by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 15, 2018 | North Carolina, Travel
When German, Dutch and Scotch-Irish pioneers first began to gather her in 1792 they named this place White Pines. I asked several of the locals if there might be fields of cherry trees somewhere that we had not seen. Nope, railroad engineers began to call this stop...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 11, 2018 | North Carolina
After a soggy Saturday Karen and I were ready to get out and play. Sunday (4-8-18) we headed to Charlotte’s historic south end for the Front Porch Sundays event. Sponsored by Sycamore Brewing fifty artisans gathered along the commuter rail and people came with...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 28, 2018 | South Carolina, Travel
Saturday (1-27-18) was cool, overcast and dreary. A perfect day for a driving tour in York County, South Carolina. We headed to Fort Mill for lunch and some sight seeing. This area is an easy drive from Charlotte in a region where we have done little exploration. ...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 25, 2018 | North Carolina, Travel
Pack a bag for cold weather. We’re taking a trip and it’s a surprise. That’s what Jenna told her Father before putting him on a plane at D/FW airport bound for Charlotte, NC during a record setting cold snap on January 5, 2018. Shane and Jenna...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 14, 2018 | North Carolina, Travel
Karen’s mid-December birthday usually arrives with a request to visit an attraction with dazzling, holiday lights. For 2017 the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina fit the bill. It took George W. Vanderbilt six years to build the mansion and he opened...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 9, 2017 | North Carolina, Travel
Sunday (12-3-17) was clear and cool. We drove east to the Uwharrie Mountains to hike in Morrow Mountain State Park. We got a late start, but the drive is just over an hour and we were hiking by the rivers in no time. The 30-minute drive north from Morrow Mt. State...
