Rooms with a Unit within the room provided refrigerated air but at the cost of the noise the machine made. At least if it became too irritating the machine could be shut off. Other rooms had Window Fans which only seemed to push the hot outside around. Others had cross ventilation - and if there was no breeze at night it just remained hot and uncomfortable. The most satisfactory system was at the Loma Vista in Kingman Ariz. There they had a system of forced refrigerated air that entered the room at ceiling level without any noises except the whoosh of the air. The flow of cold air could be regulated at the grill over the duct.

We only struck two Poor Motels and we had no choice but to accept them simply for a place to sleep. These were at Sheridan and Emmetsburg.