by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 26, 2021 | boats, Tennessee, Travel
Chickamauga Dam and Lock were built in the late ’30s with “Growing Concrete” made from alkali aggregate. In 1997, 2008 and 2021 a 5/8-inch slot, 38-feet wide and 107-feet deep was cut completely through the dam from top to bottom for expansion. The...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 22, 2019 | Beach, boats, Travel
Friday (2-15-19) Karen and I took a day off from our harried trip to south Florida to visit friends and relax in Bimini, Bahamas. Bimini has changed dramatically since the first visit aboard our sailboat in 1996. A casino, the Hilton Hotel and vacation housing have...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 20, 2017 | boats, North Carolina
Sunday (11-19-17) Karen and I take LyonsRoar on a fall leaf tour of Lake Wylie, NC. ...
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 | Mar 14, 2016 | boats, Ft. Lauderdale, Party
Sunday (3-13-16) Karen and I joined George and Mary Pat Boué for a St. Patrick’s celebration thrown by Tom and Maureen Shea of Right Management at the Ft. Lauderdale Yacht Club. The food was great, the Guinness cold and the facilities excellent. click (Ft....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 21, 2016 | boats, Ft. Lauderdale
I was sure my eyes were playing tricks on me when we first spotted this “Tiki Boat” coming at us on the New River. Yep, that’s a floating bar boat with official registration numbers and everything. ...
