just north of Pigeon Forge. Late next summer, another Buc-ee’s will open in Mount Crawford, Virginia. The 74,000-square-foot store will be less than half the size of Mebane’s Walmart Supercenter.

Until then, Triangle residents can get their Beaver Nuggets fix off Interstate 95 in Florence, South Carolina, or off Interstates 40 and 66 in Sevierville, Tennessee, just north of Pigeon Forge. Late ...