National Safe Boating Week runs from May 18-24, 2013. Many of the stalwart defenders of our beloved lake gathered at Lake Lanier Islands’ Sunset Cove to inform folks about ways to boat safely. Statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard show that drowning was the reported cause …
Category: Lake Lanier Travel
May 18th: Lake Lanier Boating Safety Awareness Day
Lake Lanier is at full summer pool. Summer is right around the corner with sunburns, bass fishing, skiing, sailing, people watching, moonlight cruises, parties (or noisy neighbors, if you’re not invited) and the potential for boating accidents. [Please Note: I did not make any snarky comments …
Iron Pig: World’s Best BBQ Beans
Iron Pig BBQ in Jefferson, GA, is owned and operated by Hunter Garner and his wife, Farrah. Iron Pig BBQ was recently awarded the honor of Best BBQ Beans in the Entire Galaxy — by a unanimous vote. Dr. Crawford Long — the first to …
Butterflies Flutter By Wilshire Trails Park
The Friends of Gainesville Parks and Greenways will beautify the skies over Gainesville (a.k.a. Poultryville and/or Chicken City) on Sunday, May 19, 2013, during their 17th Annual Butterfly Release. The fluttery fun takes off around 1 PM and hovers until 4 PM. Every kid will be given …
Literary Trailfest at Reece Farm & Heritage Center
The Byron Herbert Reece Society is sponsoring a Southern Literary Trail “Trailfest” event Saturday, May 18, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Reece Farm and Heritage Center, one mile north of Vogel State Park on Highway 129. Admission is free and the public is …
Trail Days: The Biggest Appalachian Trail Festival
If you cannot imagine what it’s like for a town of 900 or so people to throw a party for 20,000 folks for five days, come to Damascus, Virginia, and find out how they do it. Trail Days — which officially runs from May 17th …
Groups Discuss Renovating Rowing Venue
Discussions are underway again to see what can be done to breathe new life into the site of the 1996 Olympic Rowing events at Clarks Bridge Park on Lake Lanier. Participants representing the city of Gainesville, Lake Lanier Rowing Club, Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club, …
DOT Causes Delays at 1 PM at Rts 20 & 316
You can forget scooting through the intersection of Routes 20 and 316 around 1 PM today. It ain’t gonna happen. The GA DOT will set off a controlled blast at 1 PM to remove rock from the Route 316 at Route 20 intersection. Traffic will be stopped briefly …
Hawgin’ on Lanier BBQ Championship
The north end of Lake Lanier always seems to be less crowded and frantic than down by the dang dam, imho. Laurel Park, however, breaks that mold this weekend when the Hawgin’ on Lanier BBQ Championship returns — courtesy of the Gainesville Jaycees — as dozens of …
New BUI Law Takes Effect on May 15, 2013
Georgia’s Senate Bill 136 becomes the law in our great state on May 15, 2013. Not a moment too soon, if it helps remove drunks from our waterways, especially Lake Lanier. Several state officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public …