Daily Summary for 5/18/2025

Middletown, VA to Elliston, VA

Big Rig Travels Sunday began at 11:15 am EDT.  It was 68 degrees and cloudy near Middletown, VA.  3 hr 10 min recording.  We have 260 miles to go.  “We lounged around this morning and dragged our feet.”  We stayed at a band new Sheetz last night.  He pointed out a fancy (and expensive) semi.  BRS thought it was $250,000 truck. 

We rolled back onto I-81, continuing our trip to Bluefield, VA. 

“Beautiful day out here in Virginia” at 1:14 pm.  

A weigh mass station at 1:42 pm, no issues.

At 2:08 pm we stopped at Love’s for fuel near Elliston, VA, then parked for the end of the day.  It was 78 degrees and sunshine.

Later on, a LIVE watch party occurred, using the 360 cameral.  

Numbers:  84 miles to receiver for a 10 am delivery.  We’ll take the backroads.   We covered 177 miles rolling within Virginia.  We have 179 gallons to Platinum.

Clocks: 8:04 hours on 11 hr,  10:15 hours on 14 hr.  Do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. 

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Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Virginia

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