by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 30, 2025 | boats, Travel
In the 1950s, Stockholm’s city planners decided art should be part of everyday life and works of art are prevalent throughout the city. The Scandinavian people are much less squeamish about the human body than priggish Americans. Stockholm guards the entrance to...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 16, 2024 | boats, Travel
Chris and Sid, our dear friends from Heath, Texas, just happened to end their cruise in Barcelona, Spain, while we were there. We got together Saturday, September 14th, to check out the beginning of America’s Cup elimination racing at Port Vell. Port Vell was...
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...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 30, 2021 | boats, Tennessee, Travel
Having chosen not to have children, my little-people, interaction tools are limited. Our four-year-old grand-nephew Wayne came for a brief visit with his parents Colby and Jessica, immersing me in “Wayne’s World.” I commend Colby and Jessica for...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 18, 2021 | boats, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
My younger brother Jon and his wife Brenda drove from Texas to Chattanooga to spend a week with me and Karen. There is so much to do in our area, the real challenge was not to make their vacation too tiring.
