by jeff@lyonsroar.com | May 6, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
100-foot Julia Falls is inaccessible on foot. Flowing from a sheer bluff on the side of a vast canyon in the Tennessee River Gorge, a way to hike to the cataract remains uncharted. Just minutes from downtown Chattanooga, Signal Mountain is a maze of crossing roads,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee
By definition, a Vortex is a place where people have reported feeling powerful forces of energy and connectivity to their spirituality, typically located near an interesting rock formation. We set off in search of Vortex Falls and found a “VORTEX.”
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Mar 31, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls
The North Chickamauga Creek Gorge is nine miles from our home and a work in progress. The powerful Creek is 32-miles long, a main tributary to the Tennessee River and cuts deeply through the sandstone of Walden’s Ridge. A hodgepodge of rough and tumble trails...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 27, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
With a population of 2,500, Sewanee is quite quaint and surprisingly forward for a hamlet in middle Tennessee. Local custom dictates tapping the roof of your vehicle, while passing through impressive stone gates to enter town. The pointed arches , ribbed vaults and...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 7, 2022 | Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Karen and I moved to NC five years ago and started chasing waterfalls. Our hiking adventures increased when we relocated to Chattanooga and Karen retired. With the threat of the coldest weather this winter arriving yesterday, we set out Wednesday (1-5-2022) seeking...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 11, 2021 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Karen and I were showing pictures of Piney Falls to the beerista at Monkey Town Brewing Company in Dayton, TN, where the Scopes Monkey Trial took place. She was impressed and surprised to hear Piney Falls was just 30 minutes away. She said, “I always go to...
