We spent 9 days over Thanksgiving in Fayetteville, Arkansas. You may remember we'd been there before and we really liked the park so we went back. We stayed in the same site and it was just as nice as we remembered. It was over the weekend of the Arkansas-Ole Miss football game so it was pretty crowded. It was a bit of a surprise that Arkansas won and it has now been announced that Arkansas will be playing Kansas in the Liberty Bowl on December 28.
It wasn't practical to cook a turkey so we made a trip to Honey Baked Ham to get a few slices of ham. But the "main event" was a big pan of my grandmother's stuffing recipe - I wish I'd asked at some point where she got the recipe. My mother always used her mother-in-law's recipe as we were growing up and now it has become a tradition in our family.
How many generations have made this? Is it stuffing when it's not cooked in the bird?
A few days later we headed east. And made a fun stop along the way!
I had never heard of Buc-ee's before I became part of the "RV-ing" world and people would get excited when they were near a Buc-ee's. So here it was right along the highway - time to check it out.
The little guy welcomed us.
Buc-ee's states that since their inception in 1982, they have been committed to providing a clean, friendly, and in stock experience for customers. Regardless of which location you visit, if the store is big or small, the mission remains the same. The cleanest restrooms in America! In 2012, Cintas ran a nationwide restroom contest and made it official - the New Braunfels, Texas Buc-ee's won!
No, I didn't take a picture but there were probably 30 immaculate stalls in the women's room plus whatever the men had. It really was an experience just going to the bathroom.
The size of the store was really incredible - we heard someone call it the WalMart of convenience stores.
It was lunch time and the employees were bustling trying to get pre-made sandwiches, burritos, etc. ready for people to pick up.
You could finish your Christmas shopping in here!
Since we'd left our Christmas decorations in storage, we decided to take home a Buc-ee's souvenir to add to the little display we had in our trailer.
It makes a nice addition to the couch.
Okay, back to Buc-ee's. It's a perfect place to fill up.
Can you believe the number of gas pumps?
We were back on the road and finished our trip. But look what we saw when we got off the exit to the next RV park?
Building above silver car - sign above red truck
Can you see what's coming soon? Yep - BUC-EE'S!!!!!! Now we'll have to come back to see the finished product.
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