You missed the very first Buc-ee's and you drove right past it (it's actually Clute, LJ is across the street). It was right past the Kroger's before the railroad tracks on Oyster Creek Drive. Very small compared to most today. The main office was there too at one time. Buc-ee's is headquartered in Lake Jackson. For many years Buc-ee's was only in this area, Clute, LJ, Brazoria, Angleton, Freeport, Surfside. The Surfside store was the largest Buc-ee's until 2005 when the Luling store opened.
@persnikitty3570 Жыл бұрын
And his ex-wife wanted Family Fitness, thinking his brand would never last. Some jokes write themselves. :D
@joemathews8115 Жыл бұрын
Bucees is over rated and over priced, been twice, won't be a third,and there bbq sandwiches are not good at all lol
@llunaeldas8055 Жыл бұрын
Yeah but she doesn't seem to be doing too bad.
@jeremiahbroussard Жыл бұрын
@@joemathews8115where did you go 😭
@TechnoWoolfAnimations Жыл бұрын
I live like a minute away from it, I could walk there whenever I want
@taylortyler999 Жыл бұрын
That's my hometown! So weird to see you in my neighborhood 😂
@thelowmein9143 Жыл бұрын
I saw this episode on TV and then by chance my wife and I had to go to Lake Jackson for a few days for business. This information made our trip very very enjoyable. Thank you Daytripper! By the way, Poly Pop is every bit as good as he says! The ramen is out of this world, and the drinks are awesome! There are many other great places like that in Lake Jackson's little (walking distance) downtown area, British pub, German beer hall, and several other unique food options, a great town for foodies! We wouldn't have found any of these places if the Daytripper hadn't told us about Poly Pop in the first place. Very neat town a short drive from the beach. Worth a visit IMHO.
@c.b.kansan1700 Жыл бұрын
Wife is from Freeport. I was there in June, just this past weekend in July and going for New Years. We're actually moving there soon. Love the area and the people. Even my 22 year old son loved it and is coming with us and he's hard to please. Can't wait to call this area home.
@beverlypeacock8201 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting full episodes on KZbin.
@dacraziboi174 Жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@ambergiesecke4332 Жыл бұрын
Hometown pride! Very sad that you didn't mention the fact that we are home to the ORIGINAL Buc-ees! We have so many other amazing things to see...especially way better things than Bodega! That place changed to smash burgers I think 🤔
@thycactusking Жыл бұрын
No still is bodega
@tweeks2280 Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't mention the mall
@tweeks2280 Жыл бұрын
Also Angleton on top
@taylorbrimage-long3018 Жыл бұрын
You didn’t mention that we are the home of bucees and I fully expected you to go to Asiels after mammoth lake, they’ve been around lake Jackson since I was kid, originally known as the Soda Shack (where LJ seafood is) before they discovered the mammoth and turned it into a lake.
@Zer0TX Жыл бұрын
Since you were a kid? That didn't exist until 2007. It was a commercial sandpit, not a lake, until they found fossils in it while digging in the sandpit in 2003. Also, it's located in Clute. Definitely not a brazosport classic just yet. Good maybe, but doesn't represent the area. IMO. I'm a native born and raised.
@DirtyD07 Жыл бұрын
Grew up down the road from LJ, In west Columbia. Spent lots of time there shopping.
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
WC has lots of history.
@DirtyD07 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDaytripper have you done a video there yet? I searched but couldn't find anything. My former teacher is the mayor now and she is a HUGE history buff.
@mmarjamaa Жыл бұрын
Thank you Daytripper for the full episodes. I am not a Texan, yet…. But I am planning some trips. I will be stopping by the Merch store to show some gratitude.
@koffeewithkandee9 ай бұрын
way better/more to do now than when I was a kid. haha it's weird to see it through this lens lol😂
@williamscoggin1509 Жыл бұрын
I'll have to hand it to you Chet. I'm a born-and-raised texting and I've been all over the state as a truck driver headed to risk and I have never known that there was a Lake Jackson Texas.
@dylancole1910 Жыл бұрын
Did you mean Texan 😂
@CrownlessKingIX Жыл бұрын
So many school field trips to the Sea Center
@sadrcity504 ай бұрын
Great video. My parents are old and moving to Lake Jackson next year. Great medical facilities and a nice town.
@lanaeshonestopinion Жыл бұрын
Ive lived here my whole life and had no idea about PolyPop. Definitely gonna have to try that food out!! Cool video on our hometown area 😊
@Old-School-Bassin Жыл бұрын
I Love your videos ❤ & especially the whacky scenes! I’m a little whacky too…………. Guess I have to make it a Bucket List goal to visit Texas, Lake Jackson & Especially Georgetown “The Best Town Square in Texas!” ❤ Maybe do me some Old School Bassin as well!
@bcmiller2000 Жыл бұрын
Nice, now I'm better informed about going this way, that way and the wrong way in Lake Jackson 👈👉👆👇👍 TY
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
Haha. Gotta keep your head straight there.
@kingcold2154 Жыл бұрын
The corned beef brisket Ruben at Kelly’s Irish Pub in South Padre is the sandwich I think about all the time and I’ve only had it once 2 years ago
@holographiccowboy52716 ай бұрын
I love this, thank you!
@almavaladez9786 Жыл бұрын
That was such an awesome and fun video to watch!
@stupidmonkey8859 Жыл бұрын
My hometown. Unfortunately the Bodega isn't making it. Changed to smashburgers.
@autismunfiltered5968 Жыл бұрын
The Bodega stands lake jackson doesn't have a smashburgers
@MrCquixote Жыл бұрын
@AutismUnfiltered verified yesterday old menu is gone. I think that front register kid is tired of people saying wtf
@ericaledesma4926 Жыл бұрын
@@autismunfiltered5968 It’s still Bodega, but they scratched the entire sandwich menu and serve smash burgers now. I don’t want to knock it since I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m still a little sad.
@gr-fk8sd Жыл бұрын
Thank god he didn’t go to Freeport we don’t need the Shame
@johnmeador567 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@biggamestalker1 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Nice. I live 30 minutes away and learned a lot about LJ
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
Go visit!
@biggamestalker1 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDaytripper I will. And I subbed. Thanks
@airgunfun4248 Жыл бұрын
10:55 ...... ya I'm not even gonna.. but so many jokes. Full episode lovin it!
@persnikitty3570 Жыл бұрын
On Bastrop Bayou, when the Jumpers are hopping, Reds are out and hungry. When Reds are jumping, you got Gators, so bring in your pets. Do love watching the water's direction change on a lazy day.
@lukefassnidge4622 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised that someone can make this boring town I live in look sort of fun
@Don_Porculio Жыл бұрын
For real. There's nothing to do in the entire county.
@kevinclick9026Ай бұрын
Very amusing yes
@anneweir933 Жыл бұрын
Chet. Your server is a twin & my great niece. When y'all coming back to Lake Jackson again? 🙏🤔
@That1jeepcherokee Жыл бұрын
Never expected him to visit where I live
@williamowen4758 Жыл бұрын
Down to the good ole City of Entrapment
@westlucygirl Жыл бұрын
My new town. I love it here.
@southerngirl8253 Жыл бұрын
I want to move there next year. 😊
@c.b.kansan1700 Жыл бұрын
The wife is from Freeport. She's moving us back to her home this next year. Maybe sooner if job search pans out.
@TechnoWoolfAnimations Жыл бұрын
I hope you enjoyed it here!
@joannamoore8255 Жыл бұрын
All the locals call it the city of entrapment 💁🏽♀️
@CKproductionGAP Жыл бұрын
lol that's a fact
@bgnicar Жыл бұрын
Yes we do! 😂
@marychauvel Жыл бұрын
The oxbow lake IS LAKE JACKSON !
@AydenGoff Жыл бұрын
Crazy I lived here all my life and didn’t know all this stuff about Lake Jackson
@llunaeldas8055 Жыл бұрын
LJ is the birthplace of Selena Quintanilla Pérez. Her statue is in Corpus Christi. There is also an old cemetery by the mall. There are many old cemeteries throughout LJ.
@guymorris6596 Жыл бұрын
It's still a freaking Dow company town.
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
Truth
@bnj4l1028 ай бұрын
So what’s that mean? My family is looking into moving there. The more we know the better!
@mike_w-tw6jd4 ай бұрын
@@bnj4l102?DOW controlled? influenced? Look up company town.
@LazyLonghorn Жыл бұрын
Almost makes me homesick. Almost.
@autismunfiltered5968 Жыл бұрын
Don't be 😅
@MrCquixote Жыл бұрын
you're not missing much the best part of this town is the now leaving sign
@Jpella88 Жыл бұрын
Guy missed the plethora of breakfast tacos in the area. Poor fella missed out.
@mariab8711 Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@dylancole1910 Жыл бұрын
Hey I live here, cool😄
@captianbaccon2946 Жыл бұрын
I wish you would have visited Brazoria and Sweeny as well. Brazoria is where Texas was founded.
@DirtyD07 Жыл бұрын
No, west Columbia, will Columbia on the Brazos (now east Columbia) is where Texas was born.
@codyleal887 Жыл бұрын
Home sweet home, also the Home of Buc ees.
@seheabol Жыл бұрын
You said there’s not actually a “Lake” Jackson. YES THERE IS. Do you even internet?
@mike_w-tw6jd4 ай бұрын
i thot he mentioned the oxtail lake
@dstaylor87 Жыл бұрын
The “Way” streets make much more sense when you realize they all lead downtown.
@persnikitty3570 Жыл бұрын
Thought there was a His Way or God's Way, which led straight to a Church...think it was Presbyterian. Though I think That Way is longer than Circle Way, unless the latter also contains Oak/Memorial.
@dstaylor87 Жыл бұрын
@@persnikitty3570 there was a “His Way” at a church near Dunbar Park. No idea if it’s still there.
@Pablo-rp7hq Жыл бұрын
@@persnikitty3570it’s “His way” and it’s only a church road I don’t think that’s a real road they just bought the sign and put it there I believe the road is actually called Anchusa. The city planner wanted all of the “ways” to lead downtown
@Pablo-rp7hq Жыл бұрын
@@dstaylor87^^
@soirez Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately bodega closed down for good last week 😭😭😭
@enmalek130 Жыл бұрын
How did you mention Mammoth Lake and not take people next door to the restaurant that has the skull on display?
@2amZANY Жыл бұрын
hey thats 30 mins from me😂
@jimmyhaley727 Жыл бұрын
There is/was a lake (private) i lived there late 50sto graduation in 1961 BHS
@cristi2845 Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@ravenk7149 Жыл бұрын
The scuba place eas shutdown. Somebody drowned
@ScootsMcPoot Жыл бұрын
Ahh dowland
@nickolasbilleau3598 Жыл бұрын
Just learned the bodega no longer has sandwiches just burgers
@theirmom4723 Жыл бұрын
Bodega is closed
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
I hear they just changed concept?
@iamdavid60 Жыл бұрын
Lake Jackson and you made no mention of birth place of Buccees!!! You have to go back and at least mention this!
@theirmom4723 Жыл бұрын
Original Buccees is Clute not Lake Jackson
@guymorris6596 Жыл бұрын
I think that Mammoth dive lake is closed.
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
That place is too busy. Folks from all over the country.
@legitbanana6252 Жыл бұрын
Yo i live there
@Thecowboy4020 Жыл бұрын
same bro
@thycactusking Жыл бұрын
@@Thecowboy4020 angleton. Homie but i work in lj sometimes
@Thecowboy4020 Жыл бұрын
@ThyCactusKing Nicee I drive past Angleton on my way to work everyday
@dylancole1910 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@foechicken8023 Жыл бұрын
Brazoria county is being flooded with DBHs. It isn't the what it used to be.
@azrael2299 Жыл бұрын
Dbh?
@kevinclick9026Ай бұрын
Wren wren wren
@joannamoore8255 Жыл бұрын
You also missed buccees
@guymorris6596 Жыл бұрын
Show the crazy butt reckless drivers in the Lake Jackson/ Clute/Freeport/Angleton area.
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
😂
@guymorris6596 Жыл бұрын
Bodega is about to shut down.
@TheDaytripper Жыл бұрын
Keep them open! Go eat NOW!
@thycactusking Жыл бұрын
@@TheDaytripper we are kinda hoping for a good burger place for sure. We need one in LJ
@randysiler74582 ай бұрын
LJ, Clute and Freeport support one of the largest Petrochemical industries in the U.S. Without the Petrochemical Industry this country would have never become a major supplier to the United States.