by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 30, 2020 | Travel
On Thursday (7-23-20) Karen and I headed to Bristol, VA for a four-day weekend to explore the great outdoors. We rented an Airbnb loft on the main drag in downtown Bristol. It had a private entrance and parking spot, keypad entry and was cleaned and sanitized for our...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 15, 2020 | South Carolina, Travel
(7-1-20) The sunshine on Sunday was intense. With highs in the mid 90’s we were tempted to just stay inside, until Karen discovered fields full of sunflowers less than an hour from our home.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 25, 2020 | North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel
The Blue Ridge Mountains plummet into the Piedmont along the Blue Ridge Escarpment at the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Karen and I have developed a passion for hiking this magic terrain to view the hundreds of waterfalls that splash down its dramatic cliffs...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 15, 2020 | North Carolina, Travel
500 million years of erosion have pummeled the peaks that once reared up to 20,000 feet in the Uwharrie Mountains. Within this ancient range, located 50 miles east of Charlotte, NC, is Morrow Mountain State Park. The park’s second highest peak, at 936 feet above...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 10, 2020 | North Carolina, Travel
