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Trip: Gordonsville, VA – Stuarts Draft, VA – Ogden, UT (2,100 miles)
Route: I-70, I-29, IA/NE 2, US 77, I-80
Cargo: Chocolate
0:00 Pilot (Madison, IL)
6:30 Depart Pilot
14:05 St. Louis & the Missouri/Illinois border
24:50 Berkeley, MO
29:15 Bridgeton, MO
35:05 St. Charles, MO
40:10 St. Peters, MO
44:30 O’Fallon, MO
52:40 Wentzville, MO
1:07:10 Warrenton, MO
2:08:00 Columbia, MO
3:14:20 Concordia, MO
3:41:00 Fuel stop at Love’s (Bates City, MO)
4:04:20 Depart Love’s
4:14:30 Blue Springs, MO
4:19:00 Independence, MO
4:26:20 Kansas City, MO
5:23:30 St. Joseph, MO
6:42:20 Entering Iowa
6:59:30 Entering Nebraska
7:37:10 30 min break (Bennet, NE)
8:11:00 End 30 min break
8:24:50 Lincoln, NE
9:15:20 York, NE
9:53:10 Grand Island, NE
10:26:40 Kearney, NE
10:39:00 Sapp Bros (Steve ends the day)
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Good night Steve and road crew 😴 I will see you guys tomorrow morning to and I will talk to you guys tomorrow morning to sounds good for tomorrow morning to
We start from the Pilot Truck Stop in East St. Louis, IL (Suburb of St. Louis) to IL-203. Then South on IL-203 to I-55/I-70. Then South/West on I-55/I-70 (Dwight D. Eisenhower Hwy.) to I-70.
This stream ran from 6:27 UTC-5 to 17:57 UTC-5 (13:27 UTC+2 to 0:57 UTC+2 of Sunday), of which a minute was buffered out; it starts in NWS St. Louis (LSX, based in St. Charles) county warning area and runs through the Interior River Valleys and Hills, Central Irregular Plains, Western Corn Belt Plains and Central Great Plains. The first chapter is Pilot (Madison, IL).
6:30 elapsed time: Depart Pilot chapter.
6:33 (UTC-5, 13:33 UTC+2). Steve leaves the Pilot near Madison, Illinois (locator designation "East St. Louis) at 6:44 elapsed time.
8:10 elapsed time: Gateway Motorsports Park in front. One of a few NASCAR Cup Series racetracks ever seen here.
10:41 elapsed time: 1st I-64 junction, leaving I-55.
13:10 elapsed time: Steve mutes the stream due to a bad coughing spell. He unmutes it at 13:31 elapsed time.
14:05 elapsed time: St. Louis & the Missouri/Illinois border chapter.
14:05 elapsed time: Crossing the Mississippi River on the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge and entering Missouri.
15:08: Merging onto I-44 at its East end.
24:50: Berkeley, MO chapter.
29:15: Bridgeton, MO chapter.
32:42: 7:00 UTC-5, 14:00 UTC+2.
35:05: St. Charles, MO chapter.
37:52: Construction zone. Again at 39:09.
40:10: St. Peters, MO chapter.
44:30: O'Fallon, MO chapter.
45:43: The other O'Fallon. We have crossed the St. Louis Metro Area from O'Fallon to O'Fallon 😆 (although it now extends a bit further at this end).
52:40: Wentzville, MO chapter.
53:52: 2nd I-64 junction, this time its West end. Avenue of the Saints junction.
1:02:40: 91st Meridian West.
1:07:10: Warrenton, MO chapter.
1:16:43: Leaving St. Louis MO/IL MSA.
1:32:42: 8:00 UTC-5, 15:00 UTC+2.
1:36:40: Entering Jefferson City MO MSA.
1:54:48: 92nd Meridian West.
2:02:01: Leaving Jefferson City MO MSA, entering Columbia MO MSA.
2:08:00: Columbia, MO chapter.
2:22:29: Entering NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill (EAX) county warning area. New Missouri River bridge under construction on the right.
2:32:42: 9:00 UTC-5, 16:00 UTC+2.
2:46:12: 93rd Meridian West.
2:48:42: Leaving Columbia MO MSA, entering Marshall MO µSA .
3:10:59: Leaving Marshall MO µSA, entering Kansas City MO/KS MSA.
3:14:20: Concordia, MO chapter.
3:22:50: 39th Parallel North.
3:32:42: 10:00 UTC-5, 17:00 UTC+2.
3:36:28: 94th Meridian West.
3:40:55: Fuel stop. Love's near Bates City.
3:41:00: Fuel stop at Love's (Bates City, MO) chapter.
4:04:20: Depart Love's chapter.
4:12:47: Another construction zone.
4:14:30: Blue Springs, MO chapter.
4:14:34: Large American flag.
4:19:00: Independence, MO chapter.
4:20:34: Passing through Independence, startpoint of the Oregon and California trails.
4:26:20: Kansas City, MO chapter.
4:28:30: This time Steve chooses to go through Kansas City instead of around on I-435.
4:32:32: 11:00 UTC-5, 18:00 UTC+2.
4:35:14: Entering the Exit 2 loop. IMO I-49 should end at this junction, but they won't let MoDOT to fill the gap on US 71.
4:36:32: Entering I-35.
4:41:42: Begin I-29. This is its real South end, it doesn't extend to the Exit 2 loop.
4:42:17: Epic GPS fail. Colfax, Louisiana is almost 1100 km (680 miles) away by road from this point.
4:48:11: Yet another construction zone.
4:59:21: Another large American flag.
5:11:22: Leaving Kansas City MO/KS MSA, entering St. Joseph MO/KS MSA.
5:23:30: St. Joseph, MO chapter.
5:26:11: We hit a jam caused by a construction zone.
5:32:13: 12:00 UTC-5, 19:00 UTC+2.
5:48:41: Leaving St. Joseph MO MSA.
5:49:01: 95th Meridian West.
5:52:44: 40th Parallel North.
6:00:32: US 159, notable as being the shortest US Route to hit 3 states.
6:04:22: Broken down truck already being fixed by a crew from Love's.
6:31:43: 13:00 UTC-5, 20:00 UTC+2.
6:42:20: Entering Iowa chapter.
6:42:21: Entering Iowa and NWS Omaha/Valley (OAX) county warning area. Iowa DOT greets us with a construction zone.
6:50:01: Yet another construction zone.
6:52:06: Too many people trying to get to the IA/NE 2 shortcut.
6:59:28: Last of the Missouri River crossings (up to the four this stream), entering Nebraska.
6:59:30: Entering Nebraska chapter.
7:05:35: What it is expected: no signal should mean the weigh station is closed.
7:08:56: 96th Meridian West.
7:20:10: Another broken down.
7:31:44: 14:00 UTC-5, 21:00 UTC+2.
7:32:55: Entering Lincoln NE MSA.
7:37:02: 30 minute break. Casey's General store near Bennett.
7:37:10: 30 min break (Bennet, NE) chapter.
8:11:00: End 30 min break chapter.
8:15:57: Looks like the Lincoln South bypass is still unfinished, several exits are not open yet.
8:22:28: Entering US 77. The sign is wrong, NE 2 doesn't end here, but rather continues unsigned on US 77 and I-80 and reappears at 9:47:32.
8:24:50: Lincoln, NE chapter.
8:26:52: US 77 around the West side of Lincoln still has a couple lights.
8:31:44: 15:00 UTC-5, 22:00 UTC+2.
8:33:15: US 6, the longest US Route ever but (according to some metrics) not currently.
8:33:31: Entering I-80.
8:37:13: Lane adjustment, except for any uphill slow lanes and close exits I-80 won't be wider than 4 lanes again until US 40 merges in and ends in Utah, 1200 km away.
8:46:53: 97th Meridian West.
9:04:38: Leaving Lincoln NE MSA, entering NWS Hastings (GID) county warning area.
9:15:17: US 81, the true midline of the USA.
9:15:20: York, NE chapter.
9:31:44: 16:00 UTC-5, 23:00 UTC+2.
9:35:12: 98th Meridian West.
9:48:53: Entering Grand Island NE MSA.
9:53:02: US 34, the highest US Route (although that section isn't open year-round). From this point on we run parallel to US 30 "the only US Route that has always gone coast to coast" without ever crossing it.
9:53:10: Grand Island, NE chapter.
10:06:57: Looks like this truck has just broken down.
10:11:29: Leaving Grand Island NE MSA, entering Kearney NE µSA.
10:15:45: Uh-oh… bad crash.
10:15:58: Yet another broken down truck.
10:25:30: 99th Meridian West.
10:26:40: Kearney, NE chapter.
10:27:22: Kearney arch.
10:31:45: 17:00 UTC-5, 0:00 UTC+2. From this point on it was June 11 in my time zone.
10:38:56: Sapp Bros near Odessa. Steve stops for the night.
10:39:00: Sapp Bros (Steve ends the day) chapter.
Today's #'s
588 miles driven
1 hr 12 mins on 11 hour clock
2 hrs 30 mins on 14 hour clock
2 hrs 38 mins on 70 hour clock
7 hrs 39 mins gained for tomorrow