Daily Summary for 9/27/2024

Driving through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

Big Rig Steve officially done at 6:30 pm safely parked near Love’s Rincon, Georgia.

Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 9:42 am near Madison, Georgia at the Love’s.  Cloudy start to the day.  First thing BRS advises is getting a CAT scale to verify we are good.  We were perfectly legal. BRS advised that it rained a lot but luckily no high winds last night.

Lights on, seat belt fastened, 10:00 am, rolling back on to I-20 east, continuing our trip to Rincon, GA.

At 10:49 am, BRS passed a big rig which was broken down in the hammer lane.  Steve noted that he was starting to see more big trees on the side of the road.  A big rig had run over a tree and had stalled at 10:51 am.

“Wow, wow, check this out, right lane is covered with downed trees.  Look at this mess.”

Traffic stoppage at 11:00 am due to the mess and squeezing into one lane.

We exit off of I-20 onto I-520 at 12:19 pm near Augusta, GA.  At 12:26 pm, we exit off of I-520 and Steve advises, “ok let’s do some backroads.”  Only to find out there are power lines down, blocking us from proceeding, so we end up being forced back onto I-520, except in the opposite direction.  Steve stops at 12:31 pm on the side of I-520 to review alternative options under the current conditions.  BRS determines to stay on big roads.  Steve is able to find a spot to turn around after we crossed I-20 again and we ended up back on I-520 going towards Columbia, SC.

Welcome to South Carolina at 1:04 pm near North Augusta, SC.

We roll back onto I-20 at 1:22 pm as we continue towards Columbia, SC. 

Stopped at the Love’s at 3:03 pm, then we were welcomed back to Georgia at 5:58 pm on I-95 south.

Numbers:  3 miles to receiver.  Delivery is tomorrow. We safely covered 347 miles rolling in Georgia and South Carolina and back to Georgia. 8 day summary is 1973 miles.

Clocks: 2:44 hours on 11 hr,  4:51 hours on 14 hr,  18:31 hours on 70 hr.  Do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. 

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Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Georgia

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