While big-box and boutique stores were filled Friday with bargain hunters, bathroom hunters lined Buc-ees on their way to and from holiday feasts with family and friends. Others were taking a long weekend away, lured by everything from reunions with high school gal pals to the Texas Renaissance Festival northwest of Houston.

Regardless, the rules of the road dictated a stop. And maybe some shopping. Some travelers picked up stocking stuffers: Maria Garcia, for example, snagged a Texas beer T-shirt for her son.

“Yeah, you could Christmas shop here,” replied Garcia, of Cuero, when asked if this was the start of her gift-buying.

She wasnt done yet, Garcia said. Buc-ees was a stopover on her way to the San Marcos outlet shops.

Lydia Langston, of Pearsall, headed to Louisiana for a get-together after Thanksgiving with her family, shopped for herself. With a long way to go, she was making a brief stop in Luling for food.Lots of back-and-forth travel is becoming the norm for holidays, Langston said.

“So many folks are from blended families that you have more than one occasion,” she said.

via Holiday travelers make Buc-ees pit stop – Houston Chronicle.