Awake: 7:02am Temp 52 sleep 5+57 sunny overnight @ Lenoir City, Tennessee.
We sign up for another night of camping, then drive east to the nearest gas station to fill our tank before doing some more mountain climbing. I couldn’t believe the current price of fuel so I simply paid for $10.00 worth.
Then we backtrack & climb that mountain to the G.W. mansion again & enjoy a special Japanese lunch of home made noodle soup with (4) different levels of spiciness, complete with fried rice & onions. For dessert Miyako had water melon, fudge brownies, & chocolate ice cream. Eating this lunch took over 1.5 hrs as we gab & refill our soup bowls many times. It was outstanding & reminded me of the Noodle Shop in Narita, Japan that a lot of us guys would frequent nearly every time we were in town.
Later, a fellow by the name of Rick & his helper arrived to estimate some carpet and tile work for G.W. & to look over the latest project down in the basement: a movie theater room. The tier seating area needs to be carpeted & seats bolted in place; also new carpet throughout all the basement level and stairs. Out on the front porch; new tile to replace the brick. These fellows have their work cut out for them.
Now it’s time for G.W. & Miyako to pick up their daughter Manami @ her school. Miyako has a healthy snack for her before she begins her ice skating class. We opt to visit our motorhome for 45 min before joining them @ the ice rink. Manami is very talented; besides ice skating, she does ballet, attends a Japanese language class, classical piano, etc. I take a few pictures of her practicing her jump twirls. From here, they take her to the University of Tennessee for her piano lessons. They will stop by our motorhome after the piano lessons on their way back to the mountain.
We spend another hr gabbing in our coach & then it’s time for the teenager & her parents to get back to the mountain. We sure did enjoy our fast (2) days with Miyako, G.W. & Manami. We’ll be making some good excuses to motor this way again in the future.
Late dinner: Thick slices of ham with Triscuits.
Later movie: “Black Stallion” with Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, etc. An exquisitely filmed story of a young boy’s adventure with a magnificent black stallion….from a dramatic shipwreck to a racing championship. 1979. A little slow @ times but a good family film.
High temp=82 Lights out: 12:26am
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