Here's your winner right here:

Had a ski trip to Breckinridge back in 1990, but my friend and I were so excited we just couldn't wait that long. He and I decided spur of the moment to hit Ober Gatlinburg while we had a break from school. I said, "Shouldn't we call and see what the conditions are first?" He said they make artificial snow so there's year-round skiing. We borrowed my dad's van and headed out.

The next morning it wasn't cold at all, but I told him that I had been skiing before and it is always way colder at the top of the mountains. We were staying about a half mile from the ski lodge, so we decided to walk there from the hotel and left fully dressed with our ski bibs, gloves, goggles, hats. etc. We left the hotel early, so we walked into McDonald's for breakfast on the way. Everyone else was in shorts and t-shirts, while we were decked out in full ski regalia. Got a lot of funny looks walking down the street too.

Finally we walk on over to the ski lodge, and by then there's a light drizzle. We walk through the entrance, and the place is completely empty except for a lone janitor cleaning the floors.

Me: "Are we too early? What time do y'all open?"

Janitor: "For what?"

Me: "Skiing."

Him: "Skiing? It's 60 degrees and raining."

Me: "I thought y'all had artificial snow."

Him: "It has to be cold to make snow."

The walk back to the hotel in those ski bibs was the longest walk of my life. The 600 mile drive home was even longer.

The highlight of the 24 hour trip was watching Chris Jackson & LSU vs. Loyola Marymount in that epic 1990 game when we first got to the hotel.

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Posted on 9/14/21 at 3:50 pm to TigrrrDad

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Here's your winner right here:

Had a ski trip to Breckinridge back in 1990, but my friend and I were so excited we just couldn't wait that long. He and I decided spur of the moment to hit Ober Gatlinburg while we had a break from school. I said, "Shouldn't we call and see what the conditions are first?" He said they make artificial snow so there's year-round skiing. We borrowed my dad's van and headed out.

The next morning it wasn't cold at all, but I told him that I had been skiing before and it is always way colder at the top of the mountains. We were staying about a half mile from the ski lodge, so we decided to walk there from the hotel and left fully dressed with our ski bibs, gloves, goggles, hats. etc. We left the hotel early, so we walked into McDonald's for breakfast on the way. Everyone else was in shorts and t-shirts, while we were decked out in full ski regalia. Got a lot of funny looks walking down the street too.

Finally we walk on over to the ski lodge, and by then there's a light drizzle. We walk through the entrance, and the place is completely empty except for a lone janitor cleaning the floors.

Me: "Are we too early? What time do y'all open?"

Janitor: "For what?"

Me: "Skiing."

Him: "Skiing? It's 60 degrees and raining."

Me: "I thought y'all had artificial snow."

Him: "It has to be cold to make snow."

The walk back to the hotel in those ski bibs was the longest walk of my life. The 600 mile drive home was even longer.

The highlight of the 24 hour trip was watching Chris Jackson & LSU vs. Loyola Marymount in that epic 1990 game when we first got to the hotel.