by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 23, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
On Saturday (5-18-19) Karen and I set out to do some hiking at McGalliad Falls Park in Valdese, NC. Karen saw pretty pictures of the place in a photo shoot and we were looking for a new location to explore. We didn’t get to hike much, but we had a great time and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 22, 2019 | North Carolina
Karen’s mom Helen came to visit us for Mother’s Day weekend and we kept her dance card full. Charlotte celebrated its 250th anniversary this year. The year-long celebration of CLT250 was a festival of music, food and art called “SHOUT!” that...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 13, 2019 | Events, North Carolina, Party
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 7, 2019 | North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel
Since 1962 the city of Rock Hill has invited the world to “Come-See-Me” at their annual, spring festival. We took advantage of a break in recent rains on Saturday (4-6-19) and joined the South Carolina fun....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
(3-30-19) On the first warm, sunny Saturday in months we drove to Asheboro, North Carolina to visit the world’s largest natural habitat zoo.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 17, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
Saturday (3-16-19) we hiked the Rocky Face Recreational Area in Alexander County, North Carolina. The 316-acre park on the southern edge of the Brushy Mountains was once a quarry and the sheer cliff face the cutting created is now used by qualified rock climbers....
