We are bombarded with all the news of the Corona Virus or COVID-19 lately. The public news makes it sound as if it is too awful to even consider travel or ...

Old Man Lookout is a 5 Bedroom/3 Bath vacation home rental at the base of Old Man Mountain in Estes Park, CO.

Every first Wednesday of February is #Bookdirect awareness day. I know I have said something about this in the past, but it is always good to say it again i...

Our vacation rental, Old Man Lookout in Estes Park, sits among the rocks of Old Man Mountain. This property is on 15 acres of the mountain, the eastern side...

Why do we not allow pets at our vacation rental homes? Or, positively, why are our vacation rentals pet-free? Our high attention to detail and cleanliness m...

Lake Missaukee was known for its great walleye fishing in years past, but its numbers had dwindled. Walleye is still found in this lake, and recently the lak...

When vacationers visit the mountains, one of the main things they want to go home with is the accomplishment of seeing wildlife. Sometimes this wildlife is ...

​ We visit Estes Park a couple of times a year.  We keep busy in our time in Estes, but the one thing we cannot miss is our rendezvous at Laura's Fine Candie...

October 24, 2018 ​ While visiting Estes Park this past week, we decided on a last minute hike with a group of 10 family members. This group of 10 consisted ...

Summer Family vacations at the beach should be not be too complicated to plan, right? Talsma Vacation Rentals tries hard to make a family of children to tee...

So we are in the middle of "March Madness". I enjoyed watching and rooting basketball when my kids played in high school, but I am not into the basketball M...

Maybe some of you know what the #BookDirect movement is all about. Maybe some of you heard of it but do not really know what it is. This idea was formed ab...

Not ever heard of Lake Missaukee? You are not the first. In fact many of our guests were not able to even pronounce the name, Missaukee…. “Miss-au-kee”. Yup,...