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The pressure on roads and way of life of the smaller farmers is in conflict with the expansion of homes and developments that surround these farmers. The infrastructure like roads, watershed, and utilities now make rural life much different than it use to be. 
As older farmers friends fade away the need for cropland for the next generation becomes strained into the need for bigger not smaller farms. The good thing is that the land values usually command much more for farm land that can be developed and that allows the purchase of larger acreage parcels elsewhere.He took me to the historic observatory used by the University of Chicago.
Emil is a special person for his community. He has been in the area since he was 14 years old. A lot of his time is joyfully helping his friends as well as they help him. His farm becomes the community storage area for many of the things that people and friends need to store in hopes of reusing again some day. He is generous with his time, property and talents. He brings a lot of common sense and helpful thinking to the ways things should be done "in his world" as he refers to it. I left shortly after a late breakfast at his architect friends new restaurant.
The ride home had the fade of fall colors as I went south and the renew of traffic.
I sure am happy to get home to my wife, business and friends. 
This is not the final blog.
My plans include: if I ever get the time
1. photo
removals of bad pictures
captions & edits
location mapping
organize & sequence photos
albums or folders for categories
add some slide shows
2. some blog corrections
3. links to the many places, people and things we saw
4. organize videos and posts to youtube
Big thanks to my travel partners and family & friends who followed the trip
Good Bye for Now
Tom
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