Local elected officials and store management join co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III (center) as he cuts the ribbon on the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Buc-ee’s mascot Bucky the Beaver visits with a customer during the store’s grand opening Monday Morning. Buc-ee’s locations are known for their wide selections of food and apparel, clean restrooms, and the fact that no semi-trucks are allowed on the property.
Buc-ee's co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III speaks to the large crowd gathered outside the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Buc-ee's co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III speaks to the large crowd gathered outside the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Gordon County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kathy Johnson welcomes Buc-ee's executives to the area ahead of a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday afternoon.
Gordon County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Becky Hood addresses the large crowd gathered outside Calhoun's Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon.
Local elected officials and store management join co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III (center) as he cuts the ribbon on the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee’s mascot Bucky the Beaver visits with a customer during the store’s grand opening Monday Morning. Buc-ee’s locations are known for their wide selections of food and apparel, clean restrooms, and the fact that no semi-trucks are allowed on the property.
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The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
The more than 50,000-square-foot Calhoun Buc-ee's store, 601 Union Grove Road, is the newest to open and only Georgia's second location.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee’s employees chat with customers during the store’s long awaited grand opening Monday morning.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Customers shop the meat counter inside the new Buc-ee’s, 601 Union Grove Road, during the store’s Monday grand opening.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
A customer makes her selection from the “World Famous” jerky wall inside Buc-ee’s, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday morning.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee's Calhoun, 601 Union Grove Road.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Customers take in the large selection at the Buc-ee's meat counter Monday morning during the store's grand opening.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
The doors to the newest Buc-ee's location, 601 Union Grove Road, opened for the first time at 6 a.m. Monday.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Calhoun Buc-ee's store No. 52, 601 Union Grove Road.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
A large inflatable Bucky the Beaver welcomes guests outside the new Calhoun Buc-ee's location Monday during the store's grand opening.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Customers line up at the Buc-ee's fueling points Monday morning during the Calhoun store's grand opening.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Cars fill the front parking spaces outside Buc-ee’s, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday morning during the store’s first official day open.
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The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee's Calhoun, 601 Union Grove Road.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Calhoun Mayor Jimmy Palmer addressed the crowd outside Buc-ee's prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony at he store Monday afternoon.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee's co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III speaks to the large crowd gathered outside the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Buc-ee's co-owner Arch "Beaver" Aplin III speaks to the large crowd gathered outside the Calhoun Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon. Store No. 52, located just off Interstate 75, if Georgia's second location.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Gordon County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kathy Johnson welcomes Buc-ee's executives to the area ahead of a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday afternoon.
Blake Silvers
The wait is over: Buc-ee's is open!
Gordon County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Becky Hood addresses the large crowd gathered outside Calhoun's Buc-ee's, 601 Union Grove Road, Monday afternoon.
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