Last month I went on a trip to Texas. Multiple people encouraged us to stop at Buc-ees on our drive from Waco to Austin. So we did. WOW!
Buc-ees is an enormous gas station/ convivence store located mostly in Texas (34) and a few other southern states (Alabama (3), Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), Florida (2), South Carolina (1) and Tennessee (1)).
We stopped at the Temple, Texas location here is a look at the gas station pumps. I didn't count but there are a lot, probably close to 100!
With all those cars filling up they need to have a lot of ice. There were the same amount of ice containers on the other side of the door.
This travel center is 60,000-plus square foot (5574.1824 square meters) and has 150 full time employees.
IT IS SO BIG!
Here is a look at the more traditional convivence store side. Where you can get your soda, icees, snacks, and they have world famous Jerky.
There are lots of other food options, they have a bakery, brisket and pulled pork station, a deli and sweets station.
Of course restrooms are important when you are stopping at a gas station and Buc-ees touts having the cleanest restrooms around. There are a lot of them too!
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They also have some great art on the walls to the restroom.
Here you can see the courtesy lights in use.
After checking out the jerky wall, the food and the restrooms it is time to check out the rest of the store.
They had just about every thing in the store, camping gear, toys, purses, clothes, shoes, bath bombs and crosses. Of course you go to your local gas station to find bath supplies and crosses.
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and because this gas station is such a tourist attraction you could get buc-ee everything! Including stockings, dog toys, a velour jogger, socks and headbands, cotton candy, clothes and stuffed animals.
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We got a couple pictures with us too.
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Buc-ees is quite the experience and like those that encouraged us to visit I would also encourage those driving through Texas to stop and experience it too. They say "Everything is bigger in Texas" and I would have to agree that they have the biggest gas station I have ever been in.
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