Tag: Echo Bluff State Park

More about the Ozarks

I am sitting in a parking lot that actually has internet, so I can post some more about the Ozarks.

First, just the general beauty of the area. The trees went really turning colors yet, but you can see just the promise of future color.

Love the fog that shows in the valleys.

Then there are the “wild” horses that roam the area. They are wild in the sense they aren’t owned by anyone, but they definitely are habituated to people. We saw these three, two mares and a foal, at Echo Bluff State Park parking lot. The foal got about 3 foot from me, and one of the mares grazed about 5 foot away. Definitely used to people!

That is the front of the car hood showing red. They moved even closer after I took this.

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day, so I mostly just sat outside and read. It is the kind of day that makes me really, really regret I can’t get on the river, but I just don’t feel well enough. Today is a wet and cold day, so we are just hanging out at the state park campground using their WiFi. When I get back I intend on sewing for a while and then just generally cleaning up. With all the cloud cover we will definitely have to run the generator, and that means I can vacuum. After vacuuming, I will mop, and the floor is in desperate need of it!

Goodbye Alabama, hello Missouri!

We finally got all our warranty work done on Wednesday last week. We headed out fairly early on Thursday for Missouri. We had reservations at Echo Bluff State Park in the Ozarks, and we made it in good time. The campground at Echo Bluff, known as Timbuktu for some unknown reason, is just a big meadow with good interior roads, concrete patios, and lots of space between sites. They have planted trees and shrubs, but it will be another 10 years before the place looks good. Until then it is a very inexpensive and convenient place stop for a night or two – full hookups were $30. We got all the laundry done, and drove down in the car to Pulltite campground, the NPS campground we wanted to stay at for the next week. No hookups, narrow gravel interior roads, grass sites that aren’t very level, but only $6 a night without senior pass. I was worried about overhanging trees making it impossible to get the coach down the steep hill, but we decided it would be fine if I drove slowly and used both lanes a small needed.

Friday morning we left Echo Bluff and drove the 8 miles to Pulltite. Yes, that is how it is spelled. It was misspelled years ago from the expected “Pulltight” meaning the horses had to be carefully driven down the steep hill to the river. And the river is still,why we come. The Current River is a lovely gem, part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Clear, cold, spring fed rivers are a joy to see any time of year, even in the cold and rain we got moving in. We will stay until Sunday, a total of 10 days.

It was overcast when I took it, but we are in a lovely riverbottom of deciduous trees.

We just drove around sight seeing until Tuesday when we made a purposeful trip into Springfield to see the World Of Wildlife museum at the Bass Pro Shop headquarters. Very, very nice, and well worth the price.

I did take some pictures of the Ozarks, but I haven’t downloaded them from the camera. I will do that tomorrow and post more.