by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 22, 2019 | North Carolina
Karen’s mom Helen came to visit us for Mother’s Day weekend and we kept her dance card full. Charlotte celebrated its 250th anniversary this year. The year-long celebration of CLT250 was a festival of music, food and art called “SHOUT!” that...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 13, 2019 | Events, North Carolina, Party
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 9, 2019 | Travel
Our late afternoon flight Monday (4-29-19) left us ample time to explore OKC’s revitalized warehouse district and revisit Stockyards City in daylight. Our hotel was located in Bricktown and we started our day with a hike along the canal. Looking down on the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 8, 2019 | Travel
Sunday (4-28-19) Karen and I explored downtown Oklahoma City (OKC). There was an astonishing amount of cool things to see and do. OKC is small enough to make getting around easy and the traffic on Sunday was nearly nonexistent. Because of the OKC Memorial Marathon the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 3, 2019 | Travel
Before Allison Lyon’s wedding on April 27, 2019, Karen and I found ourselves in Edmond, Oklahoma with time to explore. Nicole Lyon’s plus one Steven, Karen’s brother Shawn and his wife Laurie joined us. Off we went down a stretch of Old Route 66 to...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 2, 2019 | Events, Party, Travel
Karen and I attended the wedding of Seth Jordan and Allison Lyon at a remote farm in Luther, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 27, 2019. A splendid group of family and friends gathered to witness this beautiful event. Dad gets a dance before his little girl starts a new...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 7, 2019 | North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel
Since 1962 the city of Rock Hill has invited the world to “Come-See-Me” at their annual, spring festival. We took advantage of a break in recent rains on Saturday (4-6-19) and joined the South Carolina fun....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
(3-30-19) On the first warm, sunny Saturday in months we drove to Asheboro, North Carolina to visit the world’s largest natural habitat zoo.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
Saturday (3-16-19) we hiked the Rocky Face Recreational Area in Alexander County, North Carolina. The 316-acre park on the southern edge of the Brushy Mountains was once a quarry and the sheer cliff face the cutting created is now used by qualified rock climbers....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
Following an afternoon of hiking over the stone outcrops of the Rocky Face Mountain Recreation Area we were ready to kick back and eat our picnic lunch with some North Carolina wine. We chose Daveste Vineyards in Iredell County from a random search on the iPhone and...
