by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 4, 2023 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Nine-miles north of Cookeville, Tennessee the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River continues to cut a deep gash through the Eastern Highland Rim. The 282-acre park’s rich history includes buffalo wallows, Cherokee Indian hunting parties, thriving mills, and a...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 9, 2023 | Hiking, Tennessee
Karen and I live one mile by water lakeside of the Chickamauga Dam. We drive over the dam frequently, but never take the time to check out the Tennessee River Park. On a sparkling day in February, we visited Chickamauga Dam’s riverside.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 8, 2023 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
After a soggy weekend, Monday (3-6-2023) was warm and inviting. We drove an hour and twenty minutes into north Georgia for our first exploration of the 20,637-acre Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The nearest town to Pigeon Mountain’s...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 8, 2023 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls
Cloudland Canyon State Park is located on the south end of Lookout Mountain in Georgia. The main park entrance boasts sensational views into the magnificent gorge from the rim, but accessing the trails to waterfalls 1,000-feet below, requires traipsing down 600 metal...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 15, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
Keith and Diane Logan stayed with us in Chattanooga on the way back to their summer home in Indiana from a winter condo in Florida. Heavy rains for three days before they arrived, enticed us to go back to Rock Island State Park. Rock Island suffered a dry spell during...
