A couple of interesting day trips to the White River you might consider for a weekend when the trees change...
1. Last week I drove out to Des Arc to see the Lower White River Museum. The museum is small but a great introduction to the river, and the town has a lot of history that you can learn about at the local library. The river is huge here and comes under an impressive steel bridge that's a major photo opp. Upstream you can find easy fishing lakes and other river towns like Georgetown, which was nearly inundated by flood waters last May. The Red River joins the White in this area and is a clear-water fishing stream this time of year--just a purdy as a spotted puppy.
2. Yesterday, after dropping my son at his girlfriend's in Huntsville, I drove along Hwy 74 from there down to Elkins. It was raining at first but cleared as the sun set by the time I went over the White River on a bridge into Elkins. Wow, the light set the slow-moving waters and lush banks alflame -- I've never seen a more spectacular river view. Photographers beware, however, the bridge has no sidewalk and the drivers here are cityfolk heading to Fayetteville late for appointments. One false step and you'll end up like the deer carcass I saw at the foot of a piling under the bridge! Take a good map with you and try the blue highways the head north from 74 and pass through the rolling farm estates along Richland Creek and end up in either Goshen or Lake Sequoia just east of Fayetteville. You'll find yourself house hunting for sure.
