by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 31, 2022 | Travel
We started the long drive to Denton, Texas to visit kinfolk for Christmas, with a stop in Jackson, MS, where we celebrated Karen’s birthday. Her birthday coincides with Jackson’s 200-year birthday celebration.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 6, 2022 | Party, Tennessee
Rusty hulks of Chattanooga’s industrial past dot the landscape of the city’s south side. The area’s long-time residents are a hard-working, hard-partying bunch of proud survivors that kickoff the Christmas season each year on the first Saturday of...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 1, 2022 | Travel
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
25,000-acre Prentice Cooper State Forest Park is just 10-miles west of Chattanooga. The Park portion of the vast conservation area offers 7,000-acres for use by off-road vehicle enthusiasts, hikers and hunters. A sanctioned deer hunt was in full swing on our last...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 27, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
Ms. Britany worked with Karen at Ally in Charlotte, NC. This was her visit to our home in Chattanooga. We gave her a grand tour.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Snatch and Doodle came from Texas to help celebrate my birthday. Saturday we took on the third-annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, which takes over downtown and fills the city with thousands of vehicles from car clubs to private collections. Throughout the day,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 10, 2022 | Events, Party, Travel
Keith and Diane Logan stopped by our place on their way from Indiana to see how their condo and boats faired in Punta Gorda, FL after Hurricane Ian had its way with them. Nothing cheers up a gloomy task like a warm, bright day filled with fun. Last Saturday we took...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 5, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee
Know when you go to Cumberland State Park, the hiking will be steep and rocky. In the Carter Natural Area of the Park is Lost Cove, where Buggytop Cave Trail is a tough two-miles, mostly downhill, making it a tougher two-miles coming back up the bluff.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 3, 2022 | boats, Travel
Many years ago, I delivered a custom Robert Perry sailboat from Jacksonville, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia with famous painter Peter Egeli, his gracious wife and their sailing friend. My crew sailed mostly in Chesapeake Bay and we turned inland at Fort Sumpter in...
