Wanda Morlan Eilts was born and raised in West Central
Indiana ( a farm girl ) and graduated from Reelsville High
School. She is the eldest child of Norma and Carl ( Kenny
) Morlan of Reelsville, Indiana. Her maternal
Grandparents were the late Harry and Eva Bond also of
Reelsville.
Wanda grew up not realizing how much her life would
change as she got older. In fact her comments on living in
the west are, "If anyone had told me when I was young
that I would have had such an interesting life and would
be living out west I would have told them they were
crazy".
In 1967 Wanda left home to attend Florida College in
Tampa and upon her return home she found her parents
had moved to a small town in central Illinois. This is where
she met and later married her husband Terry.
Terry Eilts was born and lived in a small town in Central
Illinois. He attended and graduated from Hopedale High
School in Hopedale, Illinois. Terry is the second child of
August H. and Virginia Eilts also of Hopedale.
Terry was always the one who wanted to live out west
and in 1970, a year after their marriage, they moved to
Denver. They remained in Denver until 1979 when they
moved to Bullfrog Marina in southern Utah on Lake
Powell. They have been in the resort industry since that
time working in various positions and progressing to the
title of General Managers.
This is the story of one of the resorts that they Managed
and how they came to love the Navajo people and the
culture, and what happened at San Juan Marina.
Indiana ( a farm girl ) and graduated from Reelsville High
School. She is the eldest child of Norma and Carl ( Kenny
) Morlan of Reelsville, Indiana. Her maternal
Grandparents were the late Harry and Eva Bond also of
Reelsville.
Wanda grew up not realizing how much her life would
change as she got older. In fact her comments on living in
the west are, "If anyone had told me when I was young
that I would have had such an interesting life and would
be living out west I would have told them they were
crazy".
In 1967 Wanda left home to attend Florida College in
Tampa and upon her return home she found her parents
had moved to a small town in central Illinois. This is where
she met and later married her husband Terry.
Terry Eilts was born and lived in a small town in Central
Illinois. He attended and graduated from Hopedale High
School in Hopedale, Illinois. Terry is the second child of
August H. and Virginia Eilts also of Hopedale.
Terry was always the one who wanted to live out west
and in 1970, a year after their marriage, they moved to
Denver. They remained in Denver until 1979 when they
moved to Bullfrog Marina in southern Utah on Lake
Powell. They have been in the resort industry since that
time working in various positions and progressing to the
title of General Managers.
This is the story of one of the resorts that they Managed
and how they came to love the Navajo people and the
culture, and what happened at San Juan Marina.
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Photo by Lee Pulaski/Lake Powell Chronicle
November 9, 2007
November 9, 2007
Wanda Morlan Eilts and her husband, Terry, take a break
during a book signing on Friday at Dave's Consignment Store.
Wanda wrote about the adventures she and Terry embarked
on 20 years ago when they became the managers of the San
Juan Marina, Lake Powell's first floating marina.
during a book signing on Friday at Dave's Consignment Store.
Wanda wrote about the adventures she and Terry embarked
on 20 years ago when they became the managers of the San
Juan Marina, Lake Powell's first floating marina.
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