by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 16, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee
Stringer’s Ridge is a 20-minute drive from our house, making it an easy choice for an “Urban-Wilderness Hike.”
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 10, 2022 | Events, Tennessee, Travel
Karen and I have passed this lookout, with a sweeping view of the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, dozens of times going and coming from day trips to hike waterfall trails in the far eastern portion of the Appalachian Mountains. This was the first time we stopped. On...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 6, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
100-foot Julia Falls is inaccessible on foot. Flowing from a sheer bluff on the side of a vast canyon in the Tennessee River Gorge, a way to hike to the cataract remains uncharted. Just minutes from downtown Chattanooga, Signal Mountain is a maze of crossing roads,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
In South Pittsburg, TN they celebrate with a full week of cornbread-related activities, culminating in the big bash downtown on the last full weekend each April. We joined the festivities on Sunday (4-23-22) and sampled some of the finest cornbread I’ve ever...