Thursday, 8 November. My cousin, Doug, called and then came out for
a short visit with us at our Quintana Beach County Park campsite. Doug is the oldest son of
my Dad’s younger sister, Doris Ann (who we called Aunt Sister). He’s worked for Dow Chemical for over 30
years and is getting ready to retire the end of this year. After giving Doug the “nickel tour” of our
motorhome, we then spent a couple hours sitting outside just catching up on our
lives. He and his wife, Beke, just
bought a new 5th-wheel and are planning on doing some traveling of
their own next year after he retires. We
promised to stay in touch and hopefully meet up somewhere down the road as
we continue our full-time RV lifestyle. While Doug had also arranged for a mini-reunion with more of the Texas Metzers for
Saturday, he and Beke wanted to take us out to dinner Friday night. It appears our stay in this part of Texas was
looking good.
Me and my cousin, Doug (apologize for the lousy pic...flash wasn't working properly)
Friday, 9 November. Doug and Beke picked us up at our campground
around 5:15 and we headed out for dinner.
On the way Doug showed us some of the sights in this part of the
country, including several of the large petro-chemical plants. Dow’s Plant B – which we saw on the way back
to our campground after dinner – is the largest chemical plant in the world.
We had a great dinner at Giovanni's Italian Kitchen in nearby Angleton. This is obviously one of the area’s more
popular eating establishments because if Doug had not made reservations, I’m not
sure we would have eaten dinner much before midnight. Okay, an exaggeration, but the place was indeed crowded. Giovanni's turned out to have wonderful food, good service, and reasonable prices. Toss in some great company and conversaton and you have the makings for a wonderful evening. Thanks a whole bunch much, Doug & Beke! We had a really great time.
P.S. Oh, Beke, just to let you know: The red wine came out of my shirt just fine. I'm just glad it was Doug's glass of wine and not mine! Sorry, had to mention it -- Love ya'!
Doug and his lovely wife, Beke - What charming hosts!
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