My travel routine to either College Station, Austin, or Killeen consists of stopping at the first gas station that I see. In this case, it is Exxon on I-35 southbound. Convenient, clean, & quirky is pretty much how I'll sum this location up.
While this location is convenient for travelers to access the station quickly from the road, the bathrooms are about as clean as any Buc-ees you'll encounter. The men's bathroom is Texas huge, with pictures of Clint Eastwood & other cowboy legends adorn the walls, staring at you as if they are daring you to make a mess of things. The Exxon is a bit quirky, since it offers pie upon fried pie here. Of course, it helps that there is a bakery attached to the store as well. But that's what every traveler wants, right? To eat a fried pie or two and fart up your car like you are in a Cheech & Chong movie as you proceed down I-35.
The employees here mean well, yet sort of act a little "off" sometimes. I go to the counter to purchase a burger, and the employee (after seeing me) walks in the backroom, never to be seen again. No burger for me on this day, yet there are tons of pies that can be eaten as an alternative. Another employee asks for me to pay him $60 in gas (despite my non-diesel 15 gallon tank) when I clearly said $16 to fill the tank. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Certainly some characters are at this Exxon station.
Nonetheless, this Exxon is okay. read more