by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 5, 2025 | Travel, Uncategorized
Our Rick Steve’s 14-day tour ended, and we traveled to Córdoba from Sevilla by train for a few days to decompress and soak up the rich history and spectacular sights of the City’s old town. We secured an Airbnb in the heart of the ancient city, which is...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 24, 2024 | Travel, Uncategorized
Cádiz is Western Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city. It was founded by the Phoenicians around 1100 BC, but a severe earthquake in 1755 destroyed many of the city’s Old Town structures, and it appears much newer. However, winding cobblestone...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 22, 2024 | Travel, Uncategorized
Our bus ride meanders through the Andalusian region known as “Pueblo Blanco,” which signifies nineteen whitewashed villages scattered between Ronda and Cadiz. This morning, we will visit the home and ranch of famous bullfighter Rafael Tejada. The...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 28, 2024 | Travel, Uncategorized
After a fifty-mile day trip by bus from our current home base in Madrid, Segovia greets us with its 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct. Vehicle traffic was allowed to pass through the 100-foot high arches until it was discovered that the rumble was disturbing its 24,000...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
25,000-acre Prentice Cooper State Forest Park is just 10-miles west of Chattanooga. The Park portion of the vast conservation area offers 7,000-acres for use by off-road vehicle enthusiasts, hikers and hunters. A sanctioned deer hunt was in full swing on our last...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Snatch and Doodle came from Texas to help celebrate my birthday. Saturday we took on the third-annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, which takes over downtown and fills the city with thousands of vehicles from car clubs to private collections. Throughout the day,...
