Yup, tell your family to take a hike on Saturday, September 29, 2012! Be sure to go with them. That day has been proclaimed Family Hiking Day by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). All families are encouraged to take part in Family Hiking Day. If you don’t have one …
Category: Lake Lanier Travel
Lake Lanier Shore Sweep — 9-29-2012
Shore Sweep 2012 is Saturday, September 29th from 8 AM until 1 PM. That’s the day hundreds of volunteers will scour Lake Lanier for garbage, trash and junk to be thrown away at the lake’s marinas, Lake Lanier Islands, Clarks Bridge Park and at War Hill …
Taste of Gainesville Pictures
Only one thing could have improved Saturday night’s Taste of Gainesville: $100 bills falling from the sky. Perfect doesn’t adequately describe the evening. The combination of fabulous food, the world-renowned Olympic rowing venue on Lake Lanier, glorious weather and scads of fun people … added up to a better-than- …
Pictures from the Kyle’s Knights Motorcycle Ride
Juvenile diabetes came a few miles closer to a cure today as dozens of people took part in a motorcycle ride that raised money to fight the disease. Kyle Renz, 9, has had Type 1 diabetes since he was one year old. He says it’s “Weird …
Fun Stuff for the First Weekend of Autumn
Kiss summer goodbye and give autumn a big hug. Celebrate the end of too hot weather and seriously bad hair days. There are a million cool ways to have fun, but if you’re wondering what to do we have a few suggestions. Living Dead Dash …
Lake Lanier Water Levels
Lake Lanier was just about 10′ below full summer pool as of 7 AM, Monday, September 17, 2012. Thankfully, heavy rain in our region will help, but the US Drought Monitor indicates Hall County is in an area of moderate to severe drought, with portions of …
Lake Lanier Association’s Shore Sweep 2012
If you love Lake Lanier, you’re not alone. You’re invited to meet hundreds of others just like you at Shore Sweep 2012 — The Great Clean-Up — sponsored by the Lake Lanier Association (LLA). More than 1,000 LLA volunteers pitched in last year when Captain …
Perk Up, Leaf Peepers!
October will be here in no time. If you’re one of the bazillion or so people in Georgia who go out and “look at the leaves” rather than watch football, I have good news for you! “Leaf Watch 2012” — brought to you by Georgia’s State …
Gainesville’s Art in the Square Festival
Gainesville’s Art in the Square Festival returns on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th & 16th, for the ninth consecutive year of majestic artwork and sensational music. This is a juried art show, which means you cannot sell your child’s fingerpainting … unless the work is …
Dragon Boat Race Pictures
If anyone went to the Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier on Saturday, September 8th hoping to see the speedboat drag races, I hope they stayed to watch the Dragon Boat races anyway. Dragon Boat races are not merely multicultural events — like watching people from New …