Lake Powell - 2019

We met my sister Marcia and brother-in-law Mike from Virginia and our friends Kris and Jan from Albuquerque on Friday, September 6^th, at West View RV Resort, a new RV resort just north of Cortez, Colorado. We spent Friday and Saturday night there and the ladies enjoyed a trip to the Cortez farmer’s market on Saturday morning.

We headed out Sunday morning for the 225-mile drive to Page, Arizona and Lake Powell. This was our 10^th anniversary of meeting Kris and Jan at Lake Powell and getting together every year the weekend after Labor Day at southern end of the lake in Page. We started going to Lake Powell in 2001, but back then we always went to the northern end of the lake to Bull Frog, driving there from Colorado Springs.

We got our boat out of storage at Big Water, Utah a few miles north of the Wahweap Campground where we stay on Lake Powell, and brought it back to the camp site.

My sister Janet and her wife Nancy joined us at Wahweap Campground with their RV on Tuesday, for a 5-night stay. We enjoyed lunch in Page on Tuesday at Big John's Texas BBQ.

We took the boat to Antelope Point for lunch with Janet and Nancy on Wednesday, followed by a nice boat ride up lake to Padre Bay.

We celebrated my 71^st birthday on Saturday, September 14^th and Julie made me an awesome Heath Bar cake again this year.

We enjoyed lunch with Kris and Jan on Thursday for the first time at Lake Powell National Golf Course. I don’t play golf, but it looked like a beautiful municipal course to play on. The club house food was really good.  

Last Friday, we all piled in the boat for a trip to Antelope Point for lunch. The wind came up after lunch so it was a little choppy getting back to the boat ramp and getting the boat back onto the boat trailer.

We left Lake Powell with Mike and Marcia on Sunday morning and headed west to Las Vegas for a two-week stay.

Steve & Julie Cornelius

Colorado Springs

We arrived at Colorado Springs KOA in Fountain, Colorado on Monday, August 26^th for an overnight stay. On Tuesday morning we took our motorhome to nearby TransWest, the Freightliner dealer in Fountain, for its annual servicing (oil change, filters, chassis lube, etc.). We dropped it off and headed into town for breakfast at one of our old favorites, Western Omelette Restaurant.

We picked up our motorhome from TransWest around noon and headed to Cheyenne Mountain State Park where we had a reservation for nine nights. We really enjoy staying at Cheyenne Mountain because all campsites are full hookup and there’s lots of wild life and hiking trails. The views of the city lights at night are pretty.

We met my daughters Kim and Jen and two granddaughters Audrey and Hannah on Wednesday for dinner and had a really nice visit. 

On Labor Day weekend, we drove down to Westcliffe, Colorado on Sunday to visit our friends Vince and Lisa. The view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from their home is just plain awesome.

Our time in Colorado Springs is always very busy with our various doctor and dental appointments. We also try to meet old friends to catch up. We had dinner with Rick and Diana, whom we hadn’t seen since last February when they visited Florida. We also enjoyed dinner with Wendy whom we hadn’t seen in a year.

We left Colorado Springs today, headed to South Fork for an overnight, then to Cortez, Colorado for a couple of days. My sister Marcia and brother-in-law Mike from northern Virginia and our friends Kris and Jan from Albuquerque are meeting us in Cortez. From Cortez, we all head together to Lake Powell for our annual two-week stay, beginning the weekend after Labor Day. The weather will be great, the water will be warm, and the crowds will be gone!

Steve & Julie Cornelius