This place was better than the listing pictures would indicate. The view on the deck was amazing, calm and relaxing. I struggled adjusting to high altitude and spend 2 days reading and looking at the view.
Stars were gorgeous, and 2 woodpeckers and a bunch of magpies were close enough to take pretty pictures and videos.
Location was perfect: close to pikes peak entrance, manitoba caves, cave of the winds, and garden of the gods. Literally everything i wanted to do.
Facilities were really nice. Hot Water in the bathrooms and kitchen were super hot. This place provided way way more stuff than what im used to for other vacation rentals. All the detergents, dishtabs, laundry, paper towels, toilet paper were there already. Bedding and blankets were comfortable, towels fluffy. Windows were lovely, let in a nice cross breeze and despite the heat wave down in Colorado Springs I was chilly / nicely cool the whole time i spent at the cabin.
There were no pictures of the kitchen wares in the listing, but the plates and bowls and mugs were great. Hot pads, coffee filters, all of it was great. I didnt actually do any cooking, as Rudys Bbq was on the route between garden of the gods and my family loves bbq. But all the cookware was available if i wanted to.
The tv was great, we were easily able to hook up our nintendo switch for the kids to wind down with. And there were board games and even a "View Finder" toy with reels from Colorado springs and national parks.