by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Kenneth Threadgill turned an abandoned Gulf filling station into a legendary incubator for Austin music in 1933. Threadgill’s hosted after hours drinking, gambling and jamming musicians that often were paid in beer. Kenneth loved all people and made everyone...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
I don’t always tell on myself for doing something less than brilliant, but this is a fish tale that needs no lies to make you laugh. Jon, Jean and I set out on 7-5-16 for Akers Ferry Canoe Rental to float the Current River. With a dinner celebration looming, we...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Small town USA parades on the Fourth of July are apple pie and patriotism with homespun fun. My sister Jean, brother Jon and cousin Rocky joined me on Main Street in Willow Springs, Missouri for this year’s celebration Oazark’s style.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sunday (6-26-16) was too hot to bake on the beach or in a boat. The Cubs brought their first place record to Miami, so we drove to Little Havana to catch them playing in the air conditioned comfort of Marlins Park.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
I tell newbies, “There are only three kinds of sailors; those who have run aground, those who are about to run aground and liars.” The nonprofit sailboat Defy The Odds #Sailforjustice was donated to help formerly incarcerated teens learn to work as a team...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sunday (5-29-16) the excitement on the packed beach in Ft. Lauderdale surged through the crowd as three rockstars of the ocean cruised just a few feet off shore for all to see.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thursday (5-26-16) I took LyonsRoar to Playboy Marina to do the scheduled service on both outboards. On the way across Port Everglades I passed the Yacht Transport boat that squats in the sea to allow yachts headed to Europe to drive onto custom cradles and ride...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Friday (5-20-16) we packed a picnic dinner and headed for the beach to hear SUENALO liven up the sands with their high energy Latin Fusion. The music won over a sparse crowd that braved the menacing storm front that loomed above the shoreline.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
(5-8-16) Sunday was subday and I made my last trip to Fleet Week 2016 to tour the USS California. Karen was called away to work in Texas leaving me to climb the vertical ladders that access the sub’s innards alone.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
On April 12, 2009 Navy SEAL snipers shot three Somali pirates from the USS Bainbridge’s fantail and rescued Captain Phillips from a lifeboat after a three-day standoff. We got to tour the Bainbridge on Saturday (5-7-16). How a Somali pirate could face a bad ass...
