My family and I (husband and 4 daughters, ages 14-21) stayed at this home for a week. This home was our home base for hiking 14ers. We hiked Mt. Humboldt, which was about 30-40 minutes from the home and easy to get to the trailhead. Their were also 2 other peaks you could hike at this same location if you wanted. Kit Carson took about 2 hours to get too, so that was a little distance and a long day when we had to leave at 2:30 in the morning. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get too the Great Sand Dunes National Park, and 50 minutes to get too Bishop’s Castle. We enjoyed both the park and castle, but the girls favored the castle the most.
As for the home. We didn’t have any trouble getting in or finding the place. We didn’t even have to go inside to see the “Million dollar” view. It was right there, nothing blocking it’s view. The wrap around porch was great, plenty of chairs for the 6 of us to view the mountains and sunsets. For the inside. The home was clean and had plenty of room to move around. The kitchen was well stocked for cooking, even had a KitchenAid mixer. The grill was just outside the dining/kitchen area, which was great for cooking. The 2 bedrooms on this floor were good size. The bunk bed was a little noisy when the top bunk was occupied, but the girls slept fine. We didn’t use the basement at all, it felt too secluded. Too warm out to use the sauna, but looked nice with a bath next to it. The upstairs had the loft, master bedroom and bath. Loft had a large screened tv, but not a lot of seating to view. (We didn’t watch much tv, so not a problem for us.) The master bedroom and bath were good size and had plenty of towels. I have to say, this home had great circulation when their was a nice breeze outside. We did bring our own fans with us, so that helped a lot on those hot nights and no breeze. WiFi was fast at the home, but when we left the home for day trips, the service was slow or no service at all in spots . (We needed our maps. 🙂)
Over all we had a nice time, and would come back again. Mr. Cleveland was a great communicator and responded quickly. Thanks!!