 I want you to know that at the end of the vlog I have a little collage of pictures that I took throughout the day If you guys want to stick around till the end and watch them that'd be great Just want to let you know they're there. I think I'm gonna do something like that more often I love taking pictures with this camera. I was never really a picture taker But now with this camera it takes amazing pictures so throughout the day if I see interesting things and I want to take a Few pictures I'll put them in a collage at the end of the vlog for you guys So you guys can always go to the end and check that out if you want to Let's start the vlog Good morning diesel Good morning diesel diesel weasel and to service man and to service Sergeant How you doing man? How you doing? I don't know. It's good man. It's not good No, no, you stay up there for now. You stay up there for now. All right. All right. Can you sit? Can you sit? Oh? Yeah, oh, yeah, good boy Good boy. Are you gonna stay up there? Okay? Set or lay down even better And good morning. I Always do with the wrong hand because I hold the camera with my right hand Canada Day Independence Day week July 1st is Canada Day July 4th is Independence Day USA Day Big week in North America celebrating the fact that we can make our own decisions I'm still trying to figure out where my brain is I left it around here somewhere Once I find it, we'll do our pre-trip and we'll be on our way. Oh Man, I just sneezed too. So whoo. That's no way to start the day Much better much better We're ready to hit the road guys. We are here at the casino like we left off last night in Northwood, Iowa I'm actually at the rest area but the rest area is right beside the casino and the casinos Sort of dominates the area here. So we'll just say we're at the casino Didn't go and gamble though. Don't worry. I saved every penny. They didn't get any of my money speaking of pennies The United States still uses pennies and it throws me off every time I get changed back from a cashier They give me pennies and what are these for just take up space in my wallet or in my pocket Canada abolished the penny last year the year before I think and we just use the nickel That's our smallest coin now because pennies are kind of useless. They cost more to produce than they're actually worth There's an interesting fact for you the United States still uses the penny nothing wrong with that. It's just I Got a lot of pennies lying around Don't do them. Okay, so I'll bring them to the bank All right. Well enough of that talk. Let's get on the road. You want to see the road? I want to see the road We got a few hours to go work to where we unload and then I believe we are going to Davenport to reload I'm not too sure yet. I'll let you know when I know We're passing through some civilization here You may notice there are houses and signs roads cars and people I Would say this is civilization Because of the Cedar Valley region is what they call it We're passing through And we just turn on to the 218 Very soon. We're gonna turn on to I380 worth of driving or so a little over till we unload and then it looks like we're headed over to Illinois Romeoville, Illinois. I wonder if I'll find Juliet there in Romeo, Illinois We're just turning on to the interstate 380 here. There's those cameras again watching us Always watching. Here's your little wreck. Yeah, dude What do you care government go away there? I guess they can Sort of tell what traffic conditions are like and if there's an accident it sort of helps to see who's at fault But look at this look at this gonna make me squeak right through here. You make me threat the needle. Are you okay? Here we go. We're gonna threat the needle. No, just saying Kilometers on the 380. All right, then how about that? We'll try that Yep, we're at one of those receivers Gotta wear the whole get-up And it won't even let me wear my hard hat sideways, but we're great We're at this receiver Which I knew was one of those Hardcore ones that you know, you got to wear this you got it with days. You got it with days. You got to wear approved steel toe shoes Have to be a baby like they're afraid I'm gonna stub my toe and sue them I always say I know that the world doesn't work this way, but I always say just put a big sign First thing I see when I come in your driveway. Hey if you hurt yourself not our fault Just saying you're responsible for any and all damages blah blah blah blah blah any time lost because of your accident blah blah blah blah blah And then I don't have to wear all this stuff, but Really, it's not that bad. Whatever. I get a dress up every now and then I like dressing up The only safety glasses I have right now are the tinted ones because I have my clear ones at home I use them on my motorcycle because I have a tinted visor. So at night I raise the visor up and wear the Safety shades that my eyes won't get hit with mosquitoes and bugs So I just Just have the easier but they work whatever they are approved Keep me from going blind while I'm here delivering Anyways We got a wait here now for a while until the guy in front of me gets unloaded and then the guy that's in front of Him needs to get unloaded. I Think I'm like third or fourth in line here. So we might be here a little while But we are headed to Romeoville, Illinois after this yet. So I don't know if I have to keep all this stuff on or not, but Sort of make it look cool. You think they'll let me walk around like this. Should I try it? No Oh, just wear it the right way. Don't want to get myself in trouble. Don't rock the boat What if I'm like a bobblehead walking around the okay, it's time to be serious serious stuff going on People could get hurt safety is no joke Felt all special and shine. We have to pick up a load that goes directly back to Canada I'm not allowed to pick up a load in the United States and deliver it in the United States. That's called interstating Also known as United States and I have to pick up another load that goes directly back to Canada. That's right I'm paying Canadian taxes. I should be doing something that benefits the Canadian economy And it's a sketch one day. So we'll see I might stop at home on the way I may drop this in the yard pick up a different load. I don't know Haven't really discussed that yet. So we're here at the pilot Just across the road from Iowa 80 world's largest truck stop the reason why we're here and not there Because they got the Blue Beacon truck wash here I don't know why the Blue Beacon isn't actually at the world's largest truck stop Which is just across the street, but they decided to put it here instead. So hey I'm a pilot flying JG anyway, so I'm gonna stop here and get the old girl wash to give her a bath. She deserves it. She's been working hard for it But look at this landscape behind me. That's Iowa Isn't that amazing little farms and stuff? Very much like southern Manitoba like I said they very much I Like it out here. I think this bumper needs a little bit of a shine. What do you think? At least a wash like look at all the bugs we got on the front of it here Stinks like fish. I never really understood why Splattered bug guts on your truck smell like fish. Any of you get that? Here's what does that pick up in that jet ski doing in line for the big truck wash? You know, they have smaller washes where you could go with that thing, you know, whatever You want to go through the big boy bath? All right He wants to have a bath with the big trucks Okay, truck wash not just a regular truck wash. He wants a big truck wash. I guess if he pays them What are they gonna do? Say no, I don't want your money. I have to be stuck between the big boys What is he gonna do is he gonna wash that in there Strange all nice and clean in all interstate 80 Structured well-made Good flowing river that size that more or so call the moving lake, but whatever from 65 And here's the sign welcome to Illinois that day again on the way back I still have to figure out where I'm going if I'm going to the yard with this or if I'm going straight to Regina I don't think I'll be going straight to Regina because I'll be sitting there all week And then doing nothing in my truck and rather stop at home then it's you know double whammy See that guy on his trailer the camera probably too far away He had two tires blow on the same axle on the same side on a trailer double whammy Well, we're sitting here trying to find a parking spot at the truck stop We're waiting for this guy to get in there as he's blocking off this whole driveway here He's doing an alright job. He's been well Taking him a little while, but he hasn't hit anything. That's what's most important I've been sitting here only what I don't know 10 minutes waiting for him to get in that spot But at least he hasn't hit anything and he's got a spotter back there, too. So He's doing alright. So as soon as I can find a parking spot. I'm gonna park this baby I don't know where I'm gonna park though Everything's full. There was a problem with the shipper. They didn't have the load ready. It wasn't there So I'm going to the truck stop to sleep for the night and we can sort this all out in the morning So I don't really know what to do now But I let dispatch and everybody know that hey No, good. No good. So I guess we'll sleep on it I'll wake up first thing in the morning get on a horn with them. You're like, hey, I Say hey a lot. Don't I hey wants to focus on that nice t680 back there. You see that Focus on my my face. I know the truck is a lot prettier in my face, but There we go Well, he's just about back into his spot right now. So I Don't keep wandering around until I find my own parking spot I might have to go down the road to the next truck stop So we finally found a place to park had to pay ten bucks to park and don't get me wrong I do not ever pay for parking. I But today I did I'm out of hours and there's absolutely no order park I went to four different truck stops packed Ridiculous and no one lets you park anywhere because you can't park on The side of the street by the customer. They had signs up everywhere saying they'll tow you away They'll ticket you can't park anywhere So there's this little dark Parking lot that they sent me to where I can pay ten bucks for the night And there's a bunch of trucks parked in here that couldn't find anywhere to park either Like that's the problem with the trucking industry today in the United States. There is never I repeat never enough Parking It's ridiculous. They make us stop at a certain time You can't drive more than this and you know actually if we go over our hours, you know, it's actually a federal offense They can arrest you for that They can arrest you for going over your hours, so you have to stop but they don't provide you with anywhere to park Rant over whatever so I paid the ten bucks here I talked to the guy said are you seriously gonna charge me ten bucks the parking lot is dark not one light complete dark parking lot Gravel potholes everywhere. It's like a parking lot from Canada Not even Canada charges you to park there because they know they don't yeah It's a pretty bad parking lot. You just go and just try not to get stuck Okay, you just park in the back dairy. I won't charge you anything. They charge us ten bucks to get in Yeah, I was like you serious You know what I talked to the guy. I was like, so how do I know my fuel is not gonna get stolen I'm in a dark parking lot. He's you know what his reply was you don't great great Anyways guys, so I got the dogs with me. I feel safe here. There's other trucks here and there's drivers in them So other drivers are staying here too. I just Don't like staying at these kind of places But oh well, what can you do? Thanks for joining me today guys We will see you right here in the morning I will see you then don't forget. I got a new Facebook page if you haven't liked it yet Go down below to the description. 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