Business Insider's reporter didn't expect to find a tramway above the Great Smoky Mountains. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I took an aerial tram up into the Great Smoky Mountains in spring 2023. The ride was not part of my initial travel plan. In fact, I'd never heard of it before this trip. I spotted the tram while stuck in the rain with no taxi. It was the highlight of my trip. During a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains in spring 2023, I had an experience I never expected — taking an aerial tram ride high above them. I never knew this tramway existed before I arrived at Great Smoky Mountains National Park . But it turned out to be the most unexpected highlight of my trip. And if I hadn't been stranded in the rain, I never would have ridden it. I was dreading a three-hour walk to my Airbnb on a rainy day in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, when I spotted a tram in the sky. The author saw the tram from a nearby restaurant.…