4/23
Today we went to Philo, Illinois. It was a nice drive out there, we passed the time counting grain elevators. Getting to the town was nice, it was really interesting to see the differences between a small town and a Chicago-suburb. Instead of having cookie cutter houses, each house was different and didn't necessarily follow a style. In addition to this, the trees were incredibly diverse. Back at home, the trees are mainly American Basswood, Honeylocust, and Red Maple (there were ash but they all got cut down). In Philo, there were Sycamores, Japanese Maples, Yellow Poplars (tuliptrees), other kinds of maples I wan't able to identify because of lack of leaves, Sweetgums, and possibly a green ash (we drove by it so I wasn't entirely sure). Even the lawns were kind of diverse. A lot of them had wildflowers growing on them which was really beautiful, and something I don't get to see at home. It was just really refreshing to see a bunch of different tree types and just something different than what I'm used to a neighborhood being.
After that we went to get food and drinks (soda/lemonade/water) in a tavern, and we talked and had a really nice time.
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