by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2025 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Tuesday, 11-18-25, was cloudy and windy, but the high temperature was forecast to be 64 degrees and we were itching for a hike. Stone Door Ranger Station is a beautiful hour and a half drive from our front door, and we were hoping for more fall color views. Lovely...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 14, 2025 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
After Nicole’s wedding, Jon and Brenda joined me and Karen for some hiking in the nearly one million acres of Olympic National Park, which is dominated by perpetually snow-capped Mount Olympus. We loaded up the rental car and took the Bainbridge Island Ferry out...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 1, 2025 | Hiking, Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
Karen and I explored the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in August 2025. This is our nation’s largest scenic area, and the mighty Columbia River runs for 80 miles through it. Wealthy railroad Attorney, Sam Hall, answered the call on this bluff, known...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 2, 2024 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
My brother Jon and his wife Brenda came to visit us in Chattanooga for a week in April. We took them north to the Tennessee/Kentucky border to hike the 600-feet deep gorge carved into the Cumberland Plateau by the Big South Fork River and its tributaries. We rented an...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 2, 2024 | Hiking, Hiking, Travel
Huntsville is Alabama’s largest city and less than two-hours drive from Chattanooga. Karen and I spent the last weekend in March exploring “The Best Place to Live in Alabama.” In 1950 Wernher von Braun and his team moved to Huntsville’s...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2023 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area covers 125,000 acres along the Tennessee and Kentucky State Line. We started on the Sawmill Trail to Slave Falls, which was dry due to weeks of rainless weather. A bit further down the trail is Needle Arch. Big South...
