by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 19, 2018 | North Carolina, Travel
Karen and I rolled into Franklin, North Carolina after an arduous drive from Chattanooga on a rainy Friday night (5-26-18) to find the locals gathered for “Pickin’ on the Square.” Some serious, nasal twang rang out from that gazebo. It raised our...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Chugging homeward from Missouri our first stop was Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga is a Cherokee word that means, “Rock coming to a point.” It’s refers to Lookout Mountain across the Tennessee River that snakes through the city.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 13, 2018 | Travel
In May, Karen and I took a road trip to Willow Springs, MO to help Ma and Pa Lyon with auctioning their house. Our first stop was Knoxville, TN to spend a day with my niece, Allison. Ms. Allison (Al) landed her first job at nearby Blackberry Farm after graduating from...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 22, 2018 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
A giant field ringed by Clan-sponsored tents was the focal point for three days of Scottish Heavy Athletic Events, Ceremonies, Shepherding demonstrations, and a barrage of competition bagpipe brigades. At times on Saturday (4-21-18) the Heavy Stone Lift, Hammer Throw,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 15, 2018 | North Carolina, Travel
When German, Dutch and Scotch-Irish pioneers first began to gather her in 1792 they named this place White Pines. I asked several of the locals if there might be fields of cherry trees somewhere that we had not seen. Nope, railroad engineers began to call this stop...
