by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 24, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
After our visit to Gibbs Gardens (4-20-22), we spent the night in Dahlonega, GA. We departed the “Gold City” early for the 45-minute drive to the Raven Cliff Falls Trailhead and were the first car to arrive in the small parking lot of one of...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 23, 2022 | Travel
Karen needed a flower fix and the meager smattering of blooms we encountered during our mountain hikes were not enough. We took off to Ball Ground, GA to tour Gibbs Gardens’ 336-acres of meticulously-manicured gardens among meandering creeks, ponds and lakes,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee
By definition, a Vortex is a place where people have reported feeling powerful forces of energy and connectivity to their spirituality, typically located near an interesting rock formation. We set off in search of Vortex Falls and found a “VORTEX.”
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
The North Chickamauga Creek Gorge is nine miles from our home and a work in progress. The powerful Creek is 32-miles long, a main tributary to the Tennessee River and cuts deeply through the sandstone of Walden’s Ridge. A hodgepodge of rough and tumble trails...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 22, 2022 | Hiking, Travel
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 16, 2022 | Beach, Travel
Adhering to the “Guests Are Like Fish Rule” we left Keith and Mary’s place in The Villages, Florida and headed for the Tampa Bay area on March 1, 2022. We booked an Airbnb at Indian Rock Beach a block from the gulf’s edge. We spent very little...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 14, 2022 | Travel
Within about 32 square miles, spread over 33,000 acres, The Villages claims to have the biggest collection, with the most varieties of amenities on the planet. Residents have access to recreation centers, town squares, clubs of every ilk, sporting facilities, parks,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 17, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Travel
It took millions of years for the Little River to carve its 600-foot-deep canyon into the flat top of the narrow southwestern ridge of the Cumberland Plateau that stretches 75-miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee across northwestern Georgia and ends in Gadsden, Alabama....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
I was curious about DeSoto Falls’ name and found that Hernando de Soto Left Tampa, FL in 1540 with 600 conquistadors on a 4,000-mile trek north that included South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and ALABAMA. Along...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 3, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
Pisgah is a Hebrew word meaning “peak, height, cliff.” It is the name of the summit on Mount Nebo where Moses first caught sight of the Promised Land. In the US there are 12 states with towns named Pisgah, as well as, Pisgah Crater, Pisgah Branch Creek,...
