You’ve been planning your holiday trip for what seems like forever. You’ve diligently put aside a chunk of every paycheck. You’ve read a...

One of the beautiful routes into Estes Park, Colorado is US Highway 34. This drive is about 40 minutes long with majestic scenery of...

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I believe I had posted something about this a while ago. But it bears mentioning again. Do you know that many online vacation home...

Talsma Vacation Rentals (TVR) has moms and their babies in mind so that vacationing with young children can still be fun and enjoyable...

It was early April... Spring Break, to be exact. We took a break from our spring cleaning to take a hike. It was not a huge hike, but...

Now that the summer season has passed and my time has become more available again, I am thinking about this blog. So what do I write...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

​ 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...

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...

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

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...

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. ...

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…....