Did anyone go to Gatlinburg in the early to mid-70s for vacation?

[skooooo]

It was an awesome time to be there. Tons of cheap pinball machines. Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum (when they were really rare!). Museum of Witchcraft. Cool poster shops. Strange places on the side of the mountain that "defied gravity,"

Truely a wonder of our times.

[Blue_Roses]

1. YES!

It was our family's favorite place to go. We went there numerous summers. I have such good memories of Gatlinburg, Lookout Mt. and so much more...:hi:

[skooooo]

2. That place really gave me some ...

...strange points of reference as a kid.

I remember one night it was warm out, but raining really hard. The sewers were overflowing and water was rushing pretty fast down the hill downtown. I was walking with my sister and the water knocked me down!

Did you play lots of pinball??

[LostinVA]

3. Oooo yeah!

Did you go to "Christus Gardens"??? And the Cherokee place? And teh "skilift"?

My parents wouldn't pay for Ripley's, dammit!

[skooooo]

4. We definitely went to..

Cherokee NC to the reservation, did the ski lift.

Did you play pinball?

Dad was great, would give us $$$ and turn us loose.

[LostinVA]

5. Pinball -- yes!

There was also a Cherokee place in Gatlinburg. I ate fried bread there.

[skooooo]

6. You must have hung out at the Space Needle??

Lots of pinball machines there!

We must not have gone to the other place you mentioned.

Pancakes for breakfast...mmmm. I'd always get "Cherries Jubilee" as a kid.

[LostinVA]

7. I remember getting "corn cakes" for breakfast someplace with country ham

That MAY have been in pre-Dollywood Pigeon Forge.

God, that was probably in 1973-75 or so.

[skooooo]

8. We probably crossed paths at some point...

...maybe!

[LostinVA]

9. Remember the little game on the tables?

with pegs you jumped around, trying to make only one be left pn the little triangle board?

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12. yep saw them there first!

[conscious evolution]

10. First heard Bluegrass music there.

Was there in mid seventies on a church youth trip.Me and some buddies were sitting in a strip mall there whwn this bluegrass group came up to our table and started jammin.It was awesome.
I still listen to bluegrass.

[skooooo]

11. Oh yeah...

I think there were little concerts to go to there too.