Thar Be Pirates on Lake Lanier! Aarrghh!

Saturday, July 20, 2013, has been designated by our fun-loving governor Nathan Deal as Pirates Day on Lake Lanier in honor of our favorite scalawags — the hosts and sponsors of the Pirates of Lanier Poker Run. Our pirates are proper Southern gentlemen and ladies worthy …

Good Pirates Sail the High Seas of Lake Lanier

There are good pirates and bad pirates.  Not all pirates are scurvy dogs. Take the Lone Ranger and Robin Hood.  They appeared to be pirates but were actually public servants, like modern politicians … only they didn’t keep the loot. The Pirates of Lanier are good!  They “collect” …

Motorcycle Racing (& Riding) at Road Atlanta

  WERA Cycle Jam returns to Road Atlanta this weekend, June 7-9, 2013. You know you’ll see some of the fastest bikes being thrashed around one of America’s best road courses by people who have absolutely zero sense of danger and who live to thrill …

Clear Sailing for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division provided the official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia. These figures include information for the entire weekend,  Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. We are thankful there were …

Update: Lake Lanier Boating Accident

Melissa Cummings, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, tells lakelanier.com that an 18-year-old white male, accompanied by his father, went to the Hall County Detention Center to voluntarily issue a “statement of involvement” in the hit and run boating accident that happened on …

Lake Lanier Association’s Annual Meeting

The Lake Lanier Association (LLA) is a nonprofit advocacy group whose goal is to keep Lake Lanier clean, full and safe. LLA’s 1,700 member households and businesses, representing over 3,000 individuals, promote community education and awareness about the state of Lake Lanier and what can be done …

Drifters at Road Atlanta

Drifting — a sport that can be traced back to cars merging onto the New Jersey Turnpike — returns to Road Atlanta on Friday & Saturday, May 10 & 11, 2013. The version of drifting practiced by DriftAtlanta isn’t like those hostile Yankees in “fast …

Update: Rubber Duck Derby Moved to 11 AM

As the great poet [insert name here] once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men arfgh glaim flibmersh astray.” The Rubber Duck Fest planned for Saturday, May 4th, was washed out. Dang. Click Here for Why There’s Been So Much Rain BUT!!! The …