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Atlanta has the busiest airport in the world, but more folks should get off their planes to look around town. Atlanta has plenty of famous attractions, such as Coca-Cola, the aquarium, outstanding museums, the CNN Center and major-league sports franchises. Some people prefer Bright Lights in the Big City, …
Some people in this world don’t care if they ever while away a few hours, conferrin’ with the flowers and/or consulting with the rain. They’re too busy working themselves into a dither. If you are able to get away from the flying monkeys where you work, …
When does summer officially begin? Forget Saturday, June 21st. If you ask our friends at Lake Lanier Islands, it’ll be summertime, summertime — sum, sum — summertime as of Saturday, May 17th, when LanierWorld opens for the 2014 season. Forget going to beaches in Florida, …
Somebody should invent a game where players manage a small lakeside restaurant (like Skogie’s)that serves delicious food. You’d have to figure out how much food to order for crowds that may or may not show up over the next few days, because that depends on …
The Lake Lanier Association (LLA) invited area residents and other interested groups and individuals to its 2014 annual meeting on Sunday afternoon, April 27th. On this particular weekend, Lake Lanier Islands (LLI) opened its gates and offered free parking at the proudly manicured 1,500-acre resort. A friendly attendant kindly …
The term “ranger” originally comes from soldiers who ranged across all sorts of terrain. Candidates must pass the “mountain phase” of instruction at the 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Merrill outside of Dahlonega, Georgia, before they become U.S. Army Rangers. Camp Merrill is where Rangers are taught to win battles …
U.S. Army Rangers must master a wide variety of skills in two months before they are sent to hot-spots around the world to defend America and our allies. Part of their training — the “mountain phase” — takes place at the 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp …
Reporters and professional journalists must not insert their own opinions or biases into their stories. (Sure, they do it all the time, but officially they can’t.) Not being an actual reporter or professional much of anything, I have the liberty to tell you to drop …
The 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega is where America’s toughest soldiers get tougher during the Mountain Phase of Ranger School. Rangers are trained, assessed and retrained on individual and collective platoon-level Infantry tasks they’ll need to lead combat operations in mountainous environments anywhere …
If ever there were a place created for free olde tyme music, first dates, buying treasures, popping The Question or celebrating a treasured anniversary, it’s Dahlonega. Dahlonega’s fame among Appalachian Trail enthusiasts extends beyond its mere proximity to the Trail. The town welcomes adventurers who …