by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 26, 2026 | Hiking, Travel
The middle of September is not the most ideal time to view the Aurora Borealis. When our Rick Steves Best of Scandinavia Tour ended in Bergen, we gambled on flying 749 miles north to Tromso, “The Gateway to the Arctic.” We arrived at our hotel overlooking...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 25, 2026 | Hiking, Travel
Our bus left Oslo early. We headed for the mountains and made our first rest stop at an Open-Air Norwegian Folk Museum with sod-roof farmhouses, small village storefronts, and artisans working in their shops. It’s an old Nordic custom to visit the Village Elder...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 23, 2026 | Travel
Our first stop was at the Vitlycke Museum in Bohuslän, with its outdoor Bronze Age Farm and over 500 Bronze Age images carved into rocks and later highlighted by the museum in red for easier viewing. The Bus ride from Vargerg to Oslo was 4.5 hours of lush greenery and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 19, 2026 | Hiking, Travel
Our trip from Moab, Utah, to Arizona, on our National Parks, friends, and family tour in late April, took us to Fredonia. The scenery on the backroads along the way was incredible during every mile of the 5.5-hour drive. When driving along the Colorado Plateau, you...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
We drove the backroads between Parks to take in some of the lesser-known sights, and often happened upon cool features we hadn’t planned on or didn’t know existed. Utah, Arizona, and Nevada rewarded us constantly. A balance stone is perched on top of a...
