Wednesday, July 31, 2013

You Have to Pee to Believe!

If you don't live in or near Texas, too bad, so sad for you!  Not only do we have Blue Bell ice cream, bluebonnets in the springtime, and the Eagle Ford Shale (thank you, Jesus!), we have Buc-ee's:




What, pray tell, is Buc-ee's?  I'm so glad you asked.  Google it.  Go ahead, I'll wait.... 

FYI, that Wikipedia entry you just read doesn't do Buc-ee's justice.  If you have children, live in Texas, and enjoy family road trips, then Buc-ee's is your place.  If you like one-stop shopping, Buc-ee's has it all. From Yeti coolers to Duck Dynasty gear; specialty jerky to Dr Pepper Icees;  gasoline to homemade fudge, if Buc-ee's doesn't have it, you don't need it.  I'm not kidding.  I am in love with this place.
  
Fudge aside, the biggest draw for germ freaks like me is the fact that the restrooms at Buc-ee's are immaculate. I swear, your kid could dump his bag of Beaver Nuggets on the floor in there and you wouldn't have to worry about enforcing the five second rule.  



There are toilet seat wipes, toilet seat covers, and Purell dispensers INSIDE each stall.  Never will you find an empty toilet paper roll.  More Purell dispensers, automatic soap dispensers, water faucets and  paper towel dispensers await you at the hand washing area.  Another plus is the fact that you won't have to open any doors when you leave the restroom area after your hands are clean.  Stop at any given Buc-ee's location in the great state of Texas, and you will find a janitor in the restroom area scanning her territory for any sign of grime, filth or general grossness.  It's amazing.

Truth be told, only Disney World can rival the cleanliness of a Buc-ee's.  (If you don't believe me, just ask the Boy Child. Last year, we had barely made it inside the gates of those hallowed grounds when he needed a potty break. After he took care of business, he came running out shouting, "Mom!  Mom!! These restrooms are BETTER THAN BUC-EE'S!!!").  I am sure Arch "Beaver" Aplin III and Don Wasek would be pleased to know that their facilities rank right up there with Walt's on the cleanliness-is-next-to-Godliness scale.

We appreciate clean restrooms (and awesome beef jerky) so much that my children have been known to begin chanting, "BUC-EE'S, BUC-EE'S, BUC-EE'S!!!" when we come upon signs like these:  



Are these great, or what?!  How could you not stop?  

The only bad thing about stopping at Buc-ee's is that most of the time we are in a rush.  Get in, "P" happy, wash hands, choose snacks, get gas and get back on the road.  We've got places to be and people to see. A few days ago, however, we had the luxury of stopping at Buc-ee's for longer than 12 minutes.  That day, Buc-ee's was the destination, people.  We were meeting Grandma and Nanny C. to pick up a kiddo.  We could spend as much time as we liked perusing all the goodies.  Oh what fun!


Beaver "Pillow Pets"


Jelly and Such

Beaver Bottoms

Yay!  Fudge!


We ended up spending about 30-45 minutes inside.  Sausage on a stick, fudge sampler packs, jumbo beef jerky, a BB-Q brisket sandwich, Icees and we were good to go.  Oh, and lest I forget:  a new Duck Commander t-shirt for the Girl Child.  (She still had birthday money burning a hole in her pocket).  We didn't get the obligatory photo op with the huge stuffed Buc-ee's beaver mascot this time because the children would not cooperate.  (Something about me "always taking too many pictures").  Luckily for me, we have at least two more road trips on the books before school starts again.  I promise you, I can hold it till we make it to Buc-ee's!










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