We left Texarkana for Ash Flat Arkansas on the back roads, as usual. However the road finally took us to I30 for a while and as usual, it was jammed with traffic and the pavement was relatively new but very rough. It appeared to be just poor construction that made it so rough. Soon we were back on US67 and once past Bald Knob the road was pretty good, but we had some wind that made it difficult to stay on the road.
As we were approaching Ash Flat, we began to notice the damage to the trees and utility poles as a result of the recent ice storm . Many of the trees had the tops broken out and there was still debris all around that had not been cleaned up. We saw several utility poles that had been replaced and some of the broken poles were still laying in the ditches.

We spent the night in Ash Flat and visited with friends last evening and with others this morning before we fueled up and left. We had a short run today to Boomland near Charleston, MO. We saw ice damaged trees in varying degrees all the way here and tomorrow will be going to our cousins in western Kentucky where they had a lot of damage and were without power for 19 days. Some of the trees we saw appeared to have been twisted off near the ground. Possibly by a tornado but not sure. They just looked differently from the other trees that were just broken down due to the weight of the ice.
Our photos are of Lake Livingston in Texas. The first is of the bridge showing the whitecaps on the lake. The second one is of a campground on the shore of the lake with beautiful views of the water and bridge. The third photo is of the bridge from the boat ramp on the other side of the lake. This is a quite large lake and was quite rough on this particular day. Off to Kevil, KY tomorrow on some really back roads.