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Would You Drive 2 Hours To Visit A Buc-ee’s?

Gas is gas, right? Who cares where you get it? Don’t say that to a fan of Buc-ee’s. These folks are pretty passionate about this particular gas station chain. At…

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Gas is gas, right? Who cares where you get it? Don't say that to a fan of Buc-ee's.

These folks are pretty passionate about this particular gas station chain. At the recent grand opening in Daytona on the northeast side of the I95/LPGA Boulevard interchange, thousands of customers turned out.

A man named John Porter and his wife Debbie drove more than an hour to visit a Buc-ee's. "It's kind of like a cult following. Nothing was here last week and now in three days this place is just mobbed with people buying and enjoying themselves."

This new Buc-ee's is only the second Buc-ee's in Florida (there's another in St. Augustine). It's got 104-fuel pump and is the largest gas station in Florida. Buc-ee's is a Texas-based chain, as you might guess (everything is bigger in Texas). Buc-ee's are larger than a lot of supermarkets. The one in Daytona Beach is 53,000 square feet.

Jason and Gina Young moved to Florida from Ohio and were excited to check out the Buc-ee's. "We heard about the beef jerky and the Beaver Nuggets so we wanted to see what was good and try them out. The store is just phenomenal."

Fester is dying to go. He tried to drag MJ with him this passed weekend.

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