We Chose Well.

Today, D and I walked the Illinois Prairie Path. It runs right through downtown Wheaton and near our new house. We wanted to see how long it would take us to walk to town. It's an easy and beautiful 20-minute walk. We found a park off the path with a picnic area and playground. Nice! We are thinking about investing in some bikes this fall for when we don't want to walk.

We also discovered even more Wheaton awesomeness.

This park is right down the street from our house. In addition to the ballfields and playgrounds that we knew about, today we found rentable garden plots. The public can rent a little space and grow their own vegetables and flowers.

Then! Then! We stumbled onto this. It's about a minute from the new house. We walked the path around the lake and love it. There were a bunch of people there running and biking, cooking out and fishing. There's canoe and rowboat rental, too. We can't wait to explore it some more.

Mostly, after today, we are even more blown away by how lucky we are!