We Went To Buc-ees Today!!

[greybeard]

Soileau is pronounced swallow.

Stuckeys @ Anahuac is just a shadow of it's former self. I pass it frequently when we go to brother's beach house on Bolivar.

There used to be another Texas roadside 'attraction--mostly on old US 90 before they built Interstate 10.

Treasures, trinkets, and trash. Texas souvenirs mostly--back in the 50s, one of them had little clay pots with lids claiming to be "ashes from the Alamo".

Stuckeys was bought by a big corporation in the 70s,(Pet Milk) and they did not manage it well--went from 350 stores down to 70. It is now again owned and managed by one of the Stuckey family and nationwide, now has over 200 franchises. There is another Stuckeys on I-10 right as you get into Beaumont.
Trivia question:
From whence did the idea for the words on the 5 little red signs leading up my long driveway originate? (the last sign would give it away, thus the question marks)
Cattle Ahead
Means You Drive Slow.
That old Bull
Is Some Cow's Beau.
????? ?????

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

Didn't they used to do those type of signs for some kind of aftershave or something? Although given this string I wonder if it's for a gas station. Regardless, I think they're fun, and I love the ones you have! "That old Bull Is Some Cow's Beau" is priceless!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Burma Shave! I cheated though...Google knows everything.

 

[greybeard]

I also remember this one:

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

I'd heard about Buccees for some time but had never gone. Always wondered what the big deal was about going to a gas station; that is until my mom and I stopped at the one in Temple on the way to Austin early last fall. Wow!! It was amazing! Totally loved it! I know whenever we go by a Buccees again, we'll be stopping. So glad to hear one's opening up in Ft/W; that'll be the closest one to me.

 

[GLENMAR]

You guys in the south have some strange stuff.

 

[Baymule]

You guys in the south have some strange stuff.

But we sure have a lot of fun!!