… when I dreamed of living on a tropical island somewhere. A place where “winter” didn’t involve air so cold it hurt your face and snow measured in feet instead of inches, or whiplash seasonal temperature extremes.
As I’ve gotten older, however, I’ve changed my mind. Oh, sure, I could do without the extreme cold temperatures in winter. However, my tolerance for heat has dropped considerably. We’ve got a somewhat cooler day today, at 25C/77F right now, compared to the last few days. Still above average, but not breaking any records. Yet I still can barely tolerate it.
Looking at the temperature map of North America right now – and not even looking at the tropics – I’ve come to the realization that this old dream of mind is something I probably don’t want anymore! I mean, even the hottest areas in the screen cap above are just a few degrees hotter than we are right now, in the prairies.
If it weren’t for the even shorter growing season, I’d be more interesting in going further north, rather than south!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
How is your smoke situation because of the forest. It smells like smoke even down here at timesm
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Right?! I have also come to appreciate the chilly air a bit more then I used to.
I still think Hawaii might be paradise because you can live in the mountains where it is cooler and go down to the beach when you need to get warm. Also, they often have tropical tradewinds blowing and rather consistent temps.
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I like the idea of consistent temps. Not a fan of extremes!
Living on Vancouver Island was nice. In Victoria, all the infamous rain blew over us and got hung up over Vancouver. Then we lived in Richmond (part of Greater Vancouver) and I discovered I had developed OA, and humidity directly affected it. The most painful 2 years of my life!
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