
2M Smokehouse the lone San Antonio spot on list of Texas' top rib spots.I went to every Buc-ee's location in Texas.

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There were go-karts for those who felt the need for speed before Goose and Maverick made aviator glasses cool again.Īnd there were the video games. There were bumper boats in which a seventh-grade boy could impress the seventh-grade girl in the face of foes from faraway middle schools from other school districts. There were batting cages that had the power to - if visited with frequency - turn anyone into Pete Rose or, at least, Kelly Leak.

There was the mini-golf course, where many a Carl Spackler-inspired Cinderella story emerged.
