 Before we start today's vlog, I just want to give a special thank you to a few people who sent me a few things in the mail I just want to let you know that I got your parcels. There's one here from Sharon Give me the flag that you can hang the American flag and a bunch of other stuff that's sitting over there Thank you. I got your parcel There was from Shelley the GoPro head strap Thanks, so that's very thoughtful. I didn't even ask you for that, but That I can really use I was actually using the doggie cam this week Or this weekend while I was at home the footage didn't turn out yet because I got to do it in a park when I'm not at home Exactly because of all the background scenery obviously, but it did turn out alright. I am gonna be doing it more in the future Thank you. I got a big flag here of England Somebody tell me is this like this isn't the actual flag of England is it is just a decorative flag But it does have the crossing back to the England. Thank you very much. I love flags. I always love getting flags I gotta figure out where I'm gonna put all these flags. Thanks. So that flag was from Carl Doyle in England Got your parcel Who sent me this one again? This was Carl Doyle. Okay This one here was sent to us from Nice letter attached this one as well as a four-page letter from Hannah, Pennsylvania Got that as well. Is that all of them? I just want to give a quick. Thank you to all of you That's did send stuff in the mail if you guys are wondering how this stuff got here The peel box is always down below in the description of every video You don't have to send anything really don't feel like you have to totally up to you But if you do choose to it's down below for you. Anyways, let's get this vlog started. Let's get this day on the road Good morning one and all What was it? Thanks again for the gifts that you guys sent to me It's very thoughtful of you guys. I'll make some good use out of them We're about to load up the truck and start the day She's got the last little bit of my stuff into the truck and we'll be taking off go pick up our trailer and that trailer It's taking us south. Oh, we're sweet for diesel to be done as business outside there Soon as he's done we can go diesel We're waiting. I don't want to yell. It's too early to yell. I don't like being up early Sometimes you just have to you know You want to make money you can't always sleep in Anyways guys, let's get the rest of the truck loaded up. Let's get it fired up get it warmed up Let's go You know what I love about leaving on a new trip sergeant. You know what I like about it Clean Everything is clean and organized and it all makes sense. You should stay on the bed Okay, you should you should definitely get down off the bed. All right. Yeah, don't step on my feet the floor is clean The bed is clean my bed is clean My other bed is clean. We're actually sleep. I guess that's my bed. That's their bed. I Need to take out the trash yet, but oh That is nice. So we just got into the truck guys were ready to leave I have my truck at home. So we're at home right now I need to stop by my mom drop off some accounting paperwork some tax paperwork and whatnot. She's my accountant We'll head into work grab that trailer and we'll head south Tired of this heat up here. Let's go down and Get some more heat down south I don't know how far south we're going. I just don't want some I don't get tax deducted off my checks anymore because well, I run the business I am responsible to put money away from my taxes at the end of the year I pay my taxes all in one big lump, right? So I got to be diligent make sure that I put that kind of money away I'm in good standing with the government of canadia I pay my taxes. Now give me something for it Right, I'm gonna say for it. That's a lot of taxes Now that the taxes are paid you pay your taxes only one thing makes that feel better One benefit to bob tailing you can get closer to the building We're still quite a ways away. I gotta walk there yet, but it's worth every step So like I've been saying the load we're picking up that's going south I don't know where yet, but we just know we're crossing the border south We think the boys are all up to date with their vaccinations now shouldn't have a problem A lot of you ask what's it like crossing the border with a dog? Well, so far All they've asked me is if they're vaccinated, right? And then they can see their tags that they had their rabies shots and whatnot And if they want to they can ask you to provide proof of it I haven't been asked yet, but the time's coming when they're going to be like, okay, prove it Prove it that your dogs are not going to make the entire country sick and spread aids to the entire world. How would you spread aids? How about ebola, you know, it was this big thing ebola this ebola this we're all gonna die Suddenly just night and day click nobody talks about it anymore That's the media for you though, you know It's like one day we're all gonna die everything's good. No, it's all good No big deal I can remember when that first ebola patient landed in uh happened in dallas there in texas Everybody was like changing their travel plans Avoiding texas driving around dallas staying in their homes buying like tons of water staying in palm shelters ebola has hit dallas, texas A few weeks later Never hear about it. Whatever happened to ebola. You guys know I think they were just trying to distract us from something the question is what conspiracy Off we go We've got a trailer behind us. We're heavy pretty heavy We're not maxed out, but we're about 78,000 pounds right now as a comparison the car you drove to work this morning It's probably between two to four thousand pounds and immediately you drive. I mean if you drive a Hummer while you're special Kilometers turn left on that gore road that turn left. She wants me to do a u-turn here. Why man? I know where I'm going Being a no-it-all mandy. I know where I'm going I'm the boss my truck when I got home from my last trip. I didn't wash the windshield It's just filthy because we're gonna have to stop and get that cleaned off soon We're probably gonna stop in grand forks or fargo north dakota for some fuel One good thing about being heavy like this though Riding like a boat No Sometimes you just gotta put your foot down woman I'm the boss. I'll tell you where we're going right to the shoulder. Why would you do that? Now you're making me move all the way over here. Why are you doing that? Pulls over to talk on the phone Here here in there in a while actually I kind of miss them anything's changed you know sometimes you Leave something for a while you come back and everything's different I hope they still like me. It's been a long while. It's since before I went to newfoundland. I think Wow, so it's been a month since I've been in the united states Yikes Turn right on night 29 I'm almost I'm almost like a foreigner again. Oh good. There's not too much of a lineup either. Awesome. We made it We're in the united states of america Doesn't that feel good you guys feel bad? You guys feel that? Hey back there. Do you feel that? diesel How about you you feel that land of dreams? I thought canada waited and dreams man Canada is also the land of dreams It's uh interesting because you know the american dream or whatever. It's exactly the same in canada I say this often because in my opinion The two countries are so similar. We came from the same Past we have almost the same history america's is a little bit more You know what I mean like a little bit more hollywood like they They had a lot of battles and wars and canada was sort of a bit more peaceful and was sort of negotiated and asked nicely You know, could we please make our own decisions and be more independent? Whereas america's like hey We're doing this on our own now. All right, you understand so just as you know america started on the east coast So did canada. It was all the same people that came over and then eventually we'd say, you know, uh, we're gonna do this Well america went we're gonna do this on our own right? Independence day And canada we waited an extra century We were still under british control Complete British control for another century and then we're like could we please make our own decisions We don't like this paying taxes to you. We don't even know you. I wasn't even born there You know, we sort of like to make our own decisions just say And we got our independence in 1867 that's when we confederate Confederated yes, because we are a confederation of provinces Just like a state we have provinces I don't know what i'm rambling on about the point is here that I I believe that two countries are very similar And that's probably why we share a close relationship. We do have our differences. Don't get us wrong. We We're different Definitely you feel it different in the culture, but I love Coming down to visit the united states because I know I don't I don't care what all of you say I don't care I am I like america that way up topic there. Hey, look at this bus. Happy fourth of july Happy fourth of july. Hey, don't go away. Don't go away. Hey, I want to show everybody you Hey, did you see it? I couldn't zoom in fast enough Yes, you're watching this most likely on canada day Happy canada day. It is on july 1st and of course Happy early fourth of july to my american friends. It's funny that I got on this topic right on Canada day and independence day season, you know I didn't even plan that it just happened So be thankful for the countries that you live in whatever country it is that you live in And if you are thinking of moving Towards canada, you know, I can't speak too much for the states because I don't live here But I love visiting here I would encourage anyone to come visit and if you're thinking of moving to canada It really truly is a great country up there. It's a quiet Country we're sort of like the forgotten hat of america When you come to canada, you will feel like you're in america But it's sort of a little you know a light version I hate to say it, but there's just a little less violence up there But that could just be the news too, you know the news media in canada focuses on different topics in the news media in the states News media down here. I don't mean this is a bad thing, but they focus on more the doom and gloom, right? That's what sells. That's what people in the states want to hear doom and gloom the world's coming to end, you know Terrible people are everywhere whereas in canada they would rather Focus on more of the highlights, you know, what good the country is doing in the world What what the good is happening in the country, you know how the country is progressing how we're becoming better Stuff like that. That's the difference that you'll notice from country to country But other than that the culture is very much the same We drive the same kind of vehicles. We have funny money though. Our money looks like monopoly money So I guess maybe you know what maybe there's bigger differences than I think But all in all I think the two countries are the two closest friends of any countries of the world We're just like the little brother that everyone forgets about. Hey, we're here too. We're here too it's just it's it's We're besides it's a big powerful nation that everyone wants to focus on the states, right? And they sort of forget about canada up there because you know states takes the spotlight They're so big and powerful which we're fine. We're totally fine not being in the spotlight You can take the spotlight all you want states and you take it you give her you have fun with it, all right Put on our show for everybody We'll pull out the popcorn I love the state and I love canada. So guys go down below to the description There's links to past vlogs of mine all the way up to a year ago And you know I've been doing this for over two years over three years actually But you can go and follow my life every single day for the last two years if you'd like to What was I doing today two years ago? 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