Gatlinburg Getting an Uptick in Tourism...And I Learned Valuable Lessons Last Night

We knew it was coming. It’s that time of year when a few factors come together to form an increase in tourism in Gatlinburg. October is one of those months for just that. The events of last night motivated me to write this post. I know some of you have your knives out in preparation of slicing and dicing me and my love for Gatlinburg, but it’s just the way things are, and I want to be honest about my experience here.

For the first time in our two months in Gatlinburg, I was actually thrown a nasty curveball and whiffed. I’ll set it up for you: Yesterday was Tuesday. No problem, right? Well…usually weekdays aren’t so terrible, but the think the timing and expectations were totally off, and that was my fault.