mexico, in particularly, produce very good vibes within me. Maybe the sort of thing you're looking for. Some might call it the sign of a 'vortex,' or similar -- I've felt the same thing in the high desert of California, especially within Joshua Tree National Park -- but, whatever it is, it's as tangible as anything else. For me, it feels viscerally as sublime and right as towns like Phoenix (in particular) and Chicago feel immediately wrong to me.

If I were you, I'd check out Santa Fe and Taos (both used to also have youth hostels, and would likely today still have them or other backpackers' accommodations), some of the little towns in New Mexico, and places like Idyllwild or Big Bear (in the mountains), California, Julian, CA (near San Diego), and Bisbee, AZ. The California coast, especially up north, and the Oregon coast also offer some really cool places that feel good. I recently passed through Wickenburg, AZ, a couple of times and that, too, looks like a cool place to just visit and hang out in...little cowboy town,l sort of. The Texas Hill Country might also be worth checking. I also like the little towns in West Texas (Marfa, Alpine, etc), but they are pretty far out there and things can get pretty rustic pretty quickly in that part of the world.

For me, one of the most perfectly peaceful times in my life was when I camped on the rim of the Grand Canyon...I walked in, so got a campsite for a dollar a day (this was 1985, though), and just hung out there after I'd emerged from a few days hiking inside the actual canyon. It was just great, walking through the Ponderosa forests and all along the South Rim, catching all the sunsets. It'd be nice up there now (I did this in late March or April), and I think -- if you're into camping -- it would do the trick for you. I'd love to do that again.

[xchrom]

9. you want new mexico.

santa fe and taos and the surrounding areas will give you what you are looking for.

i've been to sedona and new mexico many times -- and i always prefer new mexico.

see if you can get a vacation rental -- and just mellow out.

[catmandu57]

10. Eagles Nest New Mexico

Just east of Taos, as yet an undiscovered piece of paradise. If you have trouble with driving though you may want to find a chauffer for that trip. Just to the west of Taos you'll find Tres piedras another undiscovered gem, if I weren't tied down here I'd do the driving for you.

[raptor_rider]

11. Try the Four Corners Region

I live up near Farmington. This is close to Durango, CO and the La Plata mountains. The mountains are really peaceful and beautiful about now. However we did get snow on Saturday, so the mountains are going to still be pretty chilly. If there was a place that I needed to go to get away and think, I would go there. However this is me talking.