 Good morning everybody. We're just rolling into Portage, Wisconsin here right now. We're on our way over to Iron Ridge, Wisconsin Oh and good thing I'm doing the speed limit They're taking pictures right there you stay there buddy Speed limit is 25 miles an hour here, which is pretty slow coming over that bridge I was thinking man, this is really slow for this like shouldn't be 25 But you know me I did 25 anyway good thing I did Otherwise I'd be getting pulled over right now on camera, and I'd have to vlog about it. That'd be awful No, I haven't gotten a speeding ticket since I was a young younger kid Here's another guy another cop. Oh They're serious No speeding in this town Lady go up This guy's in a hurry another one What's going on anything okay? Did I come at a bad time makes you wonder what's going on I? Guess we'll just continue with our day. They're not after us Like I said we gotta deliver this lumber I have on my stepdeck behind me to Iron Ridge, and then we head over to Middlebury Indiana. Oh wow look at this downtown Whoa That is awesome. Oh, I love these little old towns. I get all excited when I go through one Oh the history here See now if I ever moved to the United States, I'd live in a little town like this Not not like too small of a town, but you know a little town like this with like an old 19th century downtown At least that's what I would call it a 19th century downtown Do I got a turn here? Can I go straight? I can go straight, right? Doesn't say trucks turn We're gonna keep going. Oh, yeah, there comes a truck down there. Okay. I don't feel as bad if I see another truck Sometimes these little towns they want you to go around the Main Street. They don't want trucks on Main Street And here's the cop that had his lights on that blew past me before now suddenly he's not in a hurry anymore So what was that all about before? Why did you blow past me with your lights on if you're in nowhere? And this guy's gonna Jay walk right behind the cop right there What what's going on did I wake up in a different universe? Maybe his call got cancelled or something. I'm just gonna assume the best and assume that he didn't just use his police lights to get Here a little quicker and he should have for no reason, you know that his lights on again Oh, that's what it was. He wanted to pull over and there's another cop behind me, but he doesn't have his lights on Portage, Wisconsin you guys are serious about your law and order Okay, mr. Officer, please don't open your door right in into me here and I go past you nice and slow. Thank you Somebody's are getting us spanking Understand he was he was actually chasing someone he would he did have a reason see You always assume the best Or just don't assume at all So we have about another hour or so to go to get to our Our delivery hopefully we get unloaded quickly I would like to get reloaded today yet But I kind of have a feeling that they're gonna want to reload me tomorrow morning They're win another cop down the street in front of me You see that this is a very well-policed town I'm sure the residents of Portage, Wisconsin feel very safe. You have a cop on every second street. Oh This is the police station right here. That's why okay that makes sense That's a pretty big police station Wow No messing around Another cop if you don't take anything away from this vlog take away this if you're going to Portage, Wisconsin obey the law No, we are filming Well, we got here to our delivery. He's just Pulling off. I think the last couple not just two more on this side yet I need to clean this off. I've already all got all those. I did adjust the weight I do have my riser with me. I do have the wheel straps with me I do have new envelopes and maintenance sheets. So I do need to clean that off of there already, but hey diesel Hey Hey, old man. Hey, I am having my nap. It's my my second mid-morning nap It's a new one. I just added it to the routine Seriously all this old guy does asleep. Hey old man. Hey Maybe he doesn't like me calling him old man. Hey young man Young man. Oh, he looked at his head. So that's what it is. You don't like me calling you old man Okay, old man. I'll call you a young man from now on. Okay. Is that cool old man? Don't look so impressed. Come here. Come here, buddy. Say hi to the vlog. Say hi to the vlog buddy. Come on Say hi. See? Good boy. Can they see you even? Good boy diesel Yeah, such a good boy. You're so tired. Hey, you've lived a good life already, man. You earned it Sorry to bother you old man Young man. He's gonna be eight years old this August You're such a good boy though. Look at you. You're such a good boy. I don't care if you're getting older, man I'm getting older too We're all getting older. It looks like they have One more to take off here. Not this big big compound thing But as soon as they're done, I start heading towards Indiana. I'm not gonna get there before end of business day today It's 1130 right now and they're in Eastern time zone too. Shoot. I just realized that it's 1230 there right now And I'm 426 kilometers away, which is like six times four is what? Why can't I math right now 24 240 250 miles away or so? Give or take I'm not gonna get there till like supper because I have to stop and eat sometime yet. I need lunch I'm hungry So I need to at least stop and pick something up for the way And by the time I get there it'll be and I'll have to load it up tomorrow morning Which is okay tomorrow's Friday, so What's going on over there? The guy's dragging his mudflops. I think he forgot to put air in the suspension Whoops Okay, this is the last one guys. I got to get going and put you guys down in here That's it. All right. Thank you. I've gotten the official thumbs up from the official forklift driver He looks just like a guy that I work with one of my co-workers looks just like him definitely Nordic Swedish or Norwegian or something just straight up like Nordic you can just tell just like bright blue eyes the long blonde hair Looks like a Viking Vikings are cool Okay So I got to go to the guard shack now and let him know I'm out of here Things tied down on the day. Yep. I made sure everything was tied down before I came in here to talk to you find people Lights on Let's not hit anything Let's go have fun driving around Chicago. This is how I feel about that Yeah, Chicago gotta go and talk to this fine gentleman. He was really friendly before diesel. It's your buddy. Hey I'm gonna go say hi to your bud Hey, look, there's another guy another one of your friends on the back of this truck. Look at that Look at that. There's one right there Look at him He's painting Look at that diesel look at him He's on the back. What's he doing on the trailer man? No, you can't go out there and say hi. No, look at him He's right there Back of this Save big money at Menards. Do those commercials still are they still in the air? I like them because they are dog friendly. Look, they even have painting dogs He's gonna get his paws all full of paint though get ourselves rolling here again You know this area of the country or this area of the state and specific Wisconsin is awesome all the little farms here They're like the the classic Excuse me The classic American farm when you have this picture of like that classic American farm in your head That's what's everywhere all around here This guy's got all his flags out this guy loves his country. Oh, he's got all kinds of flags Like half a dozen American flags He's got a Trump flag. He's got a Wisconsin flag. He's got a Poland flag a Harley-Davidson flag He likes flags too. I like them. I Love flags. I just don't go that hardcore with them. I don't think my wife would let me I Mean if she'd let me yeah, I'd have a lot more flags flying in our yard, but I just have the one Right now I only have the provincial flag of Manitoba flying right now It's very similar to the Ontario flag. It's very similar to the old Original Canadian flag which was called the end sign It had the British Union Jack on the top left corner with a red background with the crest of Canada I guess is what you'd call it on the the right-hand side in the center sort of like Australia's flag without the stars and red with the crest And that's the same as the Manitoba flag. It's a I like it. I want to get a Canadian end sign flag and I want to fly that because that's the original flag of the country the Canadian flag that we You see flying today on the the flag poles of the Maple Leaf. That's a very new flag that only came in the last Several decades ago, okay, we're between Milwaukee and Milwaukee in Chicago right now. I just stopped at truck stop. What exit was this again? Forget what exit we're at but there's a petrol stopping center And I went to the the sort of smaller truck stop on the other side I like going to these smaller truck stops just because there's less traffic like here, there's just there's just this little bit of parking back here and That's the truck stop that way there I know it doesn't really do you justice showing you but I just want to sort of show you the the size of it It's a smaller one and you know, most people they'll run over to the petrol because it's the big fancy one and nothing against them They have amazing truck stops. I like them a lot, but I'm sort of in the mood today just to Be by myself and not socialize too much with that being said there was a driver here that Noticed I had the steps for diesel that helps them in and out of the truck and I get a lot of comments on those steps Actually, they're called pet loader and you can find them on Amazon if you're looking for it Maybe I'll post the link Somewhere if I can but it all you got to do is research. I'll just look for pet loader There's all kinds of different sizes and stuff like mine are really dirty here right now I don't want to show them to you because I had them strapped to the outside of my truck last week I got to wash them again, but I Put I set them up and diesel walk down them walk back up as other driver talked to me Here today and came to talk to me about it saying that that's awesome He has a smaller dog too when I think a cat inside the house And he has all kinds of steps and stuff built up for them So they don't have to jump either because it's so hard on their joints and their paws and their back to jump in and out of the truck all the time and Diesel's a little bit too big a little too big to you know Jump or for me to carry him You're a diesel. This is your little hiding spot now. Hey, this is your little hiding spot I like it that you sleep here because this is here then if I have to stop suddenly that keeps you safe You're such a good boy. I love you so much He's been with me since he was about 10 weeks old Turning eight this year I'm so glad that I met Britt and that I married a woman who loves dogs just as much as me maybe even a little bit more and Diesel just loves her and Diesel you are my judge of character if you don't like somebody I don't like them But if you love them, then I know they're a really good person Right. You're a really good judge of character That's a good boy. I wish you would stop getting older man You're supposed to live forever or at least as long as me at least as long as me. That would be nice eight years old How old would that be in in human years? I think it's eight times seven right approximately times seven so That's not that old yet. Maybe I shouldn't be calling you old man. That's only what 56, right? I can't do math right now I'm a truck driver. I got calculators for this stuff. You know when we were in school Our math teachers would always tell us make sure you learn how to do it all in your head because you're not gonna have a Calculator in your pocket everywhere you go Prove them wrong Okay eight times seven 56. Yes, I was right. Thank you grade three math awesome I knew I was in grade three for a reason I passed too So 56 you're only like 56 I got to stop calling you an old man because my dad and my father-in-law Might take offense to that What am I talking about? They're both like 30 years old, right? My father-in-law just turned 29 Last weekend Again, and I think my dad's around the same age to maybe maybe 20 30. I don't know I Stopped aging at at 30 myself. I decided to stop having birthdays at 30 So this last birthday was my second 30th birthday. It was it was a lot of fun Well, I wish you would stop having birthdays man. I wish you would stop getting old Dogs age way too fast, you know They're truly man's best friend He's been with me almost every day for the most part for eight years The last trip when I took Chevy along and we went to BC in then Ontario and back We were gone for two weeks. That was the longest I've ever been apart. Wait Wait, wait, wait. No, that's not true either on our honeymoon. We left the dogs at my in-laws as well my mother-in-laws and That was three weeks. Okay. Okay, so I've been gone for long It felt like an eternity though, man It felt like you did it feel like that for you, too You didn't even notice did you because you had Brit there you had mom there giving you all the love in the world. I Don't know if you've noticed this or not you may have noticed if you watch my wife's channel link is down below in the description You might have noticed. We're kind of crazy dog people We love dogs a lot not so much cats. I don't mind cats. I like all animals, but Especially especially dogs. They're my favorite. I don't know if there is a dog in the room I am sorry, but I'm not gonna be able to have a conversation with you because I'm gonna be on the floor petting The dog the whole time that that's me at the party so if you want me to like socialize with human beings make sure there's no dogs at the party because You've lost me as soon as a four-legged furry friend comes around the corner, right diesel Great shaking my head SMH Getting off the tollway here in Middlebury, Indiana and whoever's at the front of this line It doesn't have a credit card or doesn't have cash doesn't have both Holding up this whole line To get off the tollway because they're having a hard time paying I don't know what people do in this situation because you look at this like 10 vehicles couple. There's gonna be some behind me right away I need to get through here And there's no way for any of us to get off the highway now because if this one person who is not prepared at the front Oh, oh looks like they got through hey How did it possibly take them that long? Must be their first time on a toll road. I Have easy pass so I just drive up and it's automatically build to the company Maybe it's a slow machine. Maybe this guy's gonna take a long time, too Maybe something's wrong with it This guy's All right, this guy's getting out of his pickup now up there. Oh the machine must not be working properly Okay Okay Guy sitting up at the front of the line right now with his Dodge Ram with his tow mirrors out No trailer behind him just his tow mirrors out, you know The guy behind him too also has his tow mirrors out What is it with Dodge Ram drivers always driving with their tow mirrors out man? It must be hauling imaginary trailers everywhere they go. Oh, this one just opened and I am going through here Excuse me, maybe easy as that. Oh, that's narrow Good times Good thing that Dodge Ram driver wasn't in that lane He wouldn't have been able to clear that with his tow mirrors out We're gonna stop at the truck stop off here to our left. Hopefully there's parking for us And we got to pick up trailers or an X load across the interstate To our right tomorrow morning. Look at this guy. Look at this guy Couldn't wait I had to get in front of me didn't stop at the stop sign either I was in a hurry to get somewhere. There's supposed to be a truck stop right here. Okay. Yeah, there it is Hopefully there's some spots there for me. It's only like 10 spots at this place Now, where's the where's the driveways it on this road or is it on that road? I believe us after these lights Kilometers that turn left on us 12. No, we're turning in here many Gallops this way. Oh, that's the name of the truck stop Gallops in Middlebury, Indiana Lots of parking spots back there Beautiful. I like it. I'm gonna go park between those two drops trailers. So I know they'll be quiet See him off there to the left back in beside them I think actually No, no, I'm not actually The ground is uneven there Make all the blood rush to my head then I'm gonna park over here. Have it on this side of these guys These little streets weeper go. Look at him go. He's just giving her I'm just back into my spot here being entertained by this guy. Oh He's coming back. Don't worry. He's coming back Just giving her still going still going. Well, that looks like fun Go through steer tires very quickly. Is he entertaining you to your diesel? Look at him go look at him go Maybe he has a dog with him too, man. It will be best friends You never know diesel. You never know, but I do know I have to sneeze here comes. Oh One more maybe Maybe oh, yeah, here comes her Okay, well, that's it for the day everybody. I hope you enjoyed it I think it was a bit of a longer one today. I have a feeling look I've been doing a lot of talking today. I've been very chatty. Have I been talking too much? Well, you always talk a little too much for my liking man, but yeah, I think you did okay. I think everything is good Why won't you look at me? I Am embarrassed You're embarrassed just to be with me I'd be embarrassed to be with me too if I was you Try living with me in this body I'll see you tomorrow. Like I said, just across the interstate is where we're Picking up these trailers tomorrow. They're utility trailers. I believe there's three of them I have all the equipment I need on the back of my trailer. I have my riser I have all the donage I need for wheel block a wheel chocks And I got the nails to nail those wheel chocks down onto the trailer Well, so I got I have tarps, but I'm not gonna need the tarps You don't tarp those things and then so we'll load that tomorrow It'll take most of the the morning and afternoon. I'm sure and then we'll start on our way home Oh, it means Friday. So today is Thursday that I'm filming the Sun Friday is tomorrow We'll get a good ways home tomorrow probably through Chicago Definitely through Chicago tour around Black River Falls. Maybe a little further in Wisconsin And then we'll be able to do the rest on The next day. So I'll be home Saturday night Sunday we have that family gathering for my sister Rose's birthday my birthday my dad's birthday And Easter all put together into one big family gathering. So my sister Rose's birthday was on March 29th My birthday was on April 1st My dad's birthday is on April 24th And Easter is while Easter is Easter You got to take off work and celebrate Easter. It only comes once a year. It's sort of like Christmas Anyways, I hope you guys have a great day Subscribe to my channel here on youtube if you haven't already according to my analytics over half of you that watch my videos are not subscribed So I challenge you to subscribe to me on youtube It's free You just got to click a button And if you want to click the bell beside it and that'll send you a notification when I release my new videos So you never miss one and you're never out of the loop I'd appreciate if you did that. Anyways, I'll see you guys tomorrow. Take care