Daily Summary for 12/15/2024
Last trip of the year? Not so fast.
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 9:47 am at the Flying J in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. We are starting our trip to Elkhorn, Wisconsin. We headed across the street to the Speedway for coffee at 9:56 am.
Stream resumes at 2:00 pm at the Love’s near Oglesby, IL. Steve was fueling the Blue Comet then back onto I-39 north. Fog sets in as we go further north.
Welcome to Wisconsin at 3:34 pm near Beloit.
Big Rig Steve officially done at 4:08 pm safely parked near Elkhorn, WI at the Love’s. Watch party begins and continues until 6:30 pm.
Numbers: 0.5 miles to receiver, 8:00 am appointment tomorrow. We covered 329 miles rolling in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Clocks: 5:17 hours on 11 hr, 7:21 hours on 14 hr, 10:18hours on 70 hr. Gain back 8:29 hours tomorrow morning.
Steve advises that this is not his last trip as originally thought, but he picked up another trip. He will broadcast delivery tomorrow and then the pick up in Plymouth, WI with a drop in Gary, IN before his Bobtail trip to home. Choose the BRT YouTube channel alarm bell to receive notifications for the start of our broadcast. Check out Bigrigtravels Road Crew facebook page to see pictures captured from other road crew.
Welcome to the constantly growing Big Rig Travels family. Big Rig Steve is glad to have you as part of the family.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels.
Welcome to Wisconsin.
Please post comments anything of importance or interest of today’s trip that was not included or feedback for Steve about todays broadcast.
Yes, if you have missed today you can replay some or all of today’s trip. Choose the YouTube channel icon at the bottom of the page on Bigrigtravels website and while you’re at the website check out the BRT store for BRT merchandise. Christmas is coming, don’t forget your greeting cards with Steve’s original photography, and calendars as well for 2025.
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Steve, I want to thank you for wonderful moments. I know you are nervous about your surgery, and I also want you to know that you encouraged me when I had my stroke in May 2022. You don’t know me, but someone I knew back then told me about your broadcast – his name was Brian the lion, another truck driver who told me he knew you, or at least of you. Unfortunately, he passed way last year, and my wife and I took his wife into our home since she had no where to go; she lives with us now, and is very grateful for friends like us. Brian knew that I love driving and watching the roads, so your broadcasts helped me relax and recover. Everything you do for the road crew is awesome, wonderful, and speaks VERY highly of the genuine human that you are. I’m sure I am not alone in telling you that our prayers are going to be with you through this! My Christmas wish for you is that you recover quickly, and to tell you that your Road Crew has got your back! We LOVE YOU MAN!!!!! (P.S. you can have my Bud Lite, except that I don’t drink that). Get well soon; we will be watching.