by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 18, 2021 | boats, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
My younger brother Jon and his wife Brenda drove from Texas to Chattanooga to spend a week with me and Karen. There is so much to do in our area, the real challenge was not to make their vacation too tiring.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 14, 2021 | Events, Tennessee, Travel
Saturday, Karen asked, “Wanna got to the International Cowpea Festival & Cook-off in Charleston, TN?” My reply, “What’s a cowpea? She said, “I don’t know.” “Then, let’s go and find out.” The term...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 6, 2021 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
We ventured up on the Cumberland Plateau outside of Spring City, TN on Friday to kickoff Labor Day Weekend 2021. The Plateau’s tableland elevation varies around 1,440 feet and its deepest plunge into Little Piney Creek gorge is 540 feet. We started our hike in...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 31, 2021 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
Lula Lake Land Trust only sells tickets to the general public on the first and last weekends of each month. Reservations must be made in advance and fifteen bucks buys one parking space, excluding over-sized vehicles like buses and passenger vans. They stagger the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 26, 2021 | boats, Tennessee, Travel
Chickamauga Dam and Lock were built in the late ’30s with “Growing Concrete” made from alkali aggregate. In 1997, 2008 and 2021 a 5/8-inch slot, 38-feet wide and 107-feet deep was cut completely through the dam from top to bottom for expansion. The...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 25, 2021 | Travel
Perched on a clifftop overlooking Chattanooga’s riverfront is the home of the Cincinnati Reds’ AA affiliate the Lookouts. Every Tuesday night, local grocer Food City sponsors a buy one get one free, general admission ticket for $10.50. Chicago Cubs’...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 19, 2021 | Travel
Short Springs Class 1 Scenic-Recreation Area is 3.5 miles north of Tullahoma, TN and about a 1.5-hour drive from Chattanooga. Wednesday (8-11-21) Karen announced that she was going for a walk. I suggested we drive up to Tullahoma and hike in the 420-acre park instead....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 4, 2021 | Travel
Tennessee’s most visited state park spreads across the Cumberland Plateau. It’s 29,800 acres with streams that have sliced magnificent, sheer-sided gorges filled with stunning waterfalls and cascades among dense groves of virgin hardwood timber...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday, from June 4 through September 10, the city of Chattanooga, TN presents free concerts downtown at Miller Plaza and Miller Park. July 30, Karen and I attended our first shows at these venues and it’s safe to say, “We’ll be back....
