Lake Lanier Association’s 2015 Progress & Goals

The Lake Lanier Association held its annual meeting on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Port Royale and everything went swimmingly.  Ken Cook, local meteorologist and lake dweller, spoke to almost 400 people who braved rainy weather forecasts to attend the event. This is the group …

Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club & U.S. National Team Trials

Our pal Brenda Miller tells lakelanier.com that paddlers from the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) are among those headed to Oklahoma City for the US National Team Trials on April 24-25, 2015. Twenty-one paddlers who call Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club their home team …

Lake Lanier Association’s Annual Meeting April 18, 2015

When you think of business meetings, you might imagine boring managers (who don’t have a clue about what’s really happening at the company) droning on about TPS Reports. Forget that. The 2015 Lake Lanier Association Annual Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, April 18th from 4:00 until 6:00 …

MotoAmerica Motorcycle Racing Returns to Road Atlanta

Watching motorcycles race on the twelve turns in 2.54 miles at the Road Atlanta racetrack (near the little spot on the map known as Chestnut Mountain, GA) doesn’t sound as exciting as riding your own motorcycle on the exhilarating Tail of the Dragon, on Route 129 …

Elena Myers Races Like a Girl at Road Atlanta’s MotoAmerica

Don’t think girls can ride motorcycles?  Come to Road Atlanta over the weekend of April 17-19, 2015 and watch Elena Myers race like a girl in the big league MotoAmerica road races. It didn’t go over too well at the time, but when I met Darrell …

Spring Break Fishing on Lake Lanier with Shane Watson (3-30-15)

Spring Break Fishing on Lake Lanier with Shane Watson The fishing on Lake Lanier has been very good overall, since my last report.  Our boats have done very well on freelined bluebacks out over the channel and on points and humps.  There are some nice stripers …

Apology to Walter Daves & The Sautee Nacoochee Center Contra Dances

Our pal, Walter Daves, is an amazing guy.  Folks at the Sautee Nacoochee Center Association (SNCA) — located in urban Sautee Nacoochee, not far from Sautee, Georgia — describe Walter as: “Sautee Contra Coordinating Committee member, Tuesday Learn and Dance caller & sometimes Saturday big dance caller, …

Hall County Fire & Rescue to Replace Marine Rescue One

If the red boat on the right looks like a ski boat, that’s because it was originally designed to be a ski boat before it became the Hall County Fire & Rescue’s primary emergency response vessel for Lake Lanier.  Honest. That 23-foot, 2005 Yamaha with twin jet-propelled …

John Hunter Regatta on Lake Lanier

The Georgia Tech Crew and Saint Andrew Rowing Club are delighted to welcome you to the 29th Annual John Hunter Regatta at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue and Rowing Center.  The Hunter is open to all college, scholastic, and youth rowing teams. Racing will be …

Lake Lanier Islands Hiring 500 Summer Workers

“This summer, you’re getting a job! And I mean it!”  You’ve heard those words so many times, you’re starting to believe you-know-who really means it.  If you have to go to work, you might as well work at Lake Lanier Islands.  They’re hiring workers to …