by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 7, 2019 | North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel
Since 1962 the city of Rock Hill has invited the world to “Come-See-Me” at their annual, spring festival. We took advantage of a break in recent rains on Saturday (4-6-19) and joined the South Carolina fun....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
(3-30-19) On the first warm, sunny Saturday in months we drove to Asheboro, North Carolina to visit the world’s largest natural habitat zoo.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
Saturday (3-16-19) we hiked the Rocky Face Recreational Area in Alexander County, North Carolina. The 316-acre park on the southern edge of the Brushy Mountains was once a quarry and the sheer cliff face the cutting created is now used by qualified rock climbers....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
Following an afternoon of hiking over the stone outcrops of the Rocky Face Mountain Recreation Area we were ready to kick back and eat our picnic lunch with some North Carolina wine. We chose Daveste Vineyards in Iredell County from a random search on the iPhone and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 22, 2019 | Beach, boats, Travel
Friday (2-15-19) Karen and I took a day off from our harried trip to south Florida to visit friends and relax in Bimini, Bahamas. Bimini has changed dramatically since the first visit aboard our sailboat in 1996. A casino, the Hilton Hotel and vacation housing have...
