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...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 9, 2023 | Hiking, Hiking, North Carolina, Travel, Water Falls
The fall leaves in our portion of the Tennessee Valley were just starting to turn when reports that the leaves were peaking on the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP). Fortunately for us, the drive to the BRP entrance near Asheville, NC is only three hours away, so we booked a...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 17, 2023 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
Our first fall hike of 2023 took us to the Rock Creek Gorge Scenic Area in the Cherokee National Forest in far eastern Tennessee to visit Falls of the Scenic Spur. Overcast skies supplied a few brief sprinkles, the temperature remained below 85-degrees, and we had the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 5, 2023 | Hiking, Travel
Dalton, Georgia is less than an hour drive from our home. We traveled to the self proclaimed “Carpet Capital of the World” to explore its historic downtown district and hike the George W. Disney Trail. Both goals proved larger than expected....
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.
