Visiting Tennessee? The Aerial Tramway at Ober Gatlinburg will give you some of the best views of downtown Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains that you could ask for.
I am not exactly scared of heights.
They’re just not my favorite.
But I try really hard not to let it impede on my activities with the kids.
See Exhibit A.
And Exhibit B.
And countless other to-be-blogged activities.
And today’s topic is another example.
There are two things that help me deal with getting over my issue.
1 – My kids
2 – A photo opp
Which is exactly how I found myself high up in the air during our Spring Break visit to Tennessee.
Because it sounded like fun (minus the up in the air issue), the kids agreed, and I knew it would be ripe for good photos of the Smoky Mountains.
Nestled right in the middle of the bustling downtown section of Gatlinburg, the tram and parking was easy to find. We paid our admission and queued up to board the next tram.
Built in 1973, it cost $5.5 million for the tram and its construction, and another $1.3 million later on for modernization. Made in Switzerland, each car (there are two) holds 120 people. And by “hold,” it mainly means grabbing for the ceiling strap and hanging on.
There is a bench at both the front and back of the tram car, but only a handful of seats. Both times we went on it (going there and back to its destination of Ober Gatlinburg), I angled for the best spot to be near a window. The counter-balanced tram cars were originally put in place to give skiers an easier way to head up the windy hill when they wanted to go skiing.
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