Moab.

Places of solitude are hard to come by. While many people fear solitude, I find the peace it brings to be invaluable. In the words of Edward Abbey:

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself."

Moab is a place of beauty. I used to despise the desert, with its harsh, dry landscape. In recent times, however, I've found a desolate grace, a calmness, in this landscape.