by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 15, 2025 | Travel
Just before we left Seattle, to return our rental car in Portland, Oregon, and fly back to Tennessee, our dear friends, George and Mary-Pat from Florida, called to see if we were OK after the recent flooding in Chattanooga. Our answer, “We’re in Seattle,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 14, 2025 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
After Nicole’s wedding, Jon and Brenda joined me and Karen for some hiking in the nearly one million acres of Olympic National Park, which is dominated by perpetually snow-capped Mount Olympus. We loaded up the rental car and took the Bainbridge Island Ferry out...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
On 8/9/25, I had the great honor to officiate the wedding of my niece Nicole Lyon and her fiancé Stephen Arifin just outside Seattle, WA, near Snoqualmie. On Nicole and Stephen’s rooftop, one of the fantastic perks of officiating the wedding was meeting...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 9, 2025 | Travel
On 8/6/25, we left Bow, Washington, and headed for Seattle. “The Coffee Capital of the World” resides restlessly under the constant supervision of mighty Mount Rainier. The top reason for our expedition to the Pacific Northwest was my niece, Nicole...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 6, 2025 | Travel
On 8/3/25, we continued our journey up the Oregon Coast to Astoria, and then Bow, Washington. According to National Geographic, “Cannon Beach is one of the world’s most beautiful places.” Haystack Rock is a 235-foot sea stack dominating the scenic...
