The LanierWorld Family Fun Park at Lake Lanier Islands is not as big as Disney World or as exotic as the Hawaiian island of Kauai, but it’ll do on a hot summer day when the kids (or you) deserve a break. Wild Waves combines the serenity of …
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Boating Safety Course: May 19, 2012
Lake Lanier’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 29 will present “About Boating Safely,” on Saturday, May 19, 2012. This one-day, seven-lesson course teaches: • Rules of the road • Knowing the boat • Navigating the waterways • Legal boating requirements and • What to do in an …
New Priorities for Corps’ Park Rangers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Lake Lanier, in response to several fatal accidents and low water levels on the lake, made two announcements. As of May 20, 2012, the Corps will suspend the review of upgrades to existing private docks and permit requests for new …
Canadian Olympic Trials at the Rowing Venue
The Lanier Canoe Kayak Club (LCKC) is so famous (“How famous is it?“) that international groups cancel events at other venues just to come to Lake Lanier. That’s how LCKC scored the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials being held the weekend of May 5, 2012. Lanier …
Drifting at Road Atlanta
If you’re as old as I am, you think of the song “Up on the Roof” when you hear about drifters. There’s a new breed of drifters, grampa: crazoids who drive crazy-powered cars trying to slide, spin and basically go out of control around curves. …
Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off Winners
The winners of the 2012 Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off have been announced by Executive Director Cindy Reed of Keep Hall Beautiful, the celebration’s sponsor. The Grand Champion award went to …
Gainesville Spring Chicken Festival 2012 Photographs
The Annual Spring Chicken Festival is Gainesville’s most fowl day and one of the most fun. Only Gainesville — home to two giant chicken statues — is worthy of being known as the Poultry Capital of the World! The party began with a 5k race, followed by …
Spring Chicken Festival Pictures
Gainesville’s Spring Chicken Festival was poultry in motion. Executive Director Cindy Reed and her marvelous volunteers tasted victory on Saturday, April 28th — as did all who sampled the variety of delicious chicken prepared by Lazy Bear, Pull My Pork, Walgreen’s and Best Buy, among others. …
Final Look at the Bear on the Square Festival
Dahlonega, GA, knows how to throw a party! Their latest shindig was the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, held over the weekend of April 20, 2012. You might be happy to know that we do not have any pictures from the mountain dancing or …
2012 Spring Chicken Festival
Saturday, April 28, 2012 is the date of Gainesville, GA’s most fowl day: The Annual Spring Chicken Festival! There’s food, music, vendors, food, a 5k race and … yup, more food! The Chicken Cook-Off takes place from 10 AM – 4 PM in Roosevelt Square. Prizes …