Last Monday (New Year’s Eve), James and I headed out for a somewhat last minute vacation to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. This was our first time going anywhere for New Year’s so we were excited!
The trip began in Gatlinburg, and quite a few interesting things happened that night.
1. On our way into Pigeon Forge – the city before Gatlinburg when traveling the way we did – we noticed a Dodge Durango shooting across the road from a restaurant, stopping in the median. The vehicle didn’t really pull out in front of traffic, but the way it darted out so fast caught our attention.
As we neared the vehicle, a man gets out from the passenger side, runs around the SUV, and pops up out of the sloped grassy median to come back across the road on foot. Suddenly, the Durango pops up out of the median right behind him! Luckily, the driver stops because there’s lots of oncoming traffic she would’ve crashed into if she hadn’t. As we drive by, we notice she has her window down and is yelling at the man (her former passenger), who has now made it across the road and is running through a parking lot.
What happened there, we have no clue…but the part we witnessed certainly was strange!
2. We had tickets to a Mentalism/Psychological Illusion show at the Space Needle in Gatlinburg a few hours before the New Year’s Eve party. As the show began, a man sitting in front of us with his 3-5 children (not quite sure how many were actually his children) gets into an argument with one of his kids, who looked about 12 years old. The man proceeds to cuss the kid out though gritted teeth (trying to be discreet, I assume?), calling him names and threatening him like crazy – right in front of us!
The argument only lasted about 45 seconds, and then the man was joking around with the same kid 15 minutes after that altercation. It was quite shocking to hear what was coming out of his mouth to his own child though!
3. After the show, we headed to Mellow Mushroom to hang out for a few before the fireworks and ball drop. On our way out of the restaurant about 30 minutes prior to midnight, we practically walked right into the middle of an ‘almost’ fight between two young girls (early 20′s, I’d guess). Apparently there was a guy that had left one for the other, and the “other” wanted to beat up the former girlfriend.
She was taking shots at the guy in between him (it wasn’t clear if he was the guy they were fighting over), telling him she would beat HIM up if she needed to in order to get to the girl! Another guy stepped in and broke the whole ordeal up before it escalated, so luckily nothing bad happened.
After all of the craziness of New Year’s Eve, we were able to stand in the streets of Gatlinburg, watch the ball drop, and have our awesome New Year’s smooch! The fireworks show was really cool as well!
Did anything interesting happen to you on New Year’s Eve/Day?
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Wow, that’s a lot of strange and interesting stuff crammed into one trip, lol! Still, sounds like you had fun! I’ve never been to TN, only drove through it once.
Being from Georgia, Gatlinburg is one of the closest and most fun places to visit. You should definitely go if you get the chance!
I went to Gatlinburg for a family vacation a few years ago. It’s really fun, and quite mountainous!
It is very fun…so much to do! We haven’t been in 3 years, but we usually go once every 1-2 years.
Wow that sounds crazy. I have no interest in going out and about on New Year’s. I went to my mothers’ house for her party which was eating, drinking (for some, not me) and chatting and playing games. More my kind of thing.
We have done game nights here or at friends’ houses a lot for New Year’s. So, we thought we’d try going out this year…I think I enjoy staying home or doing something with just a few people better!
Although it sounds quite “entertaining”, I hope it didn’t turn you off of Gatlinburg – it’s such a fun place to visit!
Oh no, definitely not! We love it up there, and we are so glad that it’s close by. We will definitely be going back.
Fights like that always seem to be witnessed by someone I know.
Haha, James wanted to keep walking, but I was like, “No! Let’s watch!!”
Those crazy events are reason enough for me to not go out on new year’s eve! Wow – good for stories, though.
I told my husband, “I am SO blogging about this trip!” We usually stay home or go to a friend’s house…I think it will be safe to go back to that next year!
Oh my! Sounds like your trip was very interesting, to say the least lol. I’m glad you actually got to enjoy the New Years Eve festivities though
Yes, it was!
With all of the craziness, it was nice to still be able to enjoy ourselves.