Calico Rock, AR

We arrived in Calico Rock Sat. evening this is our 3rd. major stop as we will be hear until Fri. morning. We stopped in Amarillo, TX and due to high winds and bad weather forecast for Oklahoma City we stayed an extra day there. We stopped over night in Bethany, OK and enjoyed a brief visit with cousins there before proceeding on to Calico Rock on Sun. Most of you know that Nancy has relatives here in Calico Rock and this is usually a spring & fall stop over for us. We left I-40 north of Little Rock and traveled up Rte 9 to Mountain View and then Rte 5 to Calico Rock. Along I-40 we saw many fields under water and coming north on Rte 9 into the Ozarks we saw many trees blown over from the tornadoes in Jan. or Feb. Some times you would see entire hill sides fattened. We were going to stop at Jo-Jo's along the White River north of Mountain View for catfish but found they were closed. After arriving in Calico Rock we were told that the floods had completely covered the restaurant & camp grounds on two different occasions. Here in Calico many buildings in the down town area were flooded twice. This was the second highest recorded river level in history. If any of you recall seeing the house going under the bridge on national TV last month that is the bridge over the White River at the south end of Main street here in Calico Rock. Needless to say I have not even purchased a fishing license as the river is to muddy and to high for fishing.