by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2020 | Hiking, Travel
Just 7.5 miles from downtown Chattanooga, parking for Glen Falls trailhead is a small space on the edge of Ochs Highway. Go early or you will scrounge for room in the dangerous, nearby spots along the side of this busy road. This is a two-mile out and back trail with...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Halloween in Fort Mill, SC started at Amor Artis Brewing on Main Street with their Smoked Pumpkin Porter and a Pumpkin Cookie from Crumbl’s. Organizations from schools to churches and businesses created works of art for the Sixth Annual Scarecrow Crawl and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
On our first Visit to North Carolina’s largest state park we saw High Shoals Falls plunge 80 feet from the top and bottom observation points. South Mountain State Park lured us back a second time to to view the surrounding ranges from 2,223 feet. it was...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 20, 2020 | Party, Travel
I turned 63 on National Boss’s Day 2020 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Karen and I spent the weekend hiking and basking in the sun by Lake Chickamauga. Friday I enjoyed a superb grouper dinner and beautiful sunset at Lakeshore Marina. Saturday we drove into the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 15, 2020 | North Carolina
Early voting in Charlotte, NC started this murky morning (10-15-20) at 8:00AM. It was foggy, which seemed appropriate for 2020. Early Voting here will end on Halloween.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 30, 2020 | Travel
On Thursday (7-23-20) Karen and I headed to Bristol, VA for a four-day weekend to explore the great outdoors. We rented an Airbnb loft on the main drag in downtown Bristol. It had a private entrance and parking spot, keypad entry and was cleaned and sanitized for our...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 15, 2020 | South Carolina, Travel
(7-1-20) The sunshine on Sunday was intense. With highs in the mid 90’s we were tempted to just stay inside, until Karen discovered fields full of sunflowers less than an hour from our home.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 25, 2020 | North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel
The Blue Ridge Mountains plummet into the Piedmont along the Blue Ridge Escarpment at the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Karen and I have developed a passion for hiking this magic terrain to view the hundreds of waterfalls that splash down its dramatic cliffs...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 15, 2020 | North Carolina, Travel
500 million years of erosion have pummeled the peaks that once reared up to 20,000 feet in the Uwharrie Mountains. Within this ancient range, located 50 miles east of Charlotte, NC, is Morrow Mountain State Park. The park’s second highest peak, at 936 feet above...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 10, 2020 | North Carolina, Travel
