Arkansas Flooding

Today we continued east on I30 on our way out of Texas and noticed the creeks and rivers we crossed were over their banks. Soon after entering Arkansas we crossed the famous Red River. It too was very high and tinted with all that red Arkansas dirt. We had to find a place to pull over and walk back for a picture.



We stopped at the Arkansas welcome center and asked about the flooding in the northeast part of the state. It sounds like the news reports were not exaggerated, but we never thought to ask about the southwest where we are. We made our way north on some scenic roads to Lake Greeson, another Army Corps of Engineers Lake. I am hooked on these places now. Well, after searching for one of the lake campgrounds on a road that got progressively worse, I broke down and called the Resource Manager in the Lake Greeson field office. I was very impressed that he answered the phone on a Sunday afternoon. He directed us back to another campground with paved roads but warned us to park on the upper part of the loop. "You mean the campground is flooded?" I asked incredulously.


There was this very helpful sign on the lower level of the campground.



Oh, look, an aquatic nature trail. I wonder if they supply scuba gear.



Then there was the watery playground, with the swimming area that you have to swim to in the background.



But this was my favorite - If you look closely to the right of the half-submerged light post, you will see the tip of the bathroom roof.

But never fear, we did get a lovely spot about 5 feet above the water level. It might be our imagination, but we think the water has already receded some.