Baby Elephant Drive

Spencer, IA

The road elevation is a few feet below the banks of the sides. So it looks like corn is towering over you. But, at the moment, they're not exactly at Elephant level. More like ostrich.

In some fashion, the roads in Spencer resemble New York City. Sure, the unmaintained gravel roads may suggest otherwise, but as I drove down 290th street, spewing dust about the roadway, I realized it's one big grid. Stay on the same road long enough and you'll traverse the town. It's just like the song. "The Bronx is up and the grain elevator is down."

Warning: Every now and then a cornfield plops itself right in the middle of the grid. So use caution.