Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
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Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
Tin Can Tourists: The RV Renegades Who Pioneered Road Travel
Chad Gallivanter
8 minutes
1 month ago
Tin Can Tourists: The RV Renegades Who Pioneered Road Travel
Before Instagram hashtags, before glossy RV commercials, there was a group of ordinary people who packed up their cars, strapped tin cans to the front bumpers, and hit the road in search of sunshine. They called themselves the Tin Can Tourists, and they built a movement that reshaped travel in Florida and across America. In this episode, we trace the unlikely rise of the Tin Can Tourists in the early 20th century, explore how their quirky community grew into one of the first organized RV club...
Chad Gallivanter
Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
