by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Karen and I rented a house in Mountain View, Missouri where the Lyon Clan gathered to celebrate Jack Lyon’s 88 years on this planet. Pa’s four kids and their spouses, three grandkids, one with spouse and one with boyfriend and one great-grandchild made it...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Karen and I have passed the Ranger Station on Highway 64 by Parksville/Ocoee Lake many times while traveling between Chattanooga, TN and Charlotte, NC. We never turned off there and took the steep and winding Oswald Road to the top of Chilhowee Mountain because the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
On exploration-day two, we drive north out of Ducktown up Highway 68 toward Tellico Plains, TN. We have three falls in the Cherokee National Forest to find. It was clear and warm with bright, blue skies....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
For our first, full day of hiking from Ducktown, TN, we head south through McCaysville, GA on Highway 5. It’s a crooked road, the scenery beautifully bucolic and the traffic nonexistent. We are blessed with a partly cloudy, cool day with no rain forecast....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Named after Cherokee, Chief Duck, Ducktown was the center of the US “Copper Basin’s” mining operations from 1847 until 1987. A vast area was stripped of trees for burning copper ore in outdoor sheds, which released acid that scorched the remaining...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Saturday (3-10-2021) was overcast and cool, but the previous two days in the 70s left us with the urge to get out and explore. Limiting drive time to one hour, we chose Salisbury, NC and drove north up I-85. Ya just never know, until you go when you take off on a...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Cloudland Canyon State Park plummets off the western edge of Lookout Mountain near Rising Fawn, Georgia. Biking, hiking, camping and fishing in the 3,538-acre park’s thousand-foot deep canyons are magnificent. The east rim overlook is a short walk from the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Big Soddy Creek Gulf Family Trail was created from an old mining and jeep road. It’s broad, level and easy going along the bank of Big Soddy Creek. The first 1.5 miles of loose gravel can be navigated by baby strollers and wheel chairs. Located near Soddy...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sunrise on Chickamauga Lake in Chattanooga, TN. Karen likes to go hiking on her December birthdays which can mean challenging weather. We chose trails with waterfalls near Chattanooga. The first morning was cold and rainy, the clouds remained but the day warmed for...
