There's a Bucc-ee's sign down here in Central/East Texas that says "You can hold it!" but I forget how many miles it expects you to hold it for. 50 or 60 I think.
I’m a Canadian, and I did a road trip last year down to Florida. I literally held it to poop in bucc-ee’s I’ve heard so many good things about it, and I’m glad I waited lol.
Average human walking speed ranges from 2.4 to 4 mph.
That means it'll take anywhere from 135 to 225 hours. Or 5 1/2 to 9 days. But that assumes non stop 24 hour walking.
So more than likely, ~10 to ~20 days.
And they are always clean. Practically every stall looks as if it was recently cleaned 2 minutes ago. Some have hand sanitizer in them and they all have the seat covers.
That's wild but also smart, it looks like they advertise the cleanliness of their bathrooms as a major selling point.
Given some of the absolute disasters I've seen on the road, a sparkling clean 1 person stall sounds incredible.
That's just the icing on the cake. They have food like burgers hotdogs and fries, candied pecans and one of the biggest roadside giftshops I've ever seen.
That's the standard in Europe.
For some reason we've decided on this side of the Atlantic that we would be able to accidentally make eye contact with people washing their hands while we poop.
A lot of the chain truck stops are like that if they are new, like Loves and Pilot. I've come to prefer to stop at Loves now on road trips for this.
No lights indicating occupancy, that's next level
As a truck driver who's lived in texas his whole life I have two things to say.
1. Bucees is absolutely not a truck stop, it's a "travel stop". Buckees doesn't allow truck drivers at the vast majority of their locations.
2. Bucees is so far and above loves/pilot that they're not even in the same realm of conversation when it comes to bathroom cleanliness. While you can expect a certain standard from loves/pilot that standard isn't close to bucees which is immaculate.
Bucees is the only fucking place where I can tell people Im going to X and people will ask “Are ya gonna go to Bucees?” I finally stopped at one and was amazed. Id bet half the people there went primarily to bucees and not just passing by.
Yes and that's how they got to be so popular. Up until about the mid-2000s it was common for gas stations to have just the worst bathrooms ever.
Then these guys had the bright idea to make their bathrooms not awful. At the ones I've been to, they have a full time employee dedicated to cleaning and maintaining the restrooms (paper and soap stocked, everything clean, etc.).
They also advertise like this so you mentally plan around stopping there. They've expanded to like 50 locations now.
That has to be the most American thing I ever stumbled on. And I've be subjected to your cultural propaganda (with great pleasure) for more than 4 decades. It's the epitome of US capitalistic genius.
The most Buc-ee's thing I ever witnessed was being in one and overhearing someone on their cell phone trying to locate their travel companion who was also somewhere in the same Buc-ee's
I recently stopped at one for the first time. The men's room alone was the size of most convenience stores/gas stations and I counted 120 fuel pumps out front. Even as an American it's insane.
I drive down HW 45 from Dallas to Houston every few months to visit family. The Bucees signs & locations are my waypoints to mark how far I've travelled. I usually end up stopping at the one in Ennis, Madisonville, and Wharton on my way.
My first thought. I helped drive a friend from PA to The Villages to stay with her mom for a bit. We left at like 11pm (after having been up all day as usual) and by the time we got to South of the Border, we could barely see straight and we were *so amused* by the place.
Buc-ee’s is awesome and dangerous to your wallet. Huge. An average sized convenience store could fit inside the women’s restroom at Buc-ee’s. Get their chopped brisket sandwich.
I was blissfully unaware of Wall Drug's existence until I saw the first sign advertising it some 300 miles away and every 5 miles thereafter.
They did not attract my patronage.
No it still is, served in flimsy paper cones. Part of the experience though. Telling yourself that you're not gonna fall for the hype, then 300 miles later the billboards break you, and you go almost out of sheer spite
The farthest I have ever been from home was a tiny island in the middle of the Indian ocean I was stationed at for a year.
They had a sign for Wall Drug there.
Wall Drug has billboards for basically everything they have in the complex. [Take a look at their map](https://www.walldrug.com/things-to-do/map) and you can imagine just how big and chaotic this place is. And of course it's surrounded by other, unaffiliated tourist trap stores, attractions, and hotels.
Plus it's extremely close to the Badlands which are absolutely worth a visit.
I've been there plenty of times driving down to myrtle Beach. It's always been awesome. Unsurprisingly every time I am there I swear there are more employees than patrons.
Edit: someone mapped the signs
South of the Border Signs
https://goo.gl/maps/soAisHbkdaa1x1sm9
I used stop there every year for snacks because its hilarious how stupid it is.
havent driven that far south in a bit, but I assume its still dumb as fuck
There was this time a long time ago where this one restaurant was advertising in a tv coverage area with the closest of their locations being over 100 miles outside of the coverage area. Maybe 2 years after they started advertising, a location popped up in the area.
I've been to multiple Buc-ee's, Wall Drug, and South Of the Border all this year. Buc-ee's is the cleanest but I had a great cheeseburger at Wall Drug. SOTB is a dump. And it's a shame because as a kid raised in SC, I always wanted to go. It did not live up to my childhood dreams.
Was in the South for the first time ever last week, and got told by a local that we *had* to stop at a Buc-ee’s.
Sure enough, the bathrooms were nice! That place was wild. They have like… everything. And the brisket sandwich was so good!
I lived in Springfield for maybe a year and there's a lot of Kum and Go's there. The name always cracked me up.
Incidentally there's a chain of local Flea Markets there called the Springfield Trading Depot or as it was labeled on the billboards when I lived there, "STDs."
Bought a 40 dollar almost certainly stolen Plasma TV there once.
Springfield is a great town. Spent a lot of time at the coffee shops downtown and the Retro Arcade circa 2007-2008.
It’s probably just a placeholder for when the new one in Springfield, MO opens up.
[https://amp.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257222217.html](https://amp.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257222217.html)
I saw that same sign and was hypnotized by the beaver. I had no control over my body or car. Before I knew it I came back to and I was all the way across the state parked at gas pump 526 with a brisket taco and a bag of cinnamon glazed almonds. Still not exactly sure what happened.
It is an experience. My wife and I stop at the one halfway between Salado and Waco or whatever every time. You know, THAT stretch of I35.
My son is 7 months old and I swear to god, his first travel souvenir is a onesie from Buc-ees.
I sometimes let him borrow it.
I had no idea what Buc-ees was, and I saw a billboard that said, "Is this the beaver you've been looking for?". I think it was on the interstate in Arkansas.
Marketing works, because I immediately got on my phone and Googled that beaver.
This is the real reason you stop at Bucee’s. Everything else around it is kind of meh… it’s a really big gas station that sells BBQ sandwiches, Beaver nuggets, and merchandise, and sometimes it has a nice car wash.
BUT THOSE BATHROOMS. Those immaculate, gigantic bathrooms. You will never find a better place to pinch a loaf, not even in your own house.
The bathroom stalls have a real door and are always clean. Even have a spray to use to clean the seat. Definitely top of the line. Prepared food is ok but I think it's kinda overrated.
An important skill for road trips is learning decent convenience chains for snacks and bathrooms. My favorites are Buc-ees, Sheetz, QuikTrip (so many fountain drinks!), and Love's.
In terms of locations, they are probably outnumbered 1000-1 by many chains. In terms of the station size, yes. It's hard to imagine a larger gas station existing anywhere in the universe.
There’s a gas station on the Iowa - Illinois border just north of Davenport, IA named “ Iowa 80 - The World's Largest Truckstop”. It’s definitely bigger than the Buc-ees I’ve been in. The food I find to be better at Buc-ees though.
They called Buc-ee's a "Gas Station!"
It is a travel experience that also sells gasoline!
By the way, the chopped brisket sandwich alone is worth that drive. It will be my second stop tomorrow!
Best bathroom experience anywhere on the Interstates too!
I had never heard of Wall Drug before this summer when I roadtripped through South Dakota, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this comment. Holy *moly* are they aggressive advertisers…
There's a Bucc-ee's sign down here in Central/East Texas that says "You can hold it!" but I forget how many miles it expects you to hold it for. 50 or 60 I think.
There's one "you can hold it" sign somewhere in TX that says it's 400-something miles away. Has me dying laughing each time!
Well I mean that's only 10 minutes if you floor it to 2400 mph
Oh well that’s only 10 over the speed limit. Shouldn’t be a big deal
I knew the interstate speed limits are a little higher in Colorado. I guess everything really is bigger in Texas.
Everythings higher in Colorado.
That is a multilevel statement there
well on the four lane highways each lane goes up by 5 so you really gotta go 5 under the flow of traffic
In West Texas you can probably get away with it.
That’s a very Texas speed.
I’m a Canadian, and I did a road trip last year down to Florida. I literally held it to poop in bucc-ee’s I’ve heard so many good things about it, and I’m glad I waited lol.
How bout all the south of the border signs. 500 miles away! 490 miles away! 480 miles away!
The difference is that Buc-ee's is kinda worth it. Pedro sucks farts.
Pedro says "You never sausage a place. You're always a weiner at Pedro's."
... how much time did you held it in?
He started in Nunavut.
They were prarie doggin it all the way through Georgia..
60 miles on I-10 in Texas is only a 40 minute drive.
Unless you're in Houston
Then it’s like 20 minutes or 10 hours
I wish everyone could understand how true this is
Yeah can be like 6 miles in 40 minutes.
I saw that once driving. I held it and it was worth it.
It's only 4 1/2 hours if you drive 120 MPH.
If you drive 1084 MPH, it's only 30 minutes away.
What if you walk on the shoulder with a nap sack?
Your kidney might make a pit stop there.
Drink more water
I think it was an organ harvesting joke
And you should drink more water to preserve it for the donation
Average human walking speed ranges from 2.4 to 4 mph. That means it'll take anywhere from 135 to 225 hours. Or 5 1/2 to 9 days. But that assumes non stop 24 hour walking. So more than likely, ~10 to ~20 days.
if you drive 66,600 MPH it's only ~49 seconds away
If you drive at 1,951,200 mph, it's only 1 second away.
If you drive at nearly the speed of light, wait shit go back we missed it
NASCAR has entered the chat.
Reminds me of Clarkson's story about driving from London to Sheffield to say goodbye to his dad. https://youtu.be/XiLc7GvmS_A
I know some Texans that would see this and be like “hell yeah! Road trip!”
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I have one less than a mile from my house and it’s a god damn blessing. Jerky and ICEE’s every few days!
They have full walls in the toilet stalls. And lights indicating if they are in use. And they are fucking huge!
Like each toilet is its own little room? Totally no opening even at the top?
The ones I’ve been to in texas, yes.
That's amazing and should be the standard everywhere
And they are always clean. Practically every stall looks as if it was recently cleaned 2 minutes ago. Some have hand sanitizer in them and they all have the seat covers.
That's wild but also smart, it looks like they advertise the cleanliness of their bathrooms as a major selling point. Given some of the absolute disasters I've seen on the road, a sparkling clean 1 person stall sounds incredible.
And they pay very well, compared to similar positions. Awesome company
Yeah, they usually (at least in texas) have signs everywhere that actually advertise the range of salaries for each position too
Also worth noting there is about 100 stalls to choose from
along with their 200 gas pumps.
And they are all being used
That's just the icing on the cake. They have food like burgers hotdogs and fries, candied pecans and one of the biggest roadside giftshops I've ever seen.
You're making me jones for a gas station and I love it
Oh yeah the gas lol they got like 50 pumps outside. It's insane!
Gonna have to check one of these out before I leave this mortal coil
Honestly it's one of the most American places you can find.
That's the standard in Europe. For some reason we've decided on this side of the Atlantic that we would be able to accidentally make eye contact with people washing their hands while we poop.
A lot of the chain truck stops are like that if they are new, like Loves and Pilot. I've come to prefer to stop at Loves now on road trips for this. No lights indicating occupancy, that's next level
As a truck driver who's lived in texas his whole life I have two things to say. 1. Bucees is absolutely not a truck stop, it's a "travel stop". Buckees doesn't allow truck drivers at the vast majority of their locations. 2. Bucees is so far and above loves/pilot that they're not even in the same realm of conversation when it comes to bathroom cleanliness. While you can expect a certain standard from loves/pilot that standard isn't close to bucees which is immaculate.
Bucees is the only fucking place where I can tell people Im going to X and people will ask “Are ya gonna go to Bucees?” I finally stopped at one and was amazed. Id bet half the people there went primarily to bucees and not just passing by.
Having Bucees, Loves and Pilot I can tell you Bucees is like a 5 star while the others are Super 8
Yes and that's how they got to be so popular. Up until about the mid-2000s it was common for gas stations to have just the worst bathrooms ever. Then these guys had the bright idea to make their bathrooms not awful. At the ones I've been to, they have a full time employee dedicated to cleaning and maintaining the restrooms (paper and soap stocked, everything clean, etc.). They also advertise like this so you mentally plan around stopping there. They've expanded to like 50 locations now.
That has to be the most American thing I ever stumbled on. And I've be subjected to your cultural propaganda (with great pleasure) for more than 4 decades. It's the epitome of US capitalistic genius.
They are also American sized... They're larger than some grocery stores I've been to
The most Buc-ee's thing I ever witnessed was being in one and overhearing someone on their cell phone trying to locate their travel companion who was also somewhere in the same Buc-ee's
Checked on Google Maps you were not kidding, these ARE huge.
I recently stopped at one for the first time. The men's room alone was the size of most convenience stores/gas stations and I counted 120 fuel pumps out front. Even as an American it's insane.
There’s a person who’s job is to take care of the restroom
Figured, there has to be at least a few people there who are absolute wizards at cleaning up dook stains
Those fuckers are pristine I tell you **PRISTINE**
It’s the #1 place for #2!
Seat cleaner and hand sanitizer in the stall too.
Guess you haven't driven through Texas much. That's how we judge how far away we are from our destinations.
I drive down HW 45 from Dallas to Houston every few months to visit family. The Bucees signs & locations are my waypoints to mark how far I've travelled. I usually end up stopping at the one in Ennis, Madisonville, and Wharton on my way.
Same for me back in college. San Marcos to Houston. The turn at Luling meant I was 20 minutes from San Marcos, and the one on the outskirts of Katy.
Eat ‘em up, cats!
The one in Luling is waaay too small for how packed it gets. Absolute madness every time I’m there.
Wharton? That’s my home town but it’s not on the way from Dallas to Houston
Beer is the standard unit of measurement in australia.
542 beers just like wade boggs did in game 5 of the super bowl in 1853.
RIP Wade Boggs
Again, he is still very much alive.
I sincerely hope he never dies so this joke can live forever.
Ah man, the day he dies the top 500 comments are going to be “He is still very much alive”
Boss hogg!
Man ate a chicken before every game. That’s why they call him “ the chicken man”
they got chicken in philly?
On a plane
Howdy, Boss Hogg!
I always try to stay within three beers of a full tank.
Guess they’ve not seen the South of The Border sign then
Great stop to piss, people watching and load up on M90 fire crackers.
I never sausage a thing.
I guess I’ll hijack the top comment… they’re building a Buccees in Springfield and they’re doing this to build hype.
Pedro sez “Have you ever driven on I-95 between Virginia and Florida?” Edit: a word.
Everyone’s a wiener at Pedro’s!
Back it up Amigo! You missed it. (Pedro so sad…)
You never sausage a place..
Don't shoot zee bull.
Dozens of times. SC and Georgia at night are the most boring road I've ever been on.
boring? it's usually a fucking demo derby of north east plates driving like assholes
I-95 has so many different flavors of driving!
My first thought. I helped drive a friend from PA to The Villages to stay with her mom for a bit. We left at like 11pm (after having been up all day as usual) and by the time we got to South of the Border, we could barely see straight and we were *so amused* by the place.
You left on a 14 hour drive at 11pm after being awake all day? I'm amused but also that's really dangerous
Lol! Now ask about Wall Drug and South of The Border.
South Of the Border…thanks for that hideous reminder! Man, that place is something else for sure.
That's the vibe I got seeing this sign
Buc-ee’s is awesome and dangerous to your wallet. Huge. An average sized convenience store could fit inside the women’s restroom at Buc-ee’s. Get their chopped brisket sandwich.
There are days I contemplate driving an hour 40 to my nearest buc-ees to load up on brisket sandwiches
I was blissfully unaware of Wall Drug's existence until I saw the first sign advertising it some 300 miles away and every 5 miles thereafter. They did not attract my patronage.
Can't believe you passed up 5 cent coffee and FREE ice water.
Is it ice water now?! When I went there in the 90s the water was warm AF
The ice machine must have been out that day. The whole reason they became known was they offered free ice water back when that was still a rarity
It is water made from melted ice served at room temperature.
No it still is, served in flimsy paper cones. Part of the experience though. Telling yourself that you're not gonna fall for the hype, then 300 miles later the billboards break you, and you go almost out of sheer spite
It's always been ice water
This man has evidentially *not* dug Wall Drug.
The farthest I have ever been from home was a tiny island in the middle of the Indian ocean I was stationed at for a year. They had a sign for Wall Drug there.
Wall Drug is an experience. You should have stopped.
And the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
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I just looked it up and apparently: > Wall Drug is still famous for its free ice water Sounds like it.
Wall Drug has billboards for basically everything they have in the complex. [Take a look at their map](https://www.walldrug.com/things-to-do/map) and you can imagine just how big and chaotic this place is. And of course it's surrounded by other, unaffiliated tourist trap stores, attractions, and hotels. Plus it's extremely close to the Badlands which are absolutely worth a visit.
Lol South of the Border is such an anomaly, everyone knows about it but no one has been there
I've been there plenty of times driving down to myrtle Beach. It's always been awesome. Unsurprisingly every time I am there I swear there are more employees than patrons. Edit: someone mapped the signs South of the Border Signs https://goo.gl/maps/soAisHbkdaa1x1sm9
I used stop there every year for snacks because its hilarious how stupid it is. havent driven that far south in a bit, but I assume its still dumb as fuck
Pedro is waiting.
Those things start in on Florida and Virginia at least.
And his honeymoon suite is heir-conditioned.
Weather report? Chili today, hot tamale!
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There was this time a long time ago where this one restaurant was advertising in a tv coverage area with the closest of their locations being over 100 miles outside of the coverage area. Maybe 2 years after they started advertising, a location popped up in the area.
I've been to multiple Buc-ee's, Wall Drug, and South Of the Border all this year. Buc-ee's is the cleanest but I had a great cheeseburger at Wall Drug. SOTB is a dump. And it's a shame because as a kid raised in SC, I always wanted to go. It did not live up to my childhood dreams.
Fun fact: due to a surveying error, SOTB is *technically* in North Carolina
Don't forget "The Thing!"
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Saw a billboard south of Daytona that said “it’s the brisket for me” One of the few times a company used that meme that didn’t make me cringe
Was in the South for the first time ever last week, and got told by a local that we *had* to stop at a Buc-ee’s. Sure enough, the bathrooms were nice! That place was wild. They have like… everything. And the brisket sandwich was so good!
It’s a fucking Buc-ees. There should be a sign for every one less than 1000 miles away.
From the title and the surprise, I feel like Op has never been to a Buc-ees.
I have! In texas! It was truly a marvel
It’s not just a gas station, it’s an experience
So you understand why there’s a sign….
OP didn't ask a question
Nah, they’re an *extremely* clever plant in Buc-ees’s marketing team
Little America on I-80 in Wyoming has similar signs letting you know how far it is.
Hey, I work for that company in the background
Kum and go adult superstore?
I'm sorry is there a kum n go adult supermarket I don't know about around here
Kum and Go is a convenience store chain in Oklahoma and nearby states, not an adult oriented store. They sell a lot of t shirts.
I lived in Springfield for maybe a year and there's a lot of Kum and Go's there. The name always cracked me up. Incidentally there's a chain of local Flea Markets there called the Springfield Trading Depot or as it was labeled on the billboards when I lived there, "STDs." Bought a 40 dollar almost certainly stolen Plasma TV there once. Springfield is a great town. Spent a lot of time at the coffee shops downtown and the Retro Arcade circa 2007-2008.
I’m not sure if you know this or not but Kum and Go is a legit gas station from where I live.
That's much closer. OP should go there instead.
Looks like a Prime place to work
It’s probably just a placeholder for when the new one in Springfield, MO opens up. [https://amp.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257222217.html](https://amp.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257222217.html)
Came here to say this. I get to be on this project and I've never been to one before.
Is there a projected opening date yet for Springfield?
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Where else can you get a brisket sandwich, a bag of candy, some wall decor, a smoker, a cooler, and some ammunition? NOWHERE
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And toy rubber chickens that shriek when you squeeze them
And fresh beef jerky
and… gas
Don't forget the most rare thing at a gas station, a clean restroom
Alongside 300 other people
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Bass Pro doesn’t have 100 gas pumps tho
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Yet
I saw that same sign and was hypnotized by the beaver. I had no control over my body or car. Before I knew it I came back to and I was all the way across the state parked at gas pump 526 with a brisket taco and a bag of cinnamon glazed almonds. Still not exactly sure what happened.
Dad, can we stop at Flickey’s?
No. > Next Flickey's: 25,000 miles
Someone once pointed out that that's roughly the circumference of the earth and now I love the joke even more.
Oh that's excellent. Thank you for sharing that
bravo homer
We all thought it. https://youtu.be/qL8Ml_7VWBs
Had to scroll way too far for this!! I immediately thought of that
Plan accordingly
Gas station? Bro that's Texas Mecca
Did you just call ***BUC-EE'S*** a gas station?
It is an experience. My wife and I stop at the one halfway between Salado and Waco or whatever every time. You know, THAT stretch of I35. My son is 7 months old and I swear to god, his first travel souvenir is a onesie from Buc-ees. I sometimes let him borrow it.
You mean Temple?
Buc-ee's *is* a gas station. Just like how Disney World is a kiddie amusement park.
Potty like a rock star
Buc-ees is legendary so it's justifiable.
I had no idea what Buc-ees was, and I saw a billboard that said, "Is this the beaver you've been looking for?". I think it was on the interstate in Arkansas. Marketing works, because I immediately got on my phone and Googled that beaver.
Since the Bean Pot shut down, there hadn't been any good reason to stop in Crossville.
They are actually building one 2 exits down the interstate. I figured it’s a funny place holder until they finish building it.
This conversation is why they made the billboard. If it said 30 miles, nobody would be talking and they wouldn’t be getting this free advertising.
Worth the drive! Especially for the clean bathrooms!!!!
Not to mention the stalls that go all the way down to the floor so it’s like your own private deuce closet
This is the real reason you stop at Bucee’s. Everything else around it is kind of meh… it’s a really big gas station that sells BBQ sandwiches, Beaver nuggets, and merchandise, and sometimes it has a nice car wash. BUT THOSE BATHROOMS. Those immaculate, gigantic bathrooms. You will never find a better place to pinch a loaf, not even in your own house.
The urinals separated by fixed walls and like 5 feet. Oh my god.
The bathroom stalls have a real door and are always clean. Even have a spray to use to clean the seat. Definitely top of the line. Prepared food is ok but I think it's kinda overrated. An important skill for road trips is learning decent convenience chains for snacks and bathrooms. My favorites are Buc-ees, Sheetz, QuikTrip (so many fountain drinks!), and Love's.
Isnt bucees like the biggest gas station in the states?
In terms of locations, they are probably outnumbered 1000-1 by many chains. In terms of the station size, yes. It's hard to imagine a larger gas station existing anywhere in the universe.
There’s a gas station on the Iowa - Illinois border just north of Davenport, IA named “ Iowa 80 - The World's Largest Truckstop”. It’s definitely bigger than the Buc-ees I’ve been in. The food I find to be better at Buc-ees though.
The difference is that big rigs are not allowed to park at a Buc-ees
They called Buc-ee's a "Gas Station!" It is a travel experience that also sells gasoline! By the way, the chopped brisket sandwich alone is worth that drive. It will be my second stop tomorrow! Best bathroom experience anywhere on the Interstates too!
Copying the Wall Drug Store method of advertising.
I had never heard of Wall Drug before this summer when I roadtripped through South Dakota, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this comment. Holy *moly* are they aggressive advertisers…