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...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 17, 2023 | Events, Party, Tennessee
Karen and I suited up for the Nooga Santa Pub Crawl 2023 Saturday night (12-16). Wearing Santa’s outfit is fun, but also comes with responsibility. Walking down the street with people yelling, “SANTA” from cars and asking to take selfies with us was...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 2, 2023 | Tennessee, Travel
November 24-28 Karen and I traveled to Memphis, TN to hang out with her niece Jenna Reneau and watch her referee the NBA game between the Grizzlies and Timberwolves. Beale Street was the center of our tourist activities and we chose the original B.B.King Blues Club...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2023 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area covers 125,000 acres along the Tennessee and Kentucky State Line. We started on the Sawmill Trail to Slave Falls, which was dry due to weeks of rainless weather. A bit further down the trail is Needle Arch. Big South...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Sep 17, 2023 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
Our first fall hike of 2023 took us to the Rock Creek Gorge Scenic Area in the Cherokee National Forest in far eastern Tennessee to visit Falls of the Scenic Spur. Overcast skies supplied a few brief sprinkles, the temperature remained below 85-degrees, and we had the...
