then back home..would you?

a Buc-ees is opening 2 hours from here..advice please

Its a stop along the way not a destination IMHO.

I'll drive 2 hours out of my way to avoid a Buc-ees

Only if its Christmas day and you need to shop for a gift because you've been at the deer lease all week.

Not a chance

I have one 5 miles away and only go when I need bbq rub

Not even if gas were a buck.

If you really want some Bucees snacks, you can order them online.
Texassnax

If I go through Terrell I generally stop if I need something, they have a decent sliced brisket.

I would not go out of my way by more than 10 min to get to a Bucees

I could just stay home and do that

thanks for the info guys

NC is getting a new WaWa too. I believe Bucee's will blow its doors off.

Not 2 hours but our closest one is 1 hour away. And yes, we have driven there just cuz.

Why would anyone do that? Waste of time and gas.

There is absolutely NOTHING at Bucees worth driving across the street for, let alone 4 hours round trip.

Depends on badly I have to take a dump

I’m a Buc-ee’s zealot but I wouldn’t drive 2 hours to go to one.

The bathrooms are a sight to behold and this pic doesn’t even do them justice

Like someone else said, it's a stop while on a roadtrip. Not a destination. Kids and I like to stop and grab a few snacks. Kids like their t-shirts. Yeah, I spend too much their, but the kids like it.

I don't get it. It's a gas station.

Hey when your on the road it’s a great place to take a dump and fill er up.

When fuel is $5.29 gallon noooo

Gas is almost 5 bucks a gallon. That would take a next level type of stupidity to drive 2 hours to a gas station.

There are two buc-res within 30-35 minutes from me. I haven’t been to either one.

No way

I concur!

NOPE! I don't even like to stop at them if they're on my route. Too much traffic getting on and off the highway just to pee.

Drove by it on the way to Little River, billboards are up and advertising….. I’d stay away until there is justification for being in that area and it’s no longer new

Hell no!

GO,....get it out of your system.

Not a chance.

My favorite place to shop.
If they had tackle, I would never go anywhere else

NO!

I would and have driven 2 hours to Allsup's but no way for Buc-eee's.

The ones in north and east Texas have a decent selection of fishing apparel (shirts, hat, shoes, and sunglasses). Columbia, Huk (which I personally don’t like), and Costa sunglasses. Haven’t seen any tackle, though.

I’ll stop at Buccees if I pass one, but I won’t go out of my way for one.

I don't think so.

I drive 1 hour to Bucs to pick up the grandkids.
Drive an hour to take them back at Bucs.
Almost every weekend.

When people make post like this. I can never figure out if they are joking or their elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. Why would someone drive 2 hours to go to a gas station?

I won’t go to one if I have to cross over the interstate to get to it.

Not 2 hrs, but a good 30 to 45 minutes from San Antonio.

We take out of town guest there, blows their mind

I'll go 30 minutes to get an allsups gut bomb.

Buccee”s is good. Stop there if you go by one. Not a destination. I stop traveling around Texas. Always clean huge restrooms. Prices aren’t cheap. They have a lot of stuff. Lots of selection. Beaver Nuggets are good.

However they did stop selling Diet Mountain Dew so I am concerned about them going Communist.

Agree

Do you hang around bathrooms a lot? That's weird

The stores in my area have plenty of tackle, granted it’s inshore/offshore stuff. Great prices too

Why on earth would you drive that far to go to a gas station? Have you never been to one?

Not driving 2 hours just to elbow through a crowd of fat stinky women with greasy hair smelling like they have been camping or at the lake all weekend without bathing or even jumping into the water to rinse the stank off, on my way to the biggest bathroom you have ever seen.

Lord help you if you get caught behind one of those big girls trying samples at the fudge counter. You could end up getting left behind!

No chance.

I have one about 20 minutes from me and I don’t go there unless it’s on the way to where I’m headed and I need something.

I dont get the buccees hate. It's a magical place with interesting and delicious things. That said absolutely not. But I stop when I pass one. Alsups is a true s hole with the worlds worst and oldest coffee, terrible fountain drinks and bathrooms with out of order signs, no soap, paper towels, and p all over the place from the minute they open the place..... I think they have a rule about never cleaning or repairing the bathrooms. And the gut bombs are horrible.

Only if I needed ice and it was within a reasonable driving distance (5 miles or less) other than that.....I'm good.

I like them but closest one is an hour away in the wrong direction from anywhere I regularly go.

Buc-ee’s has worked a tax deal with Caldwell County and announced they are going to replace the current Buc-ee’s in Luling with what they say will be the largest convience store in the world.

https://www.kxan.com/news/buc-ees-closer-to-expanding-caldwell-county-location/

Don't forget the sign on the bathroom door that reminds you not to eat the big white mint

I also forgot the meth monkeys that wander around in alsups at 5 in the morning.

Sometimes a nice little road trip is relaxing. Turn on some good music and sit back and enjoy the scenery. Stop at a good place to eat on way home and enjoy the day.

The problem with convenience store coffee is that it is set to the lowest common denominator, which is apparently people who don't really like the taste of coffee but want to be one of the cool kids drinking it anyway. It's colored water. They should make coffee for the rest of us and put a pitcher of water beside the pot for them so they can dilute theirs to the preferred weakness.

From what I've seen, they have the cheapest deer corn and ice.
Other than that, add at least $2 on top of the price for anything just because it came from Buc's.

Their beer prices are hard to beat.

They do have a pretty solid set of choices relating to rubs and sauces for cooking and the camping/cooking section always gets me for a few bucks!

You shut your filthy pie hole!

I would not drive that far just to go but I do stop there when I have to stop somewhere.

The store in Ennis has non ethanol gas and I get some for the lawn equipment a couple times a year.
My daughter's house is about 12 miles down the road that Bucee's is adjacent to in Ennis.

ok, so what I'm hearing is don't go, it's simply a gas station..then several comments on why would I drive to a gas station (other posts have told me it's more than that maybe they were wrong)

then that I might be mentally ill for going there..or that my elevator might not be going to the top

was thinking they had unusual treats including brisket, which is not sold anywhere here that I'm aware of

so which is it TFF....Bucee's is just a gas station or more than that?

then many comments saying never go at all and that you couldn't pay someone to go to Bucees

I prefer Buc-Ee's over the other stations around here. They have cheaper gas, best bathrooms, and a plethora of scenery to remove that worn out le syndrome from driving.

I'm lucky...I can get to of them in either route from my house so I usually base it off that.

Go, enjoy the drive, and enjoy what Buc-Ee's has to offer.

When you are up that way, go. If you don't go you will survive.

Thanks for that heads up. I'll be looking at that next time.

I was at Buckee's in New Braunfels last Tuesday morning filling up the boat and headed to Canyon lake and had a young woman come up asking for a ride. Not a looker but not a hag either. My head was on a pivot as I told her I did not give strangers a ride.
Watched her go approach another guy by himself as I was pumping gas. Filled up as fast as I could to get in the cab where my "buddy" was. Normally go in to go to the bathroom but that day I didn't take any chances and just waited until I got to the lake to relieve myself.

When they opened the one in Royse City, they offered a Buc-ees credit card that gave 20 cents off per gallon. Since they usually have the lowest prices around here, I got one of the cards, but I pay it off every month. After two years they dropped it to 10 cents per gallon and it was no longer the lowest priced gas but for me (I live about 7 miles from there and I go by there several times a week) it was still pretty good and they do sell alcohol free gas for boat and all my small engines so I still go there most times.

Just a two weeks ago they announced a new program that gives 5% off EVERYTHING in their store (was only gas before) if you use their card. So at $4.15 a gallon that drops it to $3.94 or about 20.75 cents a gallon so it is now pretty good again.

I would not drive out of my way to go to one but since I pass by there several times a week anyway, why not!

Think of it as a massive gas station, with a "mall of america" level snack store which also sell's soft and hardline merchandise

We stop at Buc-Ees and several other places on our 2 1/2 hour trip to 407bbq.

Clean restrooms and good snacks. Really sux when you can't get a pump with 60+...

There's one 5 minutes from my office.....I've never been in it

We have a high percentage of get off my lawn, cheapo, old men types here. They dont like much of anything, You cant really listen to them. I wouldnt make a special trip but when you do find yourself close to one absolutely stop.

It's a lot more than just a gas station.

If it’s something that interests you and your family, by all means do it. Why let these old curmudgeons influence your decisions? The quicker you learn not to let the irrational mentality in here help assist in your daily life and decision making, the quicker you will become that independent, thoughtful, caring, and compassionate person that your family wants you to be…….YOU GOT DIS’!

They have a selection of candied nuts that are seriously like crack, you have been warned. I wouldn't spend the money to drive there, but definitely stop if there is one one the way.



That brought back memories!

No, I wouldn't. Bucees is overrated imho

I will say this as well, there is no bbq joint I would wait for hours to eat. it's just not that good.

Buc-ees now has lot lizzards?

I wouldn't wait hours to eat anywhere...ever.

good point.

Down there they are called River Rats

Today, we loaded the kids up and went to Bucees in Denton. I am 10 miles south. Kids loaded up on lots of special treats you can't find other places. I have mentioned here before that they discontinued the malt balls. It has been very difficult for me to forgive them, but I am trying to stay positive. I got some of their circus cookies to try. I also picked up sour cherries and cinnamon gummy bears.
Our Bucees has a giant section of Texas souvenirs. I wonder what the out of state Bucees will have.

This.
For the wife it's a must-stop along the way - can't not stop in if it's right there just off the highway.

Never thought this topic would still be getting posts after 6 days.

Depends. If I needed a gift basket of candied nuts, a fire pit, some pickled okra, several pounds of jerky, 100lbs of ice, deer corn, a living room recliner in Realtree pattern, and a table lamp made out of a fake antler, I just might to nail it all in one trip.

and a 50 cent increase in a gallon of gas lol