Georgia’s State Parks are among the nation’s best managed and most beautiful facilities. There are so many ways to enjoy a day or a week in them you’ll need help deciding where to go and what to do. The “2013 Guide to Georgia State Parks …
Category: Lake Lanier Travel
Road Atlanta’s 2013 Event Schedule
Living in our area and not attending events at Road Atlanta is like living in California and never saying “Dude!” or like living in Hawaii and never trying to surf or snorkel or like living in Minneeappolliss, Minneessoottaa and not going for a sightseeing ride …
Fishing Boat Hits Rowing Shell on Lake Lanier
Rowing is an elegant sport. It’s marvelous to watch sportsmen working in unison as they glide a shell of a boat — that appears to be a large pencil cut in half from end to end — across Lake Lanier or the Chattahoochee River. Spectators often wonder …
Dahlonega Trail Fest 2013
As spring is sprung and the irresistible romantic fancies of young men and women turn to thoughts of frolicking 2,185.9 miles through the forest, we know it’s time for Dahlonega, Georgia’s, Trail Fest 2013. Trail Fest celebrates the passing of winter and the reemergence of …
Lake Lanier’s Corps of Engineers Website
I have good news and I have bad news. First, the bad news. All your old links to Lake Lanier’s Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Web pages are toast. Broken. 404. Vaporized and otherwise lost. Sorry. Here’s the good news! The USACE has updated …
Special Event Permits for Lake Lanier
You and I are not as rich as rich people, so we probably won’t ever face the enormous struggle of trying to rent Lake Lanier for our own personal party. But if we win the lottery or figure out how to turn kudzu into gold, …
Hungry Bears on Blood Mountain
At a safe distance, bears appear to be cute and cuddly. It’s hard to resist wanting to scratch their ears while saying “Who’s a fuzzy little bear?” in a high-pitched, goofy voice. Ravenous bears coming for your food while you’re camping overnight along the Appalachian Trail …
State Park Lodges in North GA
You probably figure that I get free rooms and free meals at places like the fabulous State Park lodges in North Georgia. After all, I am world famous. (OK, so I’m not very famous, but these links are available globally. Lighten up.) That’s not working very …
February’s Events in North Georgia
There is about a zero chance of February being a bleak, wintery month if you’re willing to get outside and head to one of the fabulous state parks in North Georgia. If you can’t talk a friend into going with you, come anyway. You’ll meet …
Are You Prepared for Driving in Snow?
Why, oh why, do otherwise perfect Southerners lose their minds and their ability to drive automobiles when they hear it might snow? Yes, snow might gently fall in our region tonight. That means by 9 PM there will be less milk and bread in stores …