Last year I returned from a trip across the country to attend a funeral.
For a few afternoons my cousin invited me to stay in his lake house with his small family.
This was the first time I had seen the northwest, and it was as beautiful as I had regularly imagined. The mountain ranges are downright sublime when you are looking down from above in a plane. As you drive down the highway in the afternoon, you can see the tips cutting into the skyline from a distance. I fell in enjoy with the scenery and geography almost immediately. My mind started playing around with the idea of moving there in the future if I could find a job all the way out there. The funeral was terrifying, however at the absolutely least I got to see family I hadn’t talked to in decades. Despite seeing loved a singles again, I wasn’t recognizably comfortable in my cousin’s house. I was beyond grateful for him having me as his guest, but I was puzzled that he chooses to live in a lake house without a central air conditioner. He doesn’t have any form of for that matter, no window units, portables, or ductless mini splits. There are fans in every room, however that’s the extent of his indoor air control. Thankfully I visited him in early Autumn as the weather was just starting to cool down a tiny bit. Still, it was an eye opening experience learning that several still choose to live without air conditioners. It’s not like my cousin and his family or awful either, both he and his wifey are doctors at a big state hospital.