Aye! This is the weekend you’ve been waiting for! Yes, it’s time to watch men toss cabers at the 40th Annual Stone Mountain Highland Games! Even if you’ve never heard the music of the Whistlebinkies or given your lassie a claddagh ring, you cannot help but enjoy …
Category: Lake Lanier Vacations
Glades Reservoir Project Update
According to published reports in The Gainesville Times newspaper, Governor Nathan Deal is quoted as saying partnering with Hall County on the Glades Reservoir Project “needs to be explored.” Hall County Commission Chairman Tom Oliver sent a letter to the governor about the issue on …
Lanier’s Sawnee Campground Is Open All Winter
Ranger Andrea Wagner, Army Corps of Engineer’s campground manager for Lake Lanier, has good news for us. For the first time, one of the lake’s campgrounds will be open all winter. Sawnee Campground, near Buford Dam, will remain open from now until Sunday, March 24, …
The Best Fall Foliage in Georgia
“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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …