Alan’s Anecdotes

After moving to Polk County, a new friend of mine said something I thought was funny. We were up late visiting and I was leaving to drive home. He told me to “Keep it between the ditches.” We didn’t have much irrigation where I grew up, so that stuck with me. The ditch along the road is a good boundary that’s easy to see and it makes sense not to drive in it. In a lot of ways, laws are ...