Pictures from Lake Lanier’s Polar Bear Swim

New Year’s Day 2014 was the 17th anniversary of the first Polar Bear Swim on Lake Lanier.  That’s hard to believe … and I lived in California, a state with a high concentration of crazoids. We don’t expect this kind of thing in Georgia.  Perfect families sitting …

Magical Nights of Lights’ Live Nativity Show

Magical Night of Lights

Magical Nights of Lights at Lake Lanier Islands is famous for its gargantuan Christmas light displays.  My family used to drive all over town trying to find a few houses that had lights on them.  We probably drove 100-miles to see a dozen glitzy houses.  …

BBQ Picnic for Lake Lanier’s Heroes

Lake Lanier’s bluest skies and warmest mid-November temperatures welcomed hundreds of men and women to the 2nd Annual Partners in Public Service Appreciation Luncheon at Buford Dam Park on Lake Lanier, held on Thursday, November 14, sponsored in part by the U.S. Army Corps of …

Hall County Sheriff’s Charity Bike Ride

Head out on the highway with your favorite law enforcement officers — the Hall County Sheriff’s Department — for Thunder in the Mountains on Saturday, October 26, 2013. This police-escorted ride will benefit the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes.  Enjoy a great ride for a great cause. This …

Mural Painted on Rowing Venue’s Timing Tower

An Argentine mural artist known as “Jaz” has jazzed up the timing tower at the Olympic Rowing Venue at Clarks Bridge Park at the northern end of Lake Lanier. Franco Fasoli — which, if you say it with a Spanish accent, is every bit as cool …

The Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

Although the feat of racing for 10-hours or 1,000 miles is common to mothers with kids who must be driven to play sports, take music, ballet and/or karate lessons — simultaneously — for the rest of us, the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta is beyond …

Petit Le Mans Racing at Road Atlanta

Yes, Bubba, it’s true. There’s a kind of racing where the drivers turn left and right!  And it’s coming to Road Atlanta, just south of Gainesville, GA. You and I might have to face the shame of driving Ford Fiestas with three doors painted different …