THIS IS HOW REAL AMERICA LIVES, WORKS, DRIVES, AND VACATIONS: 75,000 square foot Buc-ee's opens in Luling, Texas, along Interstate 10.

Stores like these are great. They are quintessentially American. We are all about our cars and trucks, our summer travel, and our drinks and snacks for that travel, which has given rise to this purely American establishment: The super-sized roadside travel store.

Blame President Eisenhower....