EXPRESS TOUR
This tour consists of 4 zip lines, 1 sky-bridge, and lasts between 30 minutes to an hour. Think you might like zipping atop the tree canopies, but you just aren’t sure? This is the tour for you! It offers just enough height and excitement to give you a taste. This tour has been constructed specifically for the Magical Nights of Lights guests and for the group with a limited amount of time.
Magical Nights of Lights: $20 / person (5PM – 10PM Nightly till December 30, 2010)
All other hours of operation: $30 / person with a minimum of 12 people
Call 678-622-3990 or 770-828-7654 for details about booking the EXPRESS TOUR for your group.

LEGACY TOUR
You’ll never forget this canopy experience of 7 zip lines and 2 skybridges all located around Legacy Lodge. The two-hour tour boasts picturesque views and entertaining and informative guides as you zip through the tree canopies! From the time you start the tour, till the time you finish the tour, you will be zipping all around and over Lake Lanier!
Only $50 / person

LAKESIDE TOUR
For a limited time only, and for our zip line enthusiasts – Lake Lanier Canopy Tours introduces the Lakeside Tour! The Lakeside Tour consists of 4 sky bridges and 14 zip lines and is a 3-4 hour tour. This tour presents beautiful views of Lake Lanier as it zips you around a cove inlet and over the Lake Lanier cove. The leafless winter months offer the best views of the lake while the remaining months boast great scenes as you zip through the tree canopies and over Lake Lanier at the height of its boating and recreational opportunities.
Only $100 / person

SUNSET COVE TOUR
Coming Spring, 2011 -
Lake Lanier Canopy Tours is opening its 3rd Canopy Tour! The Sunset Cove Tour will be a 3-4 hour tour, consisting of 10-12 zip lines, with towers and sky-bridges that will bring out the adventure in everyone. This tour promises to boast an eco-adventure experience lasting years into the future. Plus, this tour will feature dual 1,100 foot zip lines with views of Lake Lanier and opportunities to zip alongside your favorite somebody.
Only $90 / person

*Prices DO NOT include the $8 / Vehicle Lake Lanier Islands Resort gate charge or gratuity for your guides.
Cancellation Policy

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There’s even a head (potty) on board.

Watch the sunset or take in a Wednesday night sailboat race.
Cruise out to the islands and hang out on one of the deserted white sand beaches or sail to Flowery Branch bay and watch the windsurfers zipping by.

Best for one or two persons.
Only $75 for two – Includes your choice of beverages and a snack.

Scheduling subject to weather forecast.
It’s a three hour tour (or more if it’s still fun).
Cruises depart from Chattahoochee Bay in Flowery Branch.

Call Gilligan 404-386-8505

Story courtesy of Brandee A. Thomas, Gainesville Times

Although she could’ve asked for a new doll or bicycle, a Charlotte Snyder is asking for something much simpler for her birthday.

Instead of gifts, the 6-year-old is asking people to purchase a milkshake.

Charlotte, who has cystic fibrosis, has decided to host a milkeshake-a-thon in lieu of a party for her seventh birthday.

The fundraiser benefitting The Cystic Fibrosis Society will be held noon to 5 p.m., April 30 at Pier 29 on Lanier, 9420 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville.

The society is a nonprofit whose mission “is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.”

Cystic fibrosis is a chronic disease that affects patients’ lungs and digestive systems.

According to restaurant personnel, $3 from every $3.59 milkshake purchased will be donated to the nonprofit.

Milkshake-a-thon
When: 5 p.m. April 30
Where: Pier 29 on Lanier, 9420 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Cost: $3.59 per milkshake

Lake Lanier Islands Resort

February 12-13, 2011

For a celebration of love that is beyond compare and will leave you both dancing on air, Lake Lanier Islands’ “Just in Time for Valentines” Accommodation Package includes:

One night accommodation at Legacy Lodge.
Champagne and chocolate covered strawberries delivered to your room upon arrival.
Introductory dance lesson on Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. to get your hearts pounding and your feet pointed in the right direction. Additional classes are available throughout the evening.
Inspirational discussion at 4 p.m. titled “Love is in the Air – What Gets Your Heart Beating”.
A sumptuous four-course dinner, full cash bar, dancing, and live entertainment by Atlanta’s own Capitol City Xpress, a 17-piece jazz band, will be hosted in the Grand Ballroom starting at 7 p.m. A full service cash bar will be available throughout the evening.
Breakfast for two on Sunday morning in our scenic Windows Restaurant, followed by a Latin Dance Bootcamp from 10 a.m. to Noon.
All-inclusive package includes gate fee, resort fee, gratuity and taxes.
Reservations required and seating is limited.
Rates start at just $289.00/couple.

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Come out and enjoy a friendly game of cards at any of these fine Lake Lanier area establishments:

Fridays
The Dam Bar – Buford
678-546-7535.

Sundays
Irish Bred Pub – Gainesville
770-532-0700

Saturday, Sunday & Tuesday
Pizza Pub – Buford
770-831-0272

Monday
Triple Play – Buford
678-741-3030

Thursdays
Blonde – Gainesville
770-503-0900

A two-month sailing series that allows participants to keep honing their skills is set to kick off Sunday at the Lake Lanier Sailing Club in West Hall.

The 2011 Laser Frostbite begins at 1 p.m., with the public welcome to participate or simply watch, said Martine Zurinskas, the club’s Laser fleet captain.

“It’s actually quite common all over the country to do (winter) racing,” she said.

“It’s just a nice way to use the lake when it’s not as crowded. Not that we don’t like motorboats, but it’s a lot easier to sail when they’re not plowing through your course.”

For many participants, the Laser is a “secondary boat,” Zurinskas said. “They may have a big boat that they race during the summer and this is a way … they stay sharp.

“Sailing is very tactical – there’s a lot of strategy involved – so this is a good way of perfecting that, I would say.”

Only one person at a time can captain each sleek 14-foot Laser.

“The boats are very strictly one design,” Zurinskas said. “I’m not going to lose because of boat speed. I’m going to lose because of my errors.”

The club’s Laser Frostbite began in the early 1980s, “with a bunch of guys who wanted to sail and practice during the winter,” said the club’s commodore, Lee Estes.

“Over the years, it has evolved and we get a fair amount of boats out,” he said. “… It’s a fun little series to do.”

Estes said he participated a lot during the early years, “then I kind of got away from it for a while. And now my son’s doing it and he’s got me doing it again. I’m back in the middle of it.”

The event can live up to its name, as it did last year, with subfreezing temperatures made worse by a biting wind.

Sunday’s forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high temperature of 45, the National Weather Service reported Monday.

“Everybody kind of takes it at their own speed,” Estes said. “On days when the wind is not blowing, it’s real mellow. And when it is blowing and if you get wet, you need to come in and get warm.”

The event is competitive, however.

“We take all the races and we do a series cumulative,” Zurinskas said. “We’ll have somewhere between 30 and 40 races over the course of eight weeks. You have to participate in (half) of the total number of races to qualify.”

Typically, about 40 to 45 people participate in the event at some point during the series, but only 20 or so will sail enough races to be competitive, Zurinskas said.

Winners will be announced the first weekend in March, when the club sponsors its first regatta of the season.

People drive from out of state to participate in the Frostbite, Zurinskas said.

“It’s a real testament to our quality of sailors, which is extremely high,” she added.

2011 Laser Frostbite

What: An eight-week annual sailing series sponsored by the Lake Lanier Sailing Club
When: Kicks off at 1 p.m. Sunday; other dates are Jan. 12, 23 and 30 and Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27
Where: Lake Lanier Sailing Club, 6206 Commodore Drive, off Old Federal Road in West Hall
How much: $30 for the series or $5 per day
More info: 770-674-3992

See for yourself what the Cocktail Cove Super Bowl looks like…

Meets 7 p.m. second Tuesdays at the Fit 2 Tri Store
1292 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Call 770-712-9129 for more info or email them at fit2tri@gmail.com

Free and open to the public.
October 26th 6-8PM

Call the box office for info: 678.717.3624.
Visit www.gainesvilletheatrealliance.org for showtimes and tickets.