Is there a special place you like to visit?

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As for me, there is this Best Western in a town called Manteca that I LOVE to stay at. It has a swimming pool and a hot tub in the front, and each room has one King sized bed, a couch, two T.V.s, a sink, a mini fridge, a microwave, a desk, a bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, and free wireless internet access. I go there when I need to get away from my hometown. Recently, I've been staying there with my dad, because he works at a motorcycle shop in the same town and likes not having to drive home for one night (Manteca is an hour and a half away from where I live). We check-in in the morning, eat some free breakfast (usually waffles), and then my dad goes to work. I spend the rest of the day out and about in town. I don't stray too far from the hotel, but there's plenty of things to do on the same street. There are loads of shops around the Best Western like Target, Gamestop, Pet Smart, Staples, Dollar Tree, and much more (I don't usually buy anything, I just like to look around in these shops). Also, down a block or two, there is a bowling alley that I have so much fun in. Then, I'll eat at a fast food restaurant (usually KFC). After a while, I come back into the hotel room, go down swimming for a little bit, and go back up to surf the fast internet speed on my laptop (I have dial-up at home) while having the T.V. on. When my dad comes back, we go out to eat at either Round Table Pizza or Chillie's. We then go back to the room, where my dad instantly falls asleep while I stay up on the internet. When morning comes, we go down and eat breakfast again, and my dad goes off to work again. I walk around the same block again (where I live, there is noting but trees and hills, so being in town means a lot to me), visiting places I haven't previously. Then I go back to the hotel, swim, and surf the internet again (it's so much faster than my dial-up). Then we leave when my dad gets back from work (luckily the hotel management was kind enough to let us have a late checkout time).

Sorry if that was a little long. I got carried away, because I just LOVE THAT HOTEL!

Where I used to live there was a forest den that stretched over a couple of miles, it was rich green and no one went there it passed through to a little village an then the den was on the other side of the village also. I love the forest because it is so tranquil

London, England. Need I say more?

I've always lived in big towns, usually in pretty built up areas with little or no garden. Now I've moved out to the country, with no neighbours, a decent distance between the house and a minor road, and a big back garden, with open access to the 2 gardens next to us (the reason we have no neighbours is that the 2 houses beside us are empty and are likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future).

It's literally changed my life, and it's definitely my favourite place to be. It's led me to wonder if maybe us autistics would all have a far easier life if we all lived out in the country, away from the hustle and bustle of towns and cities. I can wander around my garden knowing that nobody can see me, and nobody's likely to just appear behind me, I'll be able to hear any car pulling into the driveway and that's enough warning. I've never been more content!

Oh, and of course, it's the North Coast of N Ireland too, so the scenery's stunning and we have one of the best coastlines in the world, in my humble opinion!

If I can't afford a trip to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, I'll walk out onto my porch and look at an absolute sea of fireflies, blinking from the treetops to the grasses.

my most special place is on the sea wall surrounding the north south runway of kingsford smith airport.

the wings of the large planes taking off go over my head when i am in my special spot.
i used to stay there for hours. WOW!! !
but since the terrorism 911 thing, i have not been allowed to go and sit there.

There's a place I go once a year. It's a park that's on an island in the middle of the Truckee River. There's a rock that I sit on and I just... watch the water. I go at night, and no one's around. It's very calming.

I was actually going to ask something like this as an idea for a resort that would cater exclusively to autistics.

That's probably true, but I currently live out in the country and can't stand it. I'm in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do but submit messages on this forum. I take almost any opportunity I get to get out of here and go to town. I think I was raised a country person, but turned out as a town's person.

Mostly in my own head, generally using a good book as a ticket...

But if this is being limited to actual places on earth that you could visit, then snow shoeing into the woods after a deep snow fall to listen to the profound silence - it is breath-taking!

I live near a golf course and whenever it snows I love to run around it and make snow angels on the greens. There are also some woods nearby (as in, forest, not the golf club) that I like to wander through.

I love to go to Venice Beach in Southern California. I like to sit in a place called the Sidewalk Café, have French fries and Irish Coffee with rum instead of Whisky and watch all the different people go by. You can do the most outrageous thing you can imagine there and even though I never do anything except sit, people would hardly notice it even if I did.

You know what, that sounds great! I've always enjoyed people-watching with a nice snack in my hand. My preference is a club sandwich and a freezing cold beer, probably a Corona. Ah, I think I might schedule one of those appointments in for this weekend.

Irvy wrote:
It's led me to wonder if maybe us autistics would all have a far easier life if we all lived out in the country, away from the hustle and bustle of towns and cities.

No. Think small country towns where everyone knows everyone. Far more potential for getting hassled than in the city.

No, as no matter where I go, my brain follows.

My garden. I've worked for 5 years, invested thousands of dollars and hours, raising up trees and herbs and flowers. My garden glows and hums with ethereal energy, and the plants speak to me in their own subtle and archaic language. I'm almost always thinking about my garden when I'm not actually in it. That I am obsessed would be an understatement.

Second to that...

The botanical gardens at the local university.
It's never crowded, and it is brimming with unbelievably fascinating collections of plants.
It's some kind of cathedral of Nature to me; one of those "holy" spots, in a spiritual-yet-irreligious-sense. That is one of the few places I know where I can be at peace and truly relax.

And also...

The library. Of course.

There are many others. I've always been very fixated upon certain places, and the energies and feelings they seem to create.

there are resorts that are full of autistics [rather than only autistics,as they are for people with other disabilities as well],Bendrigg in lake district and chrysalis' main wales base.


am don't have 'special' places to go,but do have places built into routine-pets at home [petsmart under different name in uk] during school time so it isnt full of children squeaking the dog toys but some adults can be just as bad anyway...
sale water park...
wythenshawe park...
middlebrook, near bolton football club ground...
alderly edge...
platt fields park...
a place in carrington which has loads of travellers' horses,originally started going there as the horses were neglected,RSPCA got involved...
west haughton [horses and donkeys]...
Starbucks [based in sainsburys,altrincham]...
Sports direct in broadheath retail park for getting clothes or whatever,these guys turn all the music off for am and are the most helpful and undertstanding shop that use,most shops will do it when asked by staff because its part of DDA,but the difference is they understand it as a part of disability,rather than being fussy.
they also take clothes out to the car to choose from if its too noisy inside with people.