Just For Him is a nice pipe store and they can and do give loyal customers the unicorns.
Ruminations on the Prosperity of Springfield
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Thirty miles east or west of Springfield on I-44 is part of the Springfield metro area.
A Wilson’s Creek, the old Wire Road allowed our gallant and loyal Missouri boys to sally forth out of Springfield and that same road saved them when the rebels and the Arkansawyers won the battle, to retreat to Springfield and safety.
The Wire Road was made into Route 66 and later Interstate 44.
The rebels had more glamorous names than our side.
It’s hard to top Claiborne Fox Jackson and Sterling “Pappy” Price for cool.
And General Lyon was a brave but arrogant fool that paid the same price as Custer did for being dumb, but his army escaped.
But the Union forces held Springfield and with it Missouri, and in the end provided a name for Battlefield Mall.
30 miles on 60 is more my area. Still is pretty close to Springfield, though you start to see it fade past the James.Thirty miles east or west of Springfield on I-44 is part of the Springfield metro area.
A Wilson’s Creek, the old Wire Road allowed our gallant and loyal Missouri boys to sally forth out of Springfield and that same road saved them when the rebels and the Arkansawyers won the battle, to retreat to Springfield and safety.
The Wire Road was made into Route 66 and later Interstate 44.
The rebels had more glamorous names than our side.
It’s hard to top Claiborne Fox Jackson and Sterling “Pappy” Price for cool.
And General Lyon was a brave but arrogant fool that paid the same price as Custer did for being dumb.
But the Union forces held Springfield and with it Missouri, and in the end provided a name for Battlefield Mall.
I did a candlelight tour of the Battlefield a couple years ago. Pretty neat.
Yeah Just For Him is a great shop. And they have all kinds of stuff not just pipes and tobacco related
The highway signs to Wilson’s Creek need replaced and enlarged, but the information system is vastly improved over years ago, and the park is lovingly maintained.
Take a look at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service) - https://www.nps.gov/wicr/index.htm
Millions of people drive by just a few miles away on I-44 and their kids use Buc-ee’s famously clean rest rooms and they don’t imagine there’s such a hidden jewel a few miles south of the interstate.
Every other Saturday they shoot the cannons.
Take a look at this event at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Event Details (U.S. National Park Service) - https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=7A69B0C6-DB2B-8B46-D2AD45326EAF46EA
And while there are horse trails and walking paths for the younger folks, my wife didn’t have to get out of our Suburban in the blistering heat to enjoy the entire tour.
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Here’s a good commentary on the trucker ban.
3 Surprising Reasons Behind Buc-ee's Infamous Truck Ban
Buc-ee’s, a growing chain of massive convenience stores, has taken the South by storm. In addition to clean bathrooms, better-than-average gas station food and cheap gas, Buc-ee’s has built a reputation for being a family-friendly road trip oasis. However, the tractor-trailer ban is part of that...
www.thesmokies.com
What they don’t say is every huge truck stop attracts lot lizards, and there’s usually adult video stores, gentleman’s clubs, and cheap motels nearby.
Truck stops and Buc-ee’s cater to two different worlds.
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Ive been to several Bucees in my travels. They truly have everything you need. One in Texas was as big as a super Walmart. Their Beaver Nuggets are kinda addicting. They are just Carmel corn, but made with puffed corn instead of popcorn.
Another thing about Buc-ee’s is there’s no place to sit, inside or out.
No loafers. Use the clean rest rooms, buy your stuff, and then go on down the road.
And about the only things in the store that aren’t cheap imports are the to go food and enormous bbq grills they have outside. Lookit my $20 thermal mug!
It’s a 7-11 the size and as glorious as the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
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Something about the look on that beaver's face, don't know whether I want to pat him or clap him around the back of the head.
At the Springfield Buc-ee’s in front of the main entrance there’s a large brass sculpture of Buc-ee the Beaver and mothers take their phones and shoot photos of their daughters all posing around the sculpture and his head is worn slick. The other Buc-ee’s locations must have that same brass sculpture, because they head right to it.
A generation from now those young girls will take their daughters to Buc-ee’s, if they keep everything there shiny and new and there’s no truckers around to leer at then.
What marketing genius, set all this up?
Buc-ees is trying to break into the Wisconsin market and a lot of us are unimpressed. This is Kwik Trip country and those gas stations don’t need to be massive to provide great food and immaculate shitters.
Another thing about Buc-ee’s is there’s no place to sit, inside or out.
No loafers. Use the clean rest rooms, buy your stuff, and then go on down the road.
And about the only things in the store that aren’t cheap imports are the to go food and enormous bbq grills they have outside. Lookit my $20 thermal mug!
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It’s … as glorious as the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
You obviously haven’t traveled.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame was n Strasbourg… today.