Historic Craftsman Residence

July 2, 2010

This lovely Craftsman style home turned 100 years old this year.  Owning this home is a chance of a lifetime. This home was built by Miss Elizabeth M. A. Foot, who also went by the name of Emma Foot. She operated one of Estes Park’s general stores called Foot’s Utility and Curio Shop. This home [...]

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Mountain Gardening

June 27, 2010

When I lived in central Kansas I had an acre of land surrounding my house with lush flower gardens, a vegetable garden and an herb garden. From April to October there was always something in bloom. I couldn’t really grow grass, but anything else did well in my yard. I really miss playing in the [...]

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Alberta Falls to Loch Vale

June 21, 2010

You start this hike from the Glacier Gorge Trail Head.  Parking this time of year is starting to fill up, but this Monday it was fine.  Shuttles are running from the Park-n-Ride if you need them.  Slightly overcast and warmer than the cold weekend weather I was able to get by with a fleece and [...]

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A Rainy Estes Park Marathon

June 19, 2010

This week in June our community comes together under the co-direction of Terry Chiplin and Belle Morris and puts on the Estes Park Marathon, one of the premier high-altitude races in the country. This weekend of events includes a fun run, 5K, 10K, half and full marathon.The courses are all beautiful, if you love to [...]

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Trail Ridge Road Opening Weekend

June 18, 2010

We missed the first day of the Trail Ridge Road opening, but we drove up the next day. This has become a tradition of our family to drive over to Grand Lake opening weekend. We stop and act like tourists at all the overlooks and play in the snow.  If it’s not too snowy my [...]

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Wet and Wild Estes Park

June 13, 2010

Currently we are in a flood watch, with the spring snow melt and recent rain all the rivers and lakes are near or exceeding their banks.  Some friends of ours who live along the Fall River have two feet of water in their crawl space, so you can guess we are all watching the water [...]

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Sneak Preview of Trail Ridge Road

June 13, 2010

My husband, Alan, and his friend, Michael Hodges, ran up to the Alpine Visitor Center on May 19th before the road opened.  They drove to Rainbow Curve on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park and parked there to start their run.  It is 17.25 miles round trip to the visitor center and back [...]

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Sellers open their doors this weekend

April 6, 2010

REALTORS® around the nation will be holding open houses on the weekend of April 10 and 11, 2010 during REALTOR® Nationwide Open House Weekend! Thousands of people who have listed their home for sale will open their doors with a REALTOR® as host, for you to look around. Look for open house signs throughout your [...]

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Pick of the Week

January 12, 2010

If you want the ease of home ownership that condominium living offers, but want a detached unit? This is the condo you have been waiting for. This natural private setting in the Black Canyon area will not disappoint. Three bedrooms, two baths and over 2000 SF of comfortable living space. Here are the details and [...]

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December 2009 Live In Estes Park Hotsheet

January 5, 2010

I get website MLS summary sheets every month. I thought I would start sharing these with you. This hot sheet shows the top ten properties on my website in December of 2009.  I was super busy with clients all month which surprises people because they think this town sleeps all winter, which it certainly does [...]

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