About Jeff
Member of The Chicago Writers Association
Member of the South Florida Writers Association
Member of International Screenwriters’ Association
Member Charlotte Writers Club
Jeff Lyon is the son of a truck driver and preacher’s daughter. He grew up in Irving, Texas, earned a Communications BA from the University of North Texas and then went ski bumming in Colorado. Jeff returned to Texas to work for the City of Lewisville before heading to Florida to become a licensed yacht captain. Jeff spent twelve years teaching sailing and captaining charters on Lake Michigan. During Chicago’s harsh winters he wrote travelogues, books, short stories and screenplays. Jeff returned to Florida to write and captain boats for five years, then moved to Charlotte, NC where Karen finished her career in HR. The author is currently living in Chattanooga, TN blogging and publishing the Digital Divining, Demus Divining, and Ocracoke Divining Trilogy. His adventurous tales are based on personal escapades and filled with extraordinary characters.
AA BASEBALL IN CHATTANOOGA
Baseball in Chattanooga, TN
NATURE’S WASHING MACHINE
Short Springs Class 1 Scenic-Recreation Area is 3.5 miles north of Tullahoma, TN and about a 1.5-hour drive from Chattanooga. Wednesday (8-11-21) Karen announced that she was going for a walk. I suggested we drive up to Tullahoma and hike in the 420-acre park instead....
TENNESSEE PIRATE AND TENNESSEE DEAD
FALL CREEK FALLS TENNESSEE STATE PARK
Tennessee's most visited state park spreads across the Cumberland Plateau. It's 29,800 acres with streams that have sliced magnificent, sheer-sided gorges filled with stunning waterfalls and cascades among dense groves of virgin hardwood timber .
CHATTANOOGA FREE CONCERT SERIES
Every Friday, from June 4 through September 10, the city of Chattanooga, TN presents free concerts downtown at Miller Plaza and Miller Park. July 30, Karen and I attended our first shows at these venues and it's safe to say, "We'll be back. [video width="1920"...
88 AND DOIN’ GREAT
The Lyon Clan gathers to celebrate Jack Lyon’s 88th Birthday.
CHATTIN’ WITH FRIENDS
CHILHOWEE RECREATION AREA
Karen and I have passed the Ranger Station on Highway 64 by Parksville/Ocoee Lake many times while traveling between Chattanooga, TN and Charlotte, NC. We never turned off there and took the steep and winding Oswald Road to the top of Chilhowee Mountain because the...
CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST FALLS
On exploration-day two, we drive north out of Ducktown up Highway 68 toward Tellico Plains, TN. We have three falls in the Cherokee National Forest to find. It was clear and warm with bright, blue skies. [video width="640" height="480"...
THREE FALLS IN THE PEACH STATE
Hiking waterfalls in the Peach State.
