by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 6, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
I’m reporting on our Labor Day 2017 trip for a brief escape from obsessing on Hurricane Irma. Karen and I accepted the offer to stay in our friend’s cabin in Lake Lure, NC. We made the 2-hour drive Saturday morning and experienced none of the usual heavy...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 23, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
The flyer promised hot cars, hot bar-b-q, hot pin-up girls, hot bands and cold beer Saturday (8-19-17) in Kannapolis, NC at the VFW Post 8989. I asked Karen, “How can we not go to this event?” We arrived minutes after the Free Swing Dance Lessons started...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 22, 2017 | North Carolina
The Charlotte Knights are the Chicago White Sox Triple A baseball team. Karen and I donned our Cubs gear and headed for the BB&T Ballpark in Uptown Charlotte Friday (8-18-22) to watch a game before their season ended. Severe thunderstorms were forecast to pass...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 22, 2017 | boats, North Carolina, Travel
With the surrounding areas that would provide total eclipse viewing packed with sky gazers and the traffic to and from predicted to be worse than dire, I opted to watch the 2017 event thirty-minutes from home on Lake Wylie in North Carolina. The morning was clear and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 17, 2017 | North Carolina, Party, Travel
Karen and I like to take a tour or two when we move to a new city to learn some of the history and be able to point out major landmarks to our visitors. Sunday ((8-13-17) was overcast and iffy for most outdoor adventures so we opted for the FUNNY BUS tour of downtown...