They are thinking of retiring, and since no family member wants to take it over, one can only hope the new owners will be as accommodating. I left them my copy of the Topozone printout. For the area to the NE, they let me drive a field road to the soybean field. The view is a beautiful 360 degree vista of knobs and farms, looking across the Mississippi bluffs to the north. The two areas straddling Ridge Road are part of the same ridgeline that was deeply cut when Ridge Road was built.
Higher ground is on the south side in the cornfield.
Both areas are a short stroll from the farm house.