The west is just extraordinarily beautiful and serene. I've seen a lot of Arizona, northern New Mexico, and parts of southern Utah and Nevada. I used to love driving through these areas and I felt so free while there. Colorado blows me away too. Its just depressing what we (civilization) have done to spoil it. Vegas, for example, is a horrid neon eyesore by comparison to the surrounding desert. But then again...as much as I hate to admit it, there was something artificially amazing about Vegas. At times I was awestruck by Vegas' electricity, even though for the most part I hated it there.