On-line Registration only. NO Walkups. 100 Rider Limit, so register early.To register click here: Fall Foliage Dual Sport On-line Registration The Fall Foliage Dual Sport Ride is SOLD OUT! START: Tiger Drive-In Theater, 2956 Old US Hwy 441 South, Tiger, GA 30576, www.tigerdrivein.com GENERAL INFORMATION: Schedule08:00 am Check In Begins08:30 am Rider’s Meeting09:00 am Last Rider Out …
PRESS RELEASE Marietta, GA. — GARTRA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant totaling almost $30,000.00 from Yamaha Motor Corp. USA’s Outdoor Access Initiative https://yamahaoai.com. This grant will be used to fund trail maintenance supplies and equipment for our volunteer workforce and will go directly towards supporting ongoing activities at Davenport Mountain, …
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I left the house at 6:45 am heading for Town Creek to help with the first day of this project. The weather outlook was not promising, and I drove through multiple light rain showers most of the 85 miles to Town Creek. I wasn’t very optimistic about the rain holding off for the workday. I …
GARTRA president Bill Shilling has long been in discussions with the USFS to make the trails at Whissenhunt One-Way where possible to reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions and enhance safety on the trails. Recently the USFS approved the plan and gave us the go-ahead to arrow the trails directional. This past workday, Saturday 1/21/2023, …
To kick off the new year 2023, GARTRA held the first monthly meeting of the year at Wooly’s Cycles of Atlanta, 1581 Cobb Parkway S., Marietta, GA 30060 https://www.woolyscycles.com/ . We had a great turnout of approximately 30 folks, including Wooly’s owners Bobby and Rascal Wooldridge, and Parts Mgr. Mandie Butts. We began gathering at 6 pm for pizza …
This year GARTRA’s Christmas party returned to the Honda Rider Education Center in Alpharetta, GA. The last time we were able to hold this event here was pre-pandemic, Dec 2019. This year the main course was catered by Williamson Brothers BBQ of Marietta. While the BBQ and side dishes were all great (see all the …
The workday at Houston Valley ORV park started out as a mild beautiful day. But before the end of the day it would turn out to be one long, hot, humid, but productive day. I arrived at the park about 8:40 am, found a place to park and began unloading. Shortly after, GARTRA’s Houston Valley …
Oakey Mountain Workday #3, 5-14-2022 (Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative) Great day at Oakey Mountain. Beautiful weather, and a good turnout which included 3 USFS staff and 9 GARTRA volunteers including GARTRA’s Davenport trail captain Bob Connett. This is the 3rd of 6 planned workdays sponsored by Yamaha Outdoors and https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatOutdoorsFund/. We had two tasks to perform which included rebuilding …
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