Buc-ee’s: A Bizarre Slice of American Excess (but I Like It)

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I’d never heard of Buc-ee’s until maybe 2021-ish.

Although, I’d seen the beaver around.

Someone in my neighborhood had inflatable one at Christmas:

An Inflatable Buc-ee’s Beaver, c. Christmas 2023
I’m pretty sure I also saw a vampire beaver at Halloween once, too.

But then my parents took a trip to Texas and came back talking about this magical place with walls filled top-to-bottom with beef jerky, and brisket sandwiches that were too good to be true, and I decided I had to see this someday for myself.

Someday came in March 2025.

I was headed to Nashville for a few weeks, and began to see the signs for the Smith-Grove location