by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 5, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee
Know when you go to Cumberland State Park, the hiking will be steep and rocky. In the Carter Natural Area of the Park is Lost Cove, where Buggytop Cave Trail is a tough two-miles, mostly downhill, making it a tougher two-miles coming back up the bluff.
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 3, 2022 | boats, Travel
Many years ago, I delivered a custom Robert Perry sailboat from Jacksonville, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia with famous painter Peter Egeli, his gracious wife and their sailing friend. My crew sailed mostly in Chesapeake Bay and we turned inland at Fort Sumpter in...
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 | Aug 31, 2022 | Tennessee, Travel
The Hughes family have worked 600 acres atop the Cumberland Plateau on a beautiful spread known as Flat Top Mountain Farm since 1820. The current head of the family Terry Hughes said, “My fourth great grandpa is buried in our cemetery.”
