Boo!
Boo! Paddleboat ride is over! It was a fantastic ride! Great staff. Very friendly. Lots of space to relax and enjoy the 8mph ride on the river. The second day went lots…
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Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.
Day Two!
I am really surprised that nobody caught my error yesterday! I mentioned we were on the Mississippi river…but we are nowhere near it! We are actually cruising along the Illinois River. Tons…
Read archived post →Spirit of Peoria
Good Monday morning! I am getting ready to load up and board the Spirit of Peoria for a two day cruise on the Mississippi river! I have already cleared us broadcasting from…
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Good afternoon Road Crew! It was a chilly start this morning to our day. We are now in Rochelle, Illinois working on several quick drop and hook deliveries before we can start…
Read archived post →Macon
Welcome to Macon, Missouri! We got loaded in the alleys of downtown… We are calling it done for the day. We weighed the truck and we are all set to go right…
Read archived post →Drop
Since we got loaded so late we dropped the trailer for someone else to make the delivery at the new appointment time… We have changed trailers and need to get to the…
Read archived post →Interstate 70
We finally got loaded about 13 hours late! We came up with a new plan and still get me back for my time off. I’m going on a two day paddle boat…
Read archived post →Quick!
Good morning. Rainy day today and lots cooler! We will go pickup our loaded trailer here in a few minutes then hit the road almost nonstop to Missouri! This should be a…
Read archived post →Minooka
Good morning! We just dropped our loaded trailer at the delivery and bobtailed out to the Pilot truckstop for the rest of the day. Why did we bobtail? Easy! Our next load…
Read archived post →Long day
Evening to ya! Another long day completed for us. We have less than an hour left so we will continue on to delivery in the morning! Nice and cool temperatures tonight in…
Read archived post →Whitewater
Welcome to Whitewater, Wisconsin where we are sitting in our door currently being unloaded! Beautiful day and drive on the back roads of Illinois and Wisconsin! I was surprised to see the…
Read archived post →Delayed
Well we got delayed due to the tire failure. My goal was to shutdown in Elgin, Illinois and have dinner with my buddy… I would have made it with a few minutes…
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