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I think our normal vacation of spending a week in a cabin on a lake in the rockies, seeing maybe a dozen people total, ruined our definition of "going on vacation in the mountains."

-=edit=- to clarify... Gatlinburg, pigeon forge, sevierville... it's a 12-mile-long clusterfuck of carnival sideshows and metal-fatigue "hillbilly rollercoasters" and ripleys-branded shit museums and a 24/7 traffic jams of trustfund kids in their shiny riceburning carollas with popcorn popper mufflers.

Literally any where else in the country would be quieter, more relaxing, more stress-free.

I don't understand why people would go back.

I think our normal vacation of spending a week in a cabin on a lake in the rockies, seeing maybe a dozen people total, ruined our definition of "going on vacation in the mountains." -=edit=- to clarify... Gatlinburg, pigeon forge, sevierville... it's a 12-mile-long clusterfuck of carnival sideshows and metal-fatigue "hillbilly rollercoasters" and ripleys-branded shit museums and a 24/7 traffic jams of trustfund kids in their shiny riceburning carollas with popcorn popper mufflers. Literally any where else in the country would be quieter, more relaxing, more stress-free. I don't understand why people would go back.

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There's a better place nearby. A campground called Nolichucky Gorge campground in Erwin, TN. You can rent a cabin there or tent camp. Gatlinburg is touristy and gross. Not a good example of Tennessee. The one thing I enjoyed in Gatliburg was the Riepley's Aquarium and walking by the river next to it. But I prefer Nolichucky.