Tie o’ the Day just had to visit a place called Toad Suck while we were in Arkansas. I admit it was the one destination that was on my gotta-see list, even before I was on the plane for vacay. It’s a fine name. It’s the kind of name that will inflict curiosity on others when I mention I was there. At stuffy parties I can easily break the ice by asking, “Hey, any y’all ever visited Toad Suck?”
To be honest, the name is the most interesting thing about Toad Suck. It is not a town. It consists of basically the Toad Suck One-Stop convenience store, the Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam, and Toad Suck Park by the Arkansas river. The park keeps getting flooded and is apparently locked up and unusable. But I can say I saw those three sights that make up Toad Suck. I wasn’t disappointed by Toad Suck one bit. I completely expected it to suck, and it did. As for the “toad” part of its name, I’m sure there are plenty of toads on the river side of the park, where we couldn’t go because the park was closed. I expected nothing more and nothing less.
BTW Toad Suck Daze is a festival that goes on each May in the city of Conway, AR. Toad Suck sucks so much it isn’t even capable of holding its own community celebration. Perfect.