Mount-Lemmon-Alpine-inn--ap
1980 Pre-Tourist boom, the Alpine inn and summerhaven, a refuge. Mount Lemmon Creek overflowed during a Monsoon storm, littering the main street with debris. Remnants of a previously burned lodge from 1977 still remain on the R/H side of the picture. If you go to the NEXT image taken after the fire, and when reconstruction was well underway, you can see the less than desirable "improvements" that have been made and the stunning loss of trees. The Alpine Inn was never rebuilt after the fire. Right before the fire I visited Summerhaven. It had no visitors, it was nice and cool and the Owner of the inn and I spent time loafing around and drinking coffee on the Inn's deck out front.
Mount-Lemmon-Alpine-inn--ap
1980 Pre-Tourist boom, the Alpine inn and summerhaven, a refuge. Mount Lemmon Creek overflowed during a Monsoon storm, littering the main street with debris. Remnants of a previously burned lodge from 1977 still remain on the R/H side of the picture. If you go to the NEXT image taken after the fire, and when reconstruction was well underway, you can see the less than desirable "improvements" that have been made and the stunning loss of trees. The Alpine Inn was never rebuilt after the fire. Right before the fire I visited Summerhaven. It had no visitors, it was nice and cool and the Owner of the inn and I spent time loafing around and drinking coffee on the Inn's deck out front.