Trucking Blog Archive

Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.

Snoqualmie Pass

Morning! We have our next two trips lined up. The first trip takes us up, through, and over Snoqualmie Pass and through some backroads to the banks of the Snake River on…

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Ghost Trip!

Howdy! Well, we have terminated our trip in Sumner, Washington. After rushing to get here and facing an all night drive to Idaho, this trip is now a ghost trip! I really…

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Portland

Afternoon from Troutdale, Oregon! We just completed one of the most beautiful broadcasts ever I think. The sun was behind us and the Columbia River Gorge was fantastic! Make sure you check…

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Midnight

Happy midnight! Arrgh. Well I was doing alright then took a nap. Woke up, was still tired, so laid back down. Missed dinner too! We were delayed waiting on another driver to…

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Nighttime

Morning! We are sitting in the dock of our delivery location and they are unloading us 4 hours early! It was a nice overnight run up through Idaho. Since we are ahead…

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Delivery!

We finally arrived at our delivery just 15 minutes early! It is hot here in Utah at 101 degrees and muggy! We have our next trip lined up but will be an…

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Utah

Howdy!  Been taking a break from the blog, sometimes it just kills me to only say the same thing over and over. Guess trucking isn’t exciting every minute or even everyday lol.…

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Braindead

Morning everyone!  Wow, I just woke up and feel like I need another nap! OK, so this trip has been a crazy wild tiring trip to California.  We have been limited in…

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Secret Scenery 

Afternoon.  We are just having a hard time finding or holding a signal that we can broadcast from.  The terrain is beautiful but doesn’t lend itself too kindly to 4G data signal.…

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Oh boy

OK, well,  the latest news is we picked up our loaded trailer 2 hours early.  The bad news is it is 6 months past inspection,  has brake issues, and the reefer unit…

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Wait! Reverse!

Ha! Well our original trip to Atlanta,  which was originally set to deliver on Monday,  has just been changed.  We were running two days early to Atlanta.  Guess what? We are going…

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Backtrack…

Morning!  OK, so I’ve been lazy with the blog so let’s backup a bit. Tuesday we had the truck worked on. In just 3 hours they had found the shorted wire fixed…

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