LAGO AND ARUBA, THEN AND NOW

THE PLAN FOR THIS PAGE IS TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE LEFT,  THE THEN PHOTOGRAPHS, AND RE-TAKE THE PICTURE IN JUNE OF 2006, WHILE AT THE ARUBA REUNION, FROM THE SAME POSITION AS THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN THE 1950's.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST 50 OR 60 YEARS.  OH MY GOD!  AS I WRITE THAT SENTENCE I REALIZE JUST HOW OLD I AM.

THEN - THE 1950's NOW - JUNE 2006
LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE EARLY 1950's AND NOW, JUNE 2006, NO REAL CHANGE. PALM TREE GREW UP
LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE EARLY 1950's JUNE, 2006, MORE VEGETATION. AND AN ISLAND WAS ADDED AT BOTTOM OF HILL.
RODGER'S BEACH FROM ESSO CLUB BIG CHANGES, NEW DOCK.
T-DOCK FROM THE TOP OF THE STEPS, TAKEN IN THE 1950'S JUNE, 2006, CONCRETE STEPS, NO DOCK. MORE VEGETATION.
T-DOCK TAKEN FROM THE PARKING LOT ABOVE THE BIG DOCK JUNE, 2006, LOOKS LIKE THE BEACH IS SMALLER, DOCK IS GONE AND MORE VEGETATION.
BIG DOCK,  FROM THE STAIRS TO THE PARKING LOT, EARLY 1950's. JUNE, 2006.  BUILDING GONE, DOCK GONE, CONCRETE RAILING GONE AND REPLACED WITH WOOD. 
LAGO HIGH SCHOOL, TAKEN FROM THE 700 ROW. BIG CHANGE IN JUNE 2006.  EVEN THE ROAD IS GONE.  THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE PARKING LOT AS THERE WAS TO MUCH CACTUS TO GET TO THE SAME SPOT.
SEE PHOTO ABOVE, IT IS TAKEN FROM ALMOST THE SAME SPOT AS THIS, AGAIN, A BIG CHANGE.
FRONT OF LAGO HIGH SCHOOL, 1962  
LAGO HIGH SCHOOL, EAST SIDE, 1960 BOB LLOYD TOOK THIS PHOTO OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IN 2007, THE SECOND FLOOR HAD BEEN REMOVED AS WELL AS THE AUDITORIUM
THE LOWER ROAD IN THE 1950's 2006, ALL THE HOUSES IN CENTER OF TWO ROADS WERE REMOVED.
GOLF CLUB HOUSE IN THE 1930's 2006, BIG CHANGE
LITTLE LAGOON "BABY BEACH" LOOKING WEST BEFORE THE ESSO CLUB WAS BUILT. 2006, ANOTHER BIG CHANGE, THE HURRICANE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THIS CHANGE.
LOOKING NORTH - 1950's  NOTE LIGHTHOUSE IN BOTH PHOTOS, RIGHT. LOOKING NORTH IN 2007, THIS IS ALMOST THE SAME LOCATION.  SENT BY BOB LLOYD.
PALM BEACH, LOOKING NORTH - 1950's LOOKING NORTH IN 2007, NOT QUITE THE SAME LOCATION.  SENT BY BOB LLOYD.
PALM BEACH LOOKING SOUTH - 1957 LOOKING SOUTH IN 2007, NOT QUITE THE SAME LOCATION.  SENT BY BOB LLOYD.

MORE PHOTOS OF PALM BEACH TAKEN IN 2007 BY BOB LLOYD TO HELP FILL IN THE THEN AND NOW PAGE.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS WERE ALSO TAKEN BY BOB LLOYD IN 2007, THESE ARE NEW HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN WHAT WAS LAGO COLONY AND IS NOW KNOW AS SEROE COLORADO