It all started 700 BC in ancient Greece with the first Olympic Games. Limited to only Greek nationals at first and no women allowed, I’m sure the games were not as exciting as the ones we are about to witness in Gatlinburg.

Ranging in age from eight to young adults, over 100 entrants will be starring on the hills of the great Smoky Mountains. If you’ve never been to a winter Special Olympics game before, you should really give this a try. These young folks train hard for a long time to make sure “they got game”! On the ice in the skating rink and on the snowy hillsides, you will see these eager young folks doing their best while Alpine skiing, ice skating and snowboarding.

I wonder if any of these participants are planning to go to the big games in Athens, Greece, in June 2011? I’m sure some would like to and you can do your part by volunteering or donating to this wonderful organization.

We are carpooling up to the mountains, four friends and myself, to watch this really cool event that we can’t always see around this area. I guess you could call it our annual “guys weekend out” as we hit the go kart tracks around Pigeon Forge then get us a cabin in the mountains. This year is going to be extra special thanks to the Special Winter Olympics!

I was looking around Youtube last night at places to go ziplining and was shocked at what I saw! A nudist family going on a zip line tour? This can’t be!  It appeared as though a family of four had ventured out to the resort city of Pigeon Forge, Tn. looking for a place to fly through the air, each one,  “naked as a jaybird”!

As I began to watch, I kept trying to figure out “are they really naked”?  In public?? OMG (I thought to myself) , what’s the world coming to? Upon further examination and writing the website owner I was relieved to discover it was just a way to promote their new Pigeon Forge area zip line tour in the Smoky Mountains. It turns out  that all “private parts” were covered by more than just the “censored” signs and it was all just a marketing tool!

I guess sometimes it takes more than SEO, backlinks and the whole ball o’ wax to keep ahead of  the competition and these young entrepreneurs will do whatever it takes!

Naked Zip Line in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, Tennessee area?