On Feb. 26th. we went up to Mt Lemmon. It’s a long drive, 30 miles from Tucson & 30 degrees cooler. The road up has a lot of switchbacks & places to stop & take pix of the valley. It has pine, fir, & aspen forests. At 9,154 feet, the sky ride offers a panoramic view of the forest, rocky cliffs, & mountain ranges. There is restaurant @ the top of the drive. But we didn’t stay & eat there. I forgot to wear sox in my sandals & it was cold there so I bought a $10 pair of sox. Good thing I remembered my coat.
Some of the views going up
Going up the chair lift
View from top & Mike & Sandy getting ready to get off @ the top
Heading down & Some of the equipment used to groom the slopes when they have Snow. They we’re skiing up till the Monday before we went up. They we’re expecting another opening before the end of the season. They don’t make snow because of water shortage.
It was a beautiful drive & as you can see the wind had been blowing so the distant views were haze (smog).At the top the trees had been burned. Don’t remember how long ago but was just a few yrs. back. That’s it for Mt. Lemmon.
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