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area51
09-20-2012, 01:21 PM
There is nothing more peaceful than sitting in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night and smoking a cigar. I challenge everyone to at least once get to the quietest place you can find away from any distractions and just reflect. It is an amazing experience.

Ogre
09-20-2012, 01:26 PM
That it is. I have done it in the Arizona desert.

area51
09-20-2012, 01:29 PM
It really is a beautiful thing. Sadly, I feel a good portion of my generation will never experience this.

RHerrington
09-20-2012, 01:35 PM
Closest I've come was growing up, family would go out to Silver Lake Sand Dunes on the west coast of Michigan. I remember sitting on the dunes watching the stars for what seemed like hours. Man I need to do that again.

area51
09-20-2012, 01:49 PM
It certainly helps you regain some sanity haha.

RHerrington
09-20-2012, 01:52 PM
It certainly helps you regain some sanity haha.

You can say that again.

The solitude of it really helps with getting your mind collected so you can focus again without the distractions

area51
09-20-2012, 02:02 PM
Exactly, like I said, sadly most of my generation will never experience this serenity.

Big Bert
09-20-2012, 04:54 PM
Sometimes I sneak to the beach late at night find a quiet place and light up .... Love the sound of the waves, great experience

It's only illegal if they catch you :D

maninblack
09-20-2012, 07:48 PM
I need to try this. I live around fields and fields of corn and Rolling hills. Plenty of places to get away.

E.J.
09-20-2012, 09:35 PM
I have grown up in the Rocky Mountain West Desert. Though I have spent a bit of time smoking cigars at night in the middle of nowhere....never by myself...

Sometimes I sneak to the beach late at night find a quiet place and light up .... Love the sound of the waves, great experience

It's only illegal if they catch you :D

When I was is Kauai, I did that every night before bed... Amazing way to end a night.

RWhisenand
09-20-2012, 09:41 PM
This is one of my favorite smoking experiences too, of course in the remote deserts of northern Nevada. I love each weekend night in the summer and fall I can sit out in the desert and enjoy a great cigar.

PCR
09-20-2012, 09:57 PM
@ 8500' in The North Cascades is incredibly peaceful.

Drez
09-20-2012, 10:03 PM
its far to get away from the city life out here but when the weather is good and im miles off shore on the boat the city is nothing but a blob on the horizon.

im never alone but have been a few times when me and my buddies just kick back with our cigars and dont speak a word for a while. it feels refreshing after to just let your mind wonder and clear itself.

Ismith75
09-20-2012, 10:04 PM
Used to climb the Flatirons in Boulder at night and smoke. Doesn't get much more peaceful than that. :tu

area51
09-21-2012, 12:30 AM
The beach is one place I would love to smoke one of these days. That has got to be AMAZINGLY relaxing.

N2 GOLD
09-21-2012, 10:25 AM
The best place for me was after a 1 1/2 hour hike in Yosemite... :ss

hammondc
09-21-2012, 11:29 AM
Yep. Not in a desert, but in south texas on a random farm-to-market road. It has probably a 200ft elevation increase to the top of a hill. Dark as the inside of a cow out there. The stars are incredible along with the blow-off torches on the oil rig site dotting the landscape.

ChicagoWhiteSox
09-21-2012, 11:50 AM
Peace to me is on a lake in northern Wisconsin late at night.

Mr B
09-21-2012, 11:53 AM
I love it at my local lakes. Here

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b6ce10b3127ccecf2bdfc02dba00000010O01AaM2TVm1ZsQ e3nwo/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

or here

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2d700b3127ccef17fc36a15b400000030O01AaM2TVm1ZsQ e3nwo/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

or here

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2d700b3127ccef17f909cd4c300000030O01AaM2TVm1ZsQ e3nwo/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

pektel
09-21-2012, 11:55 AM
Peace to me is on a lake in northern Wisconsin late at night.

Same here, if you exchange "wisconsin" for "minnesota".

Or, my backyard. I live down a dead end road, 6 miles out of town (a small town of 10,000 people). My back deck looking at the lake and listening to the trees and wind is incredibly relaxing. In fact, I prefer it because I can have a drink or three.

Kevin(n)tn
09-21-2012, 01:09 PM
It's drives my girlfriend crazy but I love to go on solo canoe trips on the rivers here in middle Tennessee.

Steve
09-22-2012, 10:46 PM
A Wiley, some Black Dundee, and Owls hooting in the background...ahhhhhhh

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictures/Cigars/Photo486.jpg

area51
09-23-2012, 03:30 AM
It's drives my girlfriend crazy but I love to go on solo canoe trips on the rivers here in middle Tennessee.

Sometimes you just have to travel solo.

squishy
09-23-2012, 04:35 AM
Yes Ithink I will do that very soon. Peaceful reflection that is. No desert around here in FL but quiet I can find that LOL

squishy
09-23-2012, 04:41 AM
Well i have just been inspired. Its 6am and I am gonna watch the sun rise with a nice stogie. I just cant wait till I am back up in North Carolina and I can sit by a waterfall and smoke just one more time

Coach Deg
09-23-2012, 06:36 AM
When I had my boat, I would camp out on Anclote Island, and smoke at night when everyone else was sleeping. I have not experienced anything more peaceful. Watching the waves, stars, and ships off in the distance. The only noise was the sound of the waves on the beach. Wow! I do miss my boat!

jonumberone
09-23-2012, 06:48 AM
My desert smoke.
Mag 48 that was gifted by Huy.
My wife was sleeping, so it was very quiet! :D

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/jonumberone/cigar/IMG_0490.jpg

Ashcan Bill
09-23-2012, 09:05 AM
I smoke in the middle of the desert all the time, and really enjoy it.

Although, sometimes the games and people and slots and shows and whatnot can be a little distracting. ;)