by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 16, 2022 | Beach, Travel
Adhering to the “Guests Are Like Fish Rule” we left Keith and Mary’s place in The Villages, Florida and headed for the Tampa Bay area on March 1, 2022. We booked an Airbnb at Indian Rock Beach a block from the gulf’s edge. We spent very little...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 14, 2022 | Travel
Within about 32 square miles, spread over 33,000 acres, The Villages claims to have the biggest collection, with the most varieties of amenities on the planet. Residents have access to recreation centers, town squares, clubs of every ilk, sporting facilities, parks,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 17, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Travel
It took millions of years for the Little River to carve its 600-foot-deep canyon into the flat top of the narrow southwestern ridge of the Cumberland Plateau that stretches 75-miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee across northwestern Georgia and ends in Gadsden, Alabama....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
I was curious about DeSoto Falls’ name and found that Hernando de Soto Left Tampa, FL in 1540 with 600 conquistadors on a 4,000-mile trek north that included South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and ALABAMA. Along...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 3, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
Pisgah is a Hebrew word meaning “peak, height, cliff.” It is the name of the summit on Mount Nebo where Moses first caught sight of the Promised Land. In the US there are 12 states with towns named Pisgah, as well as, Pisgah Crater, Pisgah Branch Creek,...
