Visiting Buc-ee's in Katy, Texas

 

 

 There's a very big parking lot at

 the Buc-ee's in Katy, Texas.

Eric & I can park & visit.

 

 

 

Eric fuels up the motorhome.

 

 

Eric, Buc-ee & me

Buc-ee's Hats, Tees, & Shorts

 Men's Clothing

Buc-ee's World Famous

Jerky

Texas Round Up

 Brisket, Sausage,

Turkey, Pulled Pork

One of the Snack Aisles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charcoal, Lighters

 

DEF, Windshield Washer Fluid

& other Auto necessities

Personal Items

Travel Mugs & Chip Bowls

 

 

 

 

 

Wines & Cold Beers

The Coffee Bar is huge!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artwork...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butt Stop Here

 

A spreading tree at sunset

The hall to the Women's Room

is lined with paintings.

It's easy to find a free

stall here.

Buc-ee's is an immaculately clean experience...  Everywhere.

 

Lunch:  Eric's Chopped Brisket 

Sandwich with BBQ Sauce, 

Tater Tots & my Brisket Taco.

Lunch was a Southern dee-light! 

Eric & I Drive Northeast to Norcross, Georgia

 

 

Eric & I return to Interstate 10 East. 

 

 The Buc-ees in Katy

 

There's plenty of room to park, so Eric and I get to visit this Southern Travel Center Icon.

The Houston Skyline

One of several Refineries near Interstate 10.

Oil is King in Texas.

Eric & me at the Louisiana Welcome Center

A Fire Truck & Tow Truck at an accident scene

This Flatbed Tractor Trailer dropped its load.

 

 Great Egrets in a flooded field

Crossing the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge.

Coal Barges moving north

 

Welcome to Mississippi

Birthplace of America's Music

 

 

 

 

 We pass the Infinity Science Center & NASA Visitor Center.

Add some time to visit, it's definitely worth your time.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama

Sign Installation

 

 

 

 

 

North, to Interstate 65

 

A house on the side of the road

Pouring Concrete at Construction Site

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Georgia 

We're Glad Georgia's on Your Mind

Governor Brian Kemp

 

 

 

 

Georgia Lumber loaded roadside

The KIA Water Tower at the KIA Factory in West Point.

 

 

 

 

 

A glimpse of the Atlanta Skyline

Here's our Exit...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Eric & I arrive at Jones RV Park

We are in Site 103 with full hookups.

The voltage is OK - 116 amps 

The Cotton Gin Festival in Burton, Texas

Eric and I wanted to visit the Texas Cotton Gin Museum in Burton, Texas.  We just happened to go there the weekend of the Cotton Gin Festival.

 

 

 

Visitors take Horse

Drawn Wagon Rides.

 

 

 

 

Locals display their Cars and Trucks... 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Model T Cars in front of

 a 1960s Pickup Truck.

 

 

This Ford is very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a 1963 Ford Econoline

Pickup Truck.

A 1945 World War II Willys Jeep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 Buick Coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Vendors' Tents line the street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children are invited to be

Farmers for a Day.

 

We walk past the Cotton Patch.

I am reminded of the fields we

drove past in Mississippi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burton's Historic 1914 Cotton Gin

This building Texas was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 and has been recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as the earliest survivor of an integrated cotton ginning system used in the United States.

Cotton, full of seeds, sits in a

 wagon, waiting to be moved

 into the Gin.

A Bale of Cotton, ready to be

sold, sits on the dock, waiting 

to be picked up & taken to 

market.

A Cotton Picking Machine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Texas Cotton Gin Museum 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cotton was picked in the 1800s

 by Slaves & Share Croppers.

 

 

 

The Seeds were picked out by hand until Eli Whitney patented the Cotton Gin in 1794.

The original Cotton Gins were

small & processed more Cotton

than picking by hand, making 

the crop viable on a larger

scale.

 

Cotton Bales were weighed before

they were shipped to market.

The Industrial Revolution allowed Cotton to be deseeded by large scale powered engines.  Burton's Cotton Gin was built in 1914 with a Steam Engine.  A Bessemer Oil Powered Engine replaced the original engine in the 1920s.  A total of 59,899 Bales of Cotton were processed Cotton  at the Gin until 1974, when it closed.

The Gift Shop

 

The US produces 35% of the world's Raw Cotton and is a major Exporter throughout the World.