Rev. Marc at St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove hooked me up with Ray, who owns an alpaca farm in nearby Long Grove (and whose wife is the mayor of Long Grove!). After a couple of beers and a tour of the farm (which included alpaca petting), Ray let me have the run of the farmhouse for the evening.

These guys have won quite a few ribbons for Ray.

What are these beauties?

And these?

A linguistic masterpiece

We shared a nice moment. I gave him a head rub and he peed on the sidewalk.