On January 29th members of the Panther Patrol convened at the church parking lot for our planned trip to Gatlinburg. Everyone was in hopeful suspense the night before the trip because unfortunately our trip was planned on the day after the biggest winter storm of the season, at least for the Northeast, passed through Tennessee. The TriCities were spared, but Gatlinburg was supposed to get 2 to 4 inches of snow, thus the suspense. Thankfully, the Gatlinburg web cams showed roads clear enough for the trip to continue.
As planned we had two activities in Gatlinburg. First, we went to Arcadia, the biggest arcade in Gatlinburg, where we spent about two hours having fun playing games. Once we had used all of our currency, we pooled our tickets together so that we could buy a Wonder Woman coffee maker as well as the arcade’s entire stock of Smarties.
Following this, we ate a tasty lunch at Fuddruckers.
Next, yet another complication occurred. The Nascar Speed Park was closed due to the cold weather. We tried to estimate the wind chill factor…. 15 mph wind, 20 mph go cart, outside temperature <20 F…..well, you get the idea. Because of this complexity, we decided to go to Sevier Air, an indoor trampoline park, instead. After jumping until we were all thoroughly exhausted, we called it a day. So we all loaded back into Mr. Moncla’s Pilot and returned to Colonial Heights. In spite of the obstacles thrown at us, in the end we all had a good time and made special memories.
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