After years, my husband and I were finally treating ourselves to a winter vacation. I was grateful to be leaving the cold and the snow of a freezing northern winter, if for only two weeks. We were vacationing in a tropical location, where they actually use air conditioning in winter. And we needed it because It felt like summertime there. The white, sandy beaches were amazing, but it wouldn’t have been the same if we didn’t have a cool, air conditioned motel room to go to. I couldn’t imagine living, working, and playing in this heat all year long without good air conditioning, so this was a priority for both home and business owners. The motel had excellent air conditioning. I just couldn’t believe it was winter. We would walk into a cold business from a heated outside and feel a blast of cool air, as if I had stepped outside at home. I was truly amazed by air conditioning in winter. And, some of the indoor venues were absolutely freezing! I kept a sweater in the rental car and used it at almost every restaurant, museum and art gallery we went to. They were that cold. Imagine using air conditioning in winter! Where I come from, we only use the air conditioning three months out of the year. And I hate the cold winters. Living in a tropical area would be totally awesome to me. I could run my air conditioning all winter long! But, I know that is just a dream that will never come to fruition. At least I have vacations.