I highly recommend a stay at Miller North/Cairn 8440! My family of 4 - myself, my husband, and our two college-aged children - all loved this beautiful, peaceful vacation rental home.
The view of the mountains from the back of the house, visible from the huge windows in the main living area and the master bedroom, as well as from the jacuzzi in the master bath, the patio on the first floor and the deck on the 2nd floor, is breathtaking. The house is spacious with many amenities, including a large, deep jacuzzi in the master bath and a pool table. The beds were comfortable, the house was spotless, and we loved the woodwork.
We really liked the setting of the house. It is near Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park, where we went on long hikes every day, but it is in a quiet neighborhood near the top of a mountain outside of town. The narrow road to the house was full of sharp curves as we ascended the mountain, but that just added to our sense of being "away from it all." The house was at the end of a long driveway shared by just one other house. We never saw or heard the residents of this house. The house itself is a duplex. There is a common front door and then a short hallway with two separate doors leading to each half of the duplex. The house is so well designed that we never heard the residents of the other half of the duplex, and we only briefly saw them twice when we were in the driveway.
The area is spectacular. We all loved our day hikes in the Rocky Mountain National Park, especially the ones from the Bear Lake and Glacier Gorge Trailheads. We just scratched the surface of the possible trails to hike on of course, and we all hope to come back and do more hiking! There is also a wide variety of restaurants in Estes Park. It is often not easy to find restaurants that offer good-tasting vegan food when we travel, but we found a few in Estes Park.
Our hosts, the Millers, were wonderful. They responded promptly and in detail to my many emails before I requested a reservation. They welcomed us with a bottle of wine and a personal card. I only had one question during our stay,, and they immediately responded to my question.