by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 11, 2017 | North Carolina, Travel
Saturday (7-8-17) Karen and I headed east of Charlotte to visit four vineyards and America’s first gold mine. It was a beautiful drive through lush farming country with rocky accents and rugged hills. The first grapevine farmed and raised in the U.S. was grown...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 5, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
Karen and I drove east of Charlotte to Gastonia, North Carolina on July 4th, 2017 to join the City’s 140th birthday celebration and Independence Day Party. Gastonia closed eight blocks in its historic downtown area for the bash. The vacant store fronts along...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 27, 2017 | North Carolina, Travel
Finding one’s muse is a worthy quest, but accidentally locating The Muse in Salisbury, NC was quite enjoyable. Karen and I popped into the Rail Walk Studios and Gallery after lunching at the Morgan Ridge Railwalk Brewery & Eatery next door. The...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 26, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
The North Carolina Transportation Museum is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Karen and I visited on June 24, 2017, the same day the Fire Truck Festival 2017 was held. The Museum site sits on 60-acres with a train depot, roundhouse, switchyard tracks and this massive...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 26, 2017 | Events, North Carolina, Travel
Working as the Asst. Fire Marshal of Lewisville Texas taught me that firefighters love to show off their apparatuses. A massive gathering of new and old fire trucks in Spencer, NC attracted a huge gathering of families and brought out the kid in all of us. It was an...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 10, 2017 | Events, North Carolina
Saturday (6-10-2017) I took the Lynx commuter train downtown to the Taste of Charlotte 2017. I got an early start, but the heat neared 90-degrees on a clear and still day that made walking the six blocks closed off for the event a challenge. Mert’s Heart and...
