“Leaf Watch 2012” is up and running. That’s the new website operated by Georgia’s State Parks that has the latest information on where the leaves are the prettiest. This information helps two groups of people: • Those who want to drive directly to where the leaves are at …
Category: Lake Lanier Travel
Stuff to Do This Weekend
In less civilized climates, people are sharpening their ice skates, dusting off their snowshoes and shining their snowmobiles for winter. Here in Paradise, it’s time to party! There’s so much to choose from in autumn … the Cumming Country Fair Cornelia’s Big Red Apple Festival …
Mule Camp Market Festival
Gainesville, Georgia, was formerly known as “Mule Camp Springs.” According to one legend, the name was changed when men could not find wives who wanted to live in a place called “Mule Camp Springs” — not even on Hog Mountain Road — so they changed the …
Entry List for Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
It won’t be long until Lauren Lanzaretta — a singer & songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio — sings the National Anthem at this year’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The long-awaited Entry List has been released. (You can download a copy at the link below.) …
Corps Changes Course on Chattahoochee River Locks
Greg Bluestein wrote a well documented and well written story for AJC.com’s October 6, 2012 paper edition detailing the Army Corps of Engineers’ new policy on manning the Chattahoochee River’s network of locks south of Columbus, Georgia. The locks will continue to operate and allow navigation that …
Suches Life: Indian Summer Festival 2012
Suches is such a cool place. Locals call it “The Valley Above the Clouds.” I call it heaven. The weekend of October 6th & 7th is the perfect excuse to purchase a motorcycle and ride it to the Indian Summer Festival smack dab in the middle …
Right to Hike’s 5th Annual Ella’s Run
Right to Hike, Inc. (RTH) is one of our favorite non-profit organizations. Right to Hike was founded to honor Meredith Hope Emerson, who lost her life while hiking Blood Mountain in North Georgia on New Year’s Day 2008. The primary goals of RTH are to contribute to the things Meredith …
Rainfall Raises Lake Lanier
It’s hard to believe that a duck could live through all the blessed rainfall we had on Sunday, September 30, 2012 and Monday, October 1st. Lake Lanier’s water level rose by 1.33 feet between Monday morning, October 1st and Tuesday morning, October 2nd. The official rainfall …
Garbage In, Garbage Out of Lake Lanier
Shore Sweep is the one day each year that more garbage comes out of Lake Lanier than goes in. The Lake Lanier Association gathered 1,000 volunteer angels to comb the lake for all types of trash, flotsam, garbage, jetsam, junk, litter, refuse and unwanted material …
Lake Lanier’s Shore Sweep FAQ
Lake Lanier Association’s Executive Director Joanna Cloud helped lakelanier.com compile Frequently Asked Questions about Shore Sweep 2012. Joanna and her cadre of Lovers of Lake Lanier make the lake better for us all. If you can pitch in for an hour or two on Saturday morning, September …