Picture this: you’re cruising down Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio, stomach growling, gas tank dipping, and you spot a beaver mascot grinning from a billboard.
Welcome to Buc-ee’s in New Braunfels, Texas, where the so-called “convenience store” label feels like calling the Grand Canyon a ditch.
This place breaks every unwritten rule about rest stops: it’s massive instead of cramped, spotless instead of sketchy, and packed with fresh-made barbecue instead of sad hotdogs spinning under heat lamps…