April 27, 2016
Colorado Springs KOA
Fountain, CO

Yesterday we moved from Santa Rosa to Raton, NM. The drive went well and we stopped for the night at a gravel parking lot called Raton KOA. Clearly this was the worst place we have stayed and it wasn't even worthy of a picture.

Today, we drove 142 miles north on I-25 and headed over Raton Pass (7,700') and then drove through Walsenburg and Pueblo to the Colorado Springs KOA. The truck did really well and the trip was quite enjoyable. It was nice to see the Colorado mountains again. This KOA is way better than the one in Raton although I would still prefer paved or concrete sites whereas these are gravel/dirt.

Here are a few pics:

We have a nice patio area and a "yard" which is really nice. As I said the sites are a gravel/dirt mix and they are calling for 2-3 inches of rain here over the next few days so I expect we will have a muddy mess... :>(

When we set up in Raton the bottom 2 steps of our electric step didn't extend. I called the manufacturer (DRV) and they told me the bottom motor has known problems and after some back and forth they agreed to send me a new motor under warranty. Since it costs $429 I was pretty happy. Until then we have to use some portable steps. The Mobile RV Tech is coming here tomorrow to look at the front jacks so hopefully he can take a look at the step motor as well..... it's always something and it feels like we have had more than our share of problems with this rig.

Julie is driving down from Aurora and we are meeting her and Steven (who lives here in the Springs) for dinner. We will be in the Denver area over the next 6 weeks visiting with family and even doing some local camping with Julie and her 5th wheel toy hauler.....and toys (3 wheeler, 4 wheeler, boat)...should be a lot of fun.