Buc-ees-a Texas must see? Yeah. Ok. It is.
Evidently Buc-ees is a must see tourist attraction but it is masquerading as a store. Everybody who told me where to go in Texas said you HAVE to go to Buc-ees. So much so that it was actually an item on my location itinerary. I have to admit it was fun. I have to admit it was worth a stop if for nothing other than the fact that they sold diesel gas for about a buck less than anywhere else and I needed about 60 gallons so that is a real incentive. This is not a truck stop however. They don’t even allow trucks to fill-up or visit. They do allow RV’s and I wasn’t about to miss out on that price. The nozzle for the diesel was not a truck nozzle like they have in the truck stops. Those are about twice as thick so you can fill up twice as fast. I have walked up to pumps where the pump reads that the last person to fill up got over 200 gallons of gas for well over $600! When you are getting that much gas, you don’t want to wait forever. Filling up at Buc-ees felt like it was just that... forever. The pumps were S. L. O. W. Then I had to maneuver the Beast and BabyBeast around the lot to the outer edge where I took up a whole lot of space!
Walking up felt like walking up to a mini Walmart but they were definitely trying to appeal to the kids as well. The Buc-ees squirrel was there to greet me and I had to take a selfie with him. Inside it was HUGE. They had a whole clothing section, including mostly western clothing (this is Texas after all) and some Buc-ees themed duds as well. Of course, since Justin and Meredith were so enthusiastic about this place I had to get some stuff for the new baby... shhhhhhh, don’t tell them, it’s a surprise. There was an entire cold case dedicated to every kind of beef jerky you can imagine and another filled with kolaches. Kolaches look like mini Strombolis and they did come highly recommended as well. However on this particular day they had none without meat. Not one. And there were about 20 to choose from. WOW... But considering the entire middle section of the place is dedicated to barbecue, it kind of makes sense. They are not going after the vegetarian crowd. O
There were walls of fountain soda selections and walls and walls of candy, popcorn and more beef jerky than I have ever seen. Everything you could buy, you could buy in 100 different flavors. They do do it big in Texas! Of course, not eating sugar made it easy to just browse quickly. That is until I came to the sugar free section and, yup, there was a wall of that as well. Their sugar free chocolate covered almonds were pretty darned good. So were their peanut crunch candies that I remembered (in the sugared version) from when I was a kid. So were the gummy bears. Yeah, this boy did not do a very good job restraining himself at all! But it was fun. And I only ate a little bit of each... well, except the almonds ‘cause they were REALLY good.
Last thing about Texas sized, Buc-ees style things. I went into the bathroom and I have to say I have never seen such a big bathroom in my life. Casinos have smaller bathrooms. I couldn’t resist, I had to take pictures. To the extent I captures some folks, um, busy, I apologize, but I couldn’t stand there waiting for too long.
SO, Buc-ees was a fun diversion. It’s worth going because it is just stupid fun. Let’s remember that we all can use some stupid fun now and again!! What’s your idea of stupid fun?
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