by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 4, 2019 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
Saturday, June 1, 2019 was the annual American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day and Carolina Thread Trail hosted a celebration on the Goat Island Greenway in Cramerton, NC. It was not an average day of hiking for us. We mixed a festival with a nice stroll in...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 13, 2019 | Events, North Carolina, Party
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 2, 2019 | Events, Party, Travel
Karen and I attended the wedding of Seth Jordan and Allison Lyon at a remote farm in Luther, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 27, 2019. A splendid group of family and friends gathered to witness this beautiful event. Dad gets a dance before his little girl starts a new...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 23, 2018 | Events, North Carolina
Standing next to a cold street waiting for people and attractions to shuffle past saps my enthusiasm. Karen and I have discovered that checking out parades prior to their start is a great way to see everything and get to interact with the participants while avoiding...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 7, 2018 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
October is full of festivals and events in North Carolina. Unending summer has put the breaks on the leaves changing but lots of little hamlets across the state are attracting crowds with fall celebrations. Our first stop was Belmont, NC for the Fine Art & Craft...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 12, 2018 | Events, North Carolina
Jake began playing the ukulele in his native Hawaii when he was four-years-old. He combines jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk flamenco and Hawaiian music to amaze his listeners. With lightning-fast fingers and genuine enthusiasm he can wow a crowd....