No one ever knew who owned that old cabin by the lake.

  • My dad first showed it to me, and said it had been there when he was a kid.

A sturdy, handmade log cabin that just sat empty for decades, except for when local kids were using it to party. That is where my dad came to party when he was a teen, and where my friends and I went, too. When I revisited my old hometown, I brought my son out to the cabin, and found it full of boisterous life. These teens had brought out a generator, and a portable air conditioner, so they could drink and smoke in comfort. It was pretty impressive, especially when I saw they also had a freestanding air purifier inside the place. One of them explained that they all got in trouble for coming home smelling like smoke, so the air purifier helped reduce the smell. It was genius, I thought, but back then we didn’t have access to this kind of portable HVAC technology, or even a generator! Aside from the air conditioning and other gadgets, these kids were also partying on a much higher level than I had done at their age. Beers and weed is okay, but these kids were doing some heavy stuff, so I complimented their cool A/C setup again, and we left. We went back to the hotel, where my wife was sleeping, and next to the humming air conditioner I whispered to my son that we probably shouldn’t tell her about what we had seen.

 

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