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.
