by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 3, 2017 | North Carolina, Party, Travel
The Yadkin Valley, in the northern Piedmont area of North Carolina, bills itself as “Napa of the East.” Karen and I explored this claim on the weekend of 9-30-17 on our way to visit Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mt. Airy. We detoured from a traffic...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 24, 2017 | North Carolina, Travel
Just 40-miles west of Charlotte, Crowders Mountain towers 800-feet above heavily forested, rolling hills. From atop the sawtooth towers that form Crowders summit you can see Charlotte’s skyline and across the border into South Carolina. The proximity to...
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...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 30, 2017 | Events, North Carolina
Saturday (7-29-17) Karen and I headed downtown Charlotte to take advantage of local events. Out first stop was Lucky Lou’s for a 5-buck burger. CLT Burger Week ends tomorrow. Thirty-five restaurants offer their best burger for patron judging and the price was...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 25, 2017 | North Carolina, Travel
Friday (7-21-17) Karen and I fled the relentless heat in Charlotte and headed for relief in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We booked two nights in the Brewery B&B in Plumtree. I can’t say enough about how nice the Young family that owns this enterprise and their...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 18, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
Tom Johnston thought he’d created a fictitious town when he wrote China Grove for the Doobie Brothers in 1973. He learned later during an interview that there was a real China Grove in Texas and North Carolina. Karen and I visited China Grove in North Carolina...
