SUMMER & FALL 2015

My boxes are packed, our condo is ready to be rented, there isn't anything left to do but to say good bye to our friends and fly to Trinidad to get back on Alpenglow.

It's been an amazing summer in our home town of Dillon, Colorado.  We saw loads of friends, visited my family in Montreal,  had Tim's parents visit us here in Dillon, raced in the Etchells Regionals and Lake Dillon Open, biked a whole lot along with many many hikes.  I can't ask for more as I have the best friends and family in the world !

Cpt. Rich Rinehart with crew:  Patti, Susan & Tim winning 2nd place in the Etchells Regionals

and 2nd place in the Lake Dillon Regata 2015.

 Some of the Etchells teams:  BULLSEYE, ECLIPSE, MENDONICO & WAYNE'S WORLD.

                 GETTING READY TO LAUNCH OFF

 

            LOTS OF LAUGHS WITH SHARON, TIM, CINDY AND SUSAN AT THE TIKI BAR

                  GOOD FRIENDS BRIAN AND SEPHORA ENJOYING APPETIZERS

                                               HIKING AROUND COPPER MOUNTAIN

          HIKING WITH SHARON AND TULA AT THE BOULDER FLAT IRONS

                           HIKING MAYFLOWER GULCH, COLORADO

              SUSAN AND SHARON AT THE BBQ FESTIVAL, KEYSTONE, CO

THIS IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL FREE CONCERTS AT THE LAKE DILLON AMPHITHEATER

                          STUNNING RAINBOW OVER THE DILLON YACHT CLUB

      ALWAYS GLAD TO VISIT MONIQUE AND MICHAEL IN MONTREAL

                               OKTOBERFEST WITH FRIENDS IN VAIL, COLORADO

                  VIEW FROM OUR PLACE OF LAKE DILLON IN THE FALL

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

                          HIKING IN THE FALL TO SEE THE ASPENS TURNING COLOR

                    VIEW OF LAKE DILLON IN THE BACKGROUND

    

                  

WENT HIKING IN THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL IN UTAH

CAMPING IN UTAH WITH BRIAN AND SEPHORA

                                         I JUST LOVE THE OUTDOORS !

MY FAMILY:  TIM, MIKE, CLAIRE, SARA, RON, WALT

MY MOM CLAIRE IN MONTREAL

MY DAD WALTER IN MONTREAL

MY FAMILY

DER TIEFENBACHS:  ALAN, SUSAN, TIM, PAT, DAVE, JENEE

MORE FUN WITH FRIENDS FROM STEAMBOAT:  JOAN, NEIL, TOM, SUSAN

 SPRING HIKING IN COLORADO

BIKING HUT TRIP AT FOWLER HILLIARD HUT IN COLORADO

WE SAW A PTARMIGAN AND HER BABY (not in picture)

16 OF US HAD FUN MOUNTAIN BIKING AROUND THE HUT

HIKING AROUND THE HUT

A MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE WITH GREAT FRIENDS CONNIE & TERRE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

MY DEAR OLD FRIEND NATALIE IN MONTREAL.  WE WENT CAMPING AND MUSHROOM PICKING, YUM !!!

     MY GODSON CODY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ANDREA HIKING IN MT.TREMBLANT

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

This was our 3rd time in the BVIs, our first with Alpenglow.  As much as we like the BVIs, it'll be our last.  We didn't always visit the same Islands.  This time we went to Soper's Hole, Norman Island, Trellis Bay, Spanish Town in Virgin Gorda, Gorda Sound, Anegada & Leverick Bay.

We were very happy to have fun in the BVIs with my long time friend Natalie and her husband Max from Montreal.



TAMARIND TREE




SABA ROCK.  VIEW FROM GUY'S TRAIL




ANEGADA SHORE WHERE WE WERE ANCHORED

WINDWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND HAS A BEAUTIFUL UNSPOILED BEACH



ANEGADA WINDWARD SIDE BEACH

GOOD SAILING FROM ANEGADA TO LEVERICK BAY




MAX CAUGHT A MACKEREL




5:30 AM AT THE INDIANS

HAVING COFFEE ON DECK VIEWING THE INDIANS DURING SUNRISE

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO SNORKEL AT THE INDIANS

HIKE THE BATHS, JUST DON'T STAY ON THE BEACH, HIKE THE BOLDERS

FRANGIPANI



CRAB VILLE

MAX & NATALIE FROM MONTREAL STAYED WITH US IN THE BVIs



TARPON FISH

A LOBSTER IN RESTAURANTS IN ANEGADA IS NOW BETWEEN $50 - $70, OUTRAGEOUS !



PIRATE PARTY AT LEVERICK BAY




WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR OVER 25 YEARS

Information for Cruisers: 
1)  Do not miss snorkeling 'THE INDIANS'.  Arrive very early (before 6am) to get a mooring ball.  The sunrise is spectacular.
2) When you get to THE CAVES, don't just stay on the beach.  Hike thru the boulders, it's lots of fun and beautiful.  There's another beach at the end.
3) Tourist guides tell you about the flamingoes in Anegada.  If you do see them, they will be very far away, hardly worth it.
4) Leverick Bay:  If you pick up a mooring ball, you get free water, however, you can anchor.  The water isn't that expensive. 
5) You can use the pool, showers and laundry facilities at Leverick Bay.  We were anchored and nobody ever bothered us about using their facilities.  There's also a nice small grocery shop behind the laundry (get tokens at the office).