by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2025 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Tuesday, 11-18-25, was cloudy and windy, but the high temperature was forecast to be 64 degrees and we were itching for a hike. Stone Door Ranger Station is a beautiful hour and a half drive from our front door, and we were hoping for more fall color views. Lovely...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 14, 2025 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Lost Creek Falls Natural Area is attached to the 57,000-acre “Mid-Cumberland Recreation Area.” We’ve driven past this area near Sparta, TN, many times and missed the opportunity to explore a rocky land where falls and cascades appear from large...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Aug 23, 2024 | Tennessee, Travel
On August 4, 2024, Karen and I set out for a Sunday drive on Lookout Mountain just 20 minutes from home. Our first stop would be “The World’s Longest Yard Sale. Dubbed “The Highway 27 Yard Sale” the event occurs each year around the first...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 2, 2024 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
My brother Jon and his wife Brenda came to visit us in Chattanooga for a week in April. We took them north to the Tennessee/Kentucky border to hike the 600-feet deep gorge carved into the Cumberland Plateau by the Big South Fork River and its tributaries. We rented an...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 28, 2024 | Tennessee, Travel
Karen and I met Pete Waddington at the U-Joint’s bar in Chattanooga while having dinner before a play. Pete told us an amazing story about leasing a former Tennessee State Prison in Morgan County for one dollar a year and turning it into a tourist attraction...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 5, 2024 | Tennessee, Travel
Formerly, “The Water Cress Capital of the World,” Huntsville’s growing tech and science industries have transformed it into “Rocket City, USA,” and Alabama’s most populous municipality. Huntsville’s Historic Downtown has been...
