Have I got a deal for you at Don Carter State Park! Our friends at Georgia’s State Parks are making visits to many of our glorious playgrounds more affordable than ever. Winter is a peaceful and beautiful time to relax and renew yourself. At Don …
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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 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 …
Low Turnout for Chilly Charity Bike Ride
We are very grateful for the months of effort that went into the charity motorcycle ride held on Saturday, October 26, 2013, by the team led by Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch on behalf of the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes. Proceeds from the charity ride …
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 …
Mountain Music & Medicine Show’s Final Curtain
The final curtain fell on the 12-year run of The Mountain Music & Medicine Show on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Dahlonega’s Holly Theater. Incomprehensible to people who take themselves too seriously, the Mountain Music & Medicine Show was simply good, clean fun. You could …