It had been more than 2 years since I met our siblings up in the mountains to fish the beautiful streams & rivers of that region.
My dad was the one who instilled the care about of nature in all 3 of us.
Being the youngest, I felt that I was always trying to catch up to our siblings on those trips. Yet, our dad was always so great about making sure that he got us out of the air conditioning of lake house & up to the cottage whenever he could. That cottage was one of the prides of our dad’s life. It didn’t have any sort of residential Heating, Ventilation & A/C. It was just so basic. There was a pot bellied stove for heating while in the Winter time trips. But every one of us didn’t go up there all that much in the winter. My mom just didn’t enjoy us being up there with the chance of getting snow in for a long time. I think dad sort of relished the idea that he’d get stuck up there & would have to rely on the heating of a wood stove as opposed to the gas furnace at home. So when I finally agreed to meet our siblings at the cottage for fishing, I was stunned to see all the changes. They had installed a ductless heat pump so every one of us had Heating, Ventilation & A/C cooling at evening after a long afternoon in the sun. The Heating, Ventilation & A/C device upgrades weren’t the only improvements either as every one of us now had an indoor toilet as well. My siblings did a great task & it was such a surprise for me. I’m looking forward to getting up there & enjoying that new ductless heat pump as much as I can going forward.