hey everybody and a pleasant good windy rainy morning to you from Houston Texas
hope you guys are doing well settling from your Thanksgiving turkey hangovers
and if you did any uh Black Friday shopping I didn't do that this year there was nothing
that I actually had to have this year so I just took some time with my family and I'm getting a
little antsy inside the RV so even though it's going to be a complete washout with
flooding alerts all over Houston yeah Texas is going to rain today yeah [Music] foreign
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guys I will be uploading this video with some Nomad internet link below in the video
description later a little windy a little rainy today we've been to the bush beans plant I forgot
what state that was I want to say Missouri or Kentucky uh but here in Texas I got a giant
can of Goyo beans behind me boy the wind is just ripping at this umbrella yeah Goya beans uh not
my favorite kind of baked beans uh but they do have a nice big can of beans here at their main
Warehouse here in Texas but they do not have any access to the public to go look around
which is kind of sad and I feel like that may have been a missed opportunity uh in fact they
don't even want you to uh park anywhere it's a two-lane road with a bunch of red you know
don't park fire and then the red ends right there and you could only fit a smart car here
so I don't think a whole lot of people are able to get a picture next to the big giant can of
Goyo beans well let's stay dry it it's really nice having tater tot today to be able to still explore
I'm gonna hopefully be meeting up with my sister Laurie at the end of this after she gets off
work and maybe we'll just have to find some indoor activities but I still want to explore
Houston with you guys so thanks for joining me guys let's go for a ride sporting my Bucky's
ugly Christmas sweater today here it's it's that time now that we're past Thanksgiving we can all
just accept Christmas and enjoy the next 25 30 days okay uh sadly there is not a Bucky's
uh ugly sweater for this year I have three of them I have 2018 19 and 21 here in 2022 there isn't
one I mean I've been to five Bucky's locations and asked everybody and everybody tells me the
same thing there just isn't one this year kind of a bummer so it the streak ends for Bucky's
ugly sweaters in 2022 wow wow hey that over there that building is the igloo headquarters
just got to figure out where the public can go shipping and receiving here's corporate
there's the sign Igloo products and visitors B right here let's go check out Igloo coolers all
right actually we gotta go over here first we gotta go over here first I see something quirky
I see a I see a photo op over here look at this this giant cooler I love it let me get parked take
a picture all right so yeah they apparently this is where they manufacture all the igloo coolers
and they're making a comeback they're they're trying to they're trying to get the old nostalgic
look of it we've all probably owned something similar to this or know somebody who has owned
an Igloo cooler that looks like that this is where they make them here there's a sign on the building
over there that says we're hiring and uh yeah Igloo cooler is a US brand that's been around
for a while to keep all your nice beverages cool I will just mention that this cooler may
not work because they do have a mini split air conditioner Mr cool right there to keep it cool
but you know and and a roof because that was probably melting all the ice inside
it's cool so the Goya beans that was their like security checkpoint the same thing with the Igloo
cooler this appears to be where you check in with your truck it's a cool little guard shack there
all right got front row parking there's the outlet store there's the corporate office and where's all
my van lovers an old Volkswagen Igloo cooler by Playmate Playmate is a wait like a model I think
it's a model of cooler that has the flip top that is that is one cool looking band though that's
awesome oh hey look at those flags whipping around if you find yourself here between San Antonio and
Houston they are open Monday through Friday nine to five and Saturday ten to two closed on Sundays
check it out all right well we're inside the store oh my God I am in the market for a new cooler guys
I love this national parks green and white one that thing is gorgeous yeah I do need a new cooler
so uh we're also doing some shopping Duff beer what do you call that a fanny pack that's awesome
it's cool so here's our store clothing there's some soft bags over there they got some hard
sided coolers down here and then here's the wall of coolers a bunch to choose from here's their
seven quart little small one you could probably fit a six pack a six-pack and some ice in that
one here at the store you'll find some that you can't find elsewhere I think a Coors Light one
um whoa they got NASCAR ones but no Kevin Harvick that Jeff Gordon one is pretty cool
actually man let's see hey is it that's C-3PO too cool let me go back here another Star
Wars one got mushrooms this is my favorite one the 16 quart National Park one [Music]
um let me see we got anything else cool back there football weird stuff Jaguars Jets hmm oh they got
the Retro soft bags here those bright colors of the 80s hmm there's the soft bags they're
playing musics here so I will keep this clip short but this one has speakers built into it and it's
80s well two things I'm just about heading out and just realized the mushroom one is also a national
parks one but look at this Bob's Burgers I love the color of yellow and all the burgers but even
though I love that one I am gonna go with the green national parks one all right we got it
got the national parks one and I really really like this one it'll be a great new cooler as a
special bonus I was like asking I was like that cannot be right The price came up to what is it
16 1609 15 plus tax I'm like that cannot be right this is like a 50 cooler it says up there but
this one's on clearance today so if you're coming here definitely ask them if this one's
still on clearance what a score for 15 bucks heck yeah kind of tired of this rain though jeez man
it's fine it's just it's perfectly fine just point it out holy cow well like I said I've tried uh
five stores I'm gonna try my sixth Bucky's here in Katy Texas go in here real quick see if maybe
they magically have a sweater oh it's a car wash it's a it's a massive Car Wash like the biggest
car wash I've ever seen I love the palm trees uh wait a minute now Google knows a little bit
more about this car wash than I do this Bucky's Car Wash here in Katy Texas is confirmed by the
Guinness Book of World Records to be the longest car wash in the world the longest not the biggest
but the longest car wash in the world here at Bucky's of Katy Texas tater tot really does need
a good wash but there's no point in Washington getting right back on the dirty roads so maybe
when we come back to Camp later tonight we'll look about it because because tater tot is nasty
actually doesn't look that bad maybe the rain's been cleaning the Todd up tot you feeling pretty
clean yeah okay I love the palm trees anybody else get the idea that like every time I come to these
beautiful places it's just always so different it's just different right like that's not a bad
thing I'm just no what am I trying to say Texas is supposed to be like a really dry climate a
beautiful place to be year round and then every time I come in here in November they're making
up for a Year's worth of rain loss and it's windy and stormy and like just non-stop raining in ugly
gray in Texas uh it's not me it's you know and I'm not taking it personal or anything it's just that
um we all see a different view outside of our lens and so one of the cool things about sharing my
life with you all is you get to see all these different views of mine that may be a little
different than your visit to Texas uh you're probably gonna get sunshine and blue skies me
the spring it's just rain again well it's a big old negative on getting a 2022 Bucky's
ugly sweater they just do not have them this year it's okay I tried let's get in
let's get in Houston hey uh don't piss off family right before you die
they're likely to uh pick a strange Corner
as your resting place uh here at a car dealership and gas station
grieve site the mini graveyard it says it's a historic Texas Cemetery here is it open it is open
look at this guys poor Henry hillendall there's quite a few there's at least a dozen here and uh
man they are not getting any peace in the grave are they don't feel bad yeah be nice
to people if you're near the end all right well we're here in the Museum District of Houston
look at all the green it's literally green everywhere it's a lot of rain here in this
part of Texas that's why it's so green in fact look at this look at these trees oh the green
it's pretty at least you don't have to tread through the rain with me like me
you're with me but not in the rain with me wow what a beautiful walk uh I believe
this building off to our left this old one here that's the Museum of Art of Houston
I don't want to go up here I see a fountain see some water ah yeah the Macomb Fountain here
it's huge why is the water so murky and looks like soapy I don't know that's pretty though
I never quite feel myself when it's raining either which is the the bummer part about it
but um a couple days ago I said yeah YouTube can wait I'll just wait till it stops raining
then I looked at the next four days in Houston I'm like uh unless you want to
just sit in your RV and sulk Eric we need to get out and explore so that's what we're doing
art jeez put some clothes on you hippie art this park would make me very uncomfortable at night
well well um yes
whoa don't mistake this for uh Chicago guys we're in Houston
it looks like the bean except I don't think you can touch this Bean because
Oh weird it's Hollow can you see it's open in the middle I mean not all the way through like
a donut hole but it's open inside that is really strange let me do some reading up here all right
so check it out it's called Cloud column it is actually made by the same artist who did the
Bean in Chicago Illinois it actually predates the bean as far as art but it wasn't installed
here until 2018 so it's newer than the bean but the idea for it the art for it is older
than the beam by the same artist I I looked at it I'm not gonna try to butcher the name of the
artist because I certainly cannot pronounce it but pretty cool and different hey rain could you could
you stop raining for a second what in the name of ever love and quirky is this the Orange Show
okay let's take a closer look here it says the orange show crafted by Jeff mckissick from 1956 to
1979. it's a Visionary art center open Saturdays and Sundays it is so strange it is Saturday but
um I I don't understand it is Saturday as I say hours vary oh I'll bet you they're closed because
it's raining look at this list in the National register of historic places built in 1979.
let's go walk around maybe there's uh more to see on the other side there's another entrance
pretty strange wait a minute is this gate open uh this this gate's open but that one has a padlock
but let's go peek over here and see if we can see anything
I don't know I think they're closed guys I love the uh permanent palm trees here
no chance of being knocked over right and uh they kind of just blocked off this dead end and said no
parking but wow it almost looks like Whataburger signs back there how strange is this why you know
and they don't answer their phone
I am just as confused as y'all it should be open but it does say hours vary so I'm guessing
in the winter well it's not quite winter time but again I'll bet inclement weather if it's going to
be windy or rainy and they probably just decide not to open and that's kind of a bummer because
I'm leaving Texas guys I've had it with the rain I'm over it and uh we got to get into a
different state so uh I guess I'll mark it down and pin it and we'll try to hit it up next time
I'm in Houston all right we've got tater tot uh parked uh over at Lori's house we're here downtown
Houston and I think it's called City Center so Lori and Bill and I are gonna go see if there's
a bowling alley open it's rainy day activity it is a really cool themed bowling alley here but
um they are booked until 10 pm is their next opening three now We're not gonna wait right now
we're laying so let's try this one again another time I'm just walking around the area because I
got some time to kill there is another bowling alley that does have open lanes that one's just
holy cow you gotta get a week's notice reservation just to get a lane I'm not used to that you just
walk in so I I call them and they have open lanes and we don't know we're gonna do yet there's
an escape room down there that has an opening Christmas decorations though some astro turf here
a little chilly in Texas right now a little unusual
thanks to the Rain hey the daily gather look at that rig I didn't know what that is it says
it's a lemony lemon okay never heard of it gather around stay a while well we gotta figure things
out yeah we're gonna come up with a plan and I'll get back to you all right we're gonna try Bolero
bowling alley here it's a little bigger and I called and made sure they have open lanes tonight
good rainy day activity I guess what are you gonna do right all right so that's
only a 10 minute wait we'll get some shoes some balls I'm gonna go bowling
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well the game's over and uh I won I beat Lori that's right well beating everybody
at bowling was exhausting so we're gonna check in
get some barbecue here at uh what's it called Hickory Hollow they got some barbecue
I don't know it looks pretty good it smells pretty good all right we'll check it out all
right well I went with the ribs and the brisket and the taters and the mac and cheese and Lori's
got a loaded Idaho Potato there which is huge and uh we each got over there Bill uh mac and
cheese some zucchini and brisket nice all right dinner and barbecue was awesome we got one more
thing to do we're gonna go to a comedy club and uh get some laughs on I obviously can't bring
the camera in there with you so we're gonna go laugh and I'll get back to you later tonight and
we'll go check in on those kitties bye guys Tara I missed you you're like a squishy little donut
you're so squishy hey Tara I missed a girl yeah I had to do some bowling had to have
some laughs it was fun I missed you tear tear where's your brusher
push a big brother there him says uh oh Dad didn't plug in the heated blanket did I oh you
were sleeping weren't you I caught you I caught you Opie you guys are probably ready for some num
nums huh let's get those kitties fed yeah buddy missed a guy hey we made the most of it had an
awesome time I'm gonna miss my family but it is time to leave Texas temporarily got new stuff
in the horizon I'll share some more information later this week y'all be well bye-bye [Music]
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