Not everybody will be happy with Laurel Summer Fest 2014 to be held at Laurel Park on Lake Lanier on Saturday, August 30th & Sunday the 31st. If, however, you enjoy great live music — including the CMA award-winning artist MamaDear on Saturday afternoon and …
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3 Goals of the Lake Lanier Association
The Lake Lanier Association (LLA) stays true to its primary goals: keeping Lake Lanier Clean Full and Safe. What I like most about LLA is how they successfully work with various local, state and federal agencies to keep Lanier clean, full and safe. They’re guardians …
45th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 5, 2014
The 45th Annual Cracker Fly-In at Gainesville’s Lee Gilmer Airport is the best July 4th weekend deal in North Georgia. Need a cool place to take the kids on Saturday, July 5th, 2014, that won’t cost more than your first car? For $3 per adult …
Spring Chicken Festival Chicken Cook-Off
Time to get your cluck on and make Chickenville — also known as Gainesville — proud! The 10th Annual Spring Chicken Festival Chicken Cook-Off in downtown Gainesville struts into town on Saturday, April 26th, from 10 am – 4 pm. Registration is underway for cook …
Dahlonega’s Bear on the Square: April 26 & 27th
Not many things are more fun than the Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Dahlonega, and most of them are illegal anyway. The 18th Annual Bear on the Square lets loose on Saturday, April 26th and the cavorting doesn’t stop until late Sunday afternoon — …
Dahlonega’s 2014 Appalachian Trail Fest ~ March 14-16
Dahlonega is loved for so many reasons. Summer weekends make it perfect for listening to old tyme music on the square. There’s the Bear on the Square Festival, dandy shopping all year long, cozy restaurants and Gold Rush Days. Dahlonega is best known to many …
Avoiding Bears While Camping in North Georgia
‘Tis the season for folks to begin hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) northward from Springer Mountain in North Georgia, headed to Mount Katahdin in Maine, a mere 2181 miles away (give or take a mountain range or two). I know what you’re thinking. “Lions and tigers …
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club’s Polar Bear Swim
Back when mothers tried to talk sense into their kids — hoping to talk them out of doing something crazy — they’d say, “If a hundred people jumped into a lake in the middle of winter — would YOU???” Kids who replied “Yes!” gathered on …
Reece Farm & Heritage Center Open House
The Byron Reece Farm and Heritage Center — located just north of Vogel State Park near Blairsville, GA, on Route 129 — concludes its 2013 season on the weekend of November 30th through December 1st. In celebration of an outstanding year — and in anticipation of the seasons of …
Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega
Every autumn I like autumn more. The intense heat of summer is past and the spectre of another bleak winter haunts those of us who don’t enjoy frolicking in the barren season of winter. The best part of autumn is Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega …