Buc-ee’s founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin said he’s happy Alamance County officials reached out when they did about building the state’s first mega-size travel center in Mebane. He was just moving past Orange County’s decision to reject the company’s first choice for its travel center off Interstates 40/85 in nearby Efland, Aplin said at Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony at 1425 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road. “We’re happy to be in an area, in a community, that wants it,” he said.