by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 18, 2023 | Beach, Travel
October 3-6, 2023 Karen and I drove to Florida to visit our good friends from Texas sailing days Steve and Janet to attend the MountainFilm On Tour Festival in WaterColor, Florida. The sold-out documentary film festival first-come-first-seated line was long and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 30, 2022 | Beach, North Carolina, Travel
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 29, 2022 | Beach, North Carolina, Travel
We took the Ferry across Hatteras Sound from Ocracoke Island to explore the Outer Banks (OBX) from Hatteras Village to where the pavement ends in Corolla and a serious four-wheel-drive vehicle is required to continue North in the deep sand. We used an Aribnb in Kill...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 25, 2022 | Beach, North Carolina, Travel
The Outer Banks (OBX) is a narrow band of shifting sands off the coast of North Carolina. Isolated Ocracoke Island is only accessible by boat and home to “O’cockers” the intrepid inhabitants that have weathered the worst the Atlantic can throw at...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 16, 2022 | Beach, Travel
Adhering to the “Guests Are Like Fish Rule” we left Keith and Mary’s place in The Villages, Florida and headed for the Tampa Bay area on March 1, 2022. We booked an Airbnb at Indian Rock Beach a block from the gulf’s edge. We spent very little...
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...
