Day 3 found us getting up “early” so Rey could make an appointment he had in Oak Ridge Tennessee. That meant trying to be out of the apartment by 9 AM.
Rey’s apartment. Let’s see. It has a kitchen/dining area, a living room, bathroom and two bedrooms. It is sparsely furnished. Dining table, 3 wooden chairs, 1 folding camping chair (newer style with arms and good backrest), card table, twin blow-up bed (interestingly not quite a flat bed shape any longer), full bed box spring and mattress, and …….. a folding stool. I think that about covers it. Oops – forgot the microwave oven.
Rey has graciously been sleeping on the floor, giving his guests the beds. I feel a bit guilty, but he seems little the worse for wear.
Onto our day – we visited the Sunsphere and area park (home of the 1982 Worlds Fair) while Rey delivered some tickets. Then went to the Knoxville Art Museum. Met up with Rey for lunch and back to the museum to finish up our viewing. On to downtown, where we visited the Tennessee History museum and learned about the settlement and growth of eastern Tennessee.
Then it was out to the ballpark – the Tennessee Smokies ballpark.
At this point we discovered that the car engine looked like it was “smoking”, and I assumed it was overheating. When we popped the hood we discovered the oil filler cap was missing. Rey had added oil the day before and apparently did not replace all of the parts. No oil light or poor performance, so whew – we caught it. I actually preferred this to an overheating engine. Easily remedied. Which we did with some new oil, duct tape for a temporary cap, and a new cap from an auto parts store just a few miles away.
Rey answered a few e-mails for work and we were back to the apartment again, for dinner and an evening of naps and crossword puzzles.
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June 4, 2010 at 2:30 pm |
Forgot our observation while riding the elevator in the Sunsphere from floor 3 to 7 (and back down to 4 – the observation floor). Carl thought he could hear the gerbils running around in the sphere. It was that slow. Hydraulic I am sure. Not that we were comparing it with the Space Needle (from the 1962 Worlds Fair) where it goes up just a few more floors in probably the same amount of time.