Thursday, March 25, 2026
Poplar Bluff MO is a mere 200 miles from Springfield and on the route home so we stop. Some weather may be coming Into the area and we don’t want to get caught in bad weather. We’ll stay In Poplar Bluff for two nights at the Camelot RV Park. The park is pretty big and the sites are build on the undulating hillsides. The owners are super nice. We like this park.
We went downtown today. It was nothing special. It’s the seat of Butler County and is home to 16,225 souls. The area was French held until 1771, when it was ceded to Spain who returned the area back to France in 1802. It then had no permanent European until 1819 when the first white family moved into the area. It seemed like nobody wanted it…………… A tornado leveled the town in 1927, killing 92.
Poplar Bluff is located on the Black River and takes its name from a bluff that overlooks the river. When first settled, the bluff was covered with tulip poplar trees in one of their few abundant populations west of the Mississippi River.
Tomorrow we’ll decide on whether to skedaddle home or spend one more day on the road. Standby to standby
Travel With Jil and Mike 