Daily Summary for 12/14/2023

Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 16:54 safely parked at Floodwood, Mississippi.

Title: TWO MILLION MILES!!!

Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 8:17 CST at a Chevron truck stop in Houston, Texas.  We began rolling on local roads at 8:32. 

We stopped at the Flying J for coffee near Baytown, TX at 9:11 CST.  

BRS pointed out a long line waiting for access to the Texas mass/weigh station on the westbound side near Winne, TX.  

On I-10, leaving Orange, TX, BRS said welcome to Louisiana at 10:45 CST.  We were over 1K of viewers at this point.

BRS reached his two million miles on east I-10 near mile marker #9 near Vinton, LA at 10:55 CST.  He played his newly mixed celebration audio from Road Crew Wally at the momentous moment!  

We learned on BRT youtube chat from BigRig Travels historian Ken Laws who witnessed this historic even, that he had also witnessed BRS reaching one million miles in Wisconsin back in 2016.

In a traffic slow down near Baton Rouge, LA, at 13:24 CST BRS was describing the bridge bouncing as we waited.

Welcome to Mississippi at 14:51 CST near Osyka, MS.

A Loves fuel stop at 15:05 CST McComb, MS, but BRS has to pay for fuel as there was no response from the bosses to authorize fuel.

Floodwood, MS Loves stopped for our 30 minute break, but found good parking, so decided to stop for the day with a fuel island view.

Numbers:  155 miles 249 km to receiver.  We covered 441 miles 709 km rolling out of Texas, through Louisiana and into Mississippi, and crossing a two million mile mark of career driving.  8-day running summary total of 1454 miles 2339 km. 

Clocks: 3:05 hours on 11 hr,  4:51 hours on 14 hr,  54:45 hours on 70 hr.  Do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. 

Early alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow, with goal to start driving at 5:30 for a 9:00 delivery, live unload.  We have our next trip as well.   Choose the BRT YouTube channel alarm bell to receive notifications for the start of our broadcast.

Welcome to the constantly growing Big Rig Travels family. Big Rig Steve is glad to have you as part of the family.

A momentous day for Big Rig Travels!

Welcome to Mississippi.

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