 It's a beautiful day outside today. We're getting back on the road but first We're gonna do our first porch sitting of the season Pulled out the porch seats Weather is finally nice enough out here. Oh, she's chugging that coffee. Oh, she's She's all about that coffee So we got our little guys out here. We got wiener big Frank We have a squirrel that keeps running up through here. I'm trying to scare away Like that Yeah, we're we're still in the quarantine here as are you I was going so far for you. I Know it's not getting any better, but we'll get through it So I got to leave on a trip today. I'm headed down to the US So I got to bring some lumber down to Wisconsin and from there Coming back up to Ontario and then back around to here. So let's Got to keep things moving. So we'll see how I feel by the time I get back I may just stay in the truck now until everything passes by but I'm gonna be super careful I'm not gonna get out of my truck for anything Anything just fueling. I'm going into town today to get groceries for her while I'm gone And I'm also gonna pick up some plastic gloves for me to use at the pumps You know, I think I'm really more worried about is because I need to shower when I'm on the road I'm not gonna go a whole week with that without a shower So I'm mean I could I Could I could just then again you I was gonna say you get a lot of wipes, but you can't find those anywhere either So my my only worry is when I go and use the showers They're supposed to sanitize them and disinfect them between every person But all you need is one lazy employee To not quite disinfect properly But that's why I'm just going to I'll probably take my own Just and I'm gonna disinfect all the surfaces I touch in there myself like all the like the sink and everything and the Shower handle y'all disinfect them. I'll be like extra super careful like that And then hopefully we can Hopefully we can be all right, but we got to go out there into the big scary world Family safe at home So there is a little bit of sad news as well. I'm gonna be going out alone on this trip I've gone alone without diesel a couple of times on some short trips Not very often I haven't gone very far, but until this whole Thing is over and things go back to normal diesel is gonna be staying at home with Britt I'm sad for you, but it's it's the smartest Decision for diesel anyways. Yeah, and if I'm just worried, you know, if God forbid the worst happens Let's say and I were to get sick on the road and Suddenly find myself in a hospital. We don't like talking about that, but we have to think about it because we're adults We have to we have to be realistic if the worst happens What would happen to diesel? Where would they put him? They're not gonna let me cross the border to go get him. Yeah What if it's in the US? Yeah, then you can't even cross the border to go get him And I don't want to think about what they're gonna do because all the dog pounds down there are probably pretty full so let's not think about that let's just leave diesel at home where he's safe and Also, I don't know how tight the border security is right now, and if it's gonna get any tighter Because right now they're gonna let me through because I'm essential apparently But I'm gonna keep the economy moving and I keep trucking But are they gonna get a little bit more, you know sticky with bringing pets across because they could be carriers Who knows I don't want to suddenly maybe maybe they'll let me into the US because they They know me at the US border here And I don't know if they're they're allowing pets into the US or not But if they are what if I get into the US with them and then Canada isn't letting pets back into Canada Well now I'm stuck in the US and I can't bring diesel home There's a million different scenarios where it could all go wrong and then diesels left not cared for so Regardless, he's on weasel Cation now. Yeah early retirement now a COVID Cation a COVID Cation Yeah, just to make light on the situation. I know it's not a joke guys But so I'm gonna be alone It'll be something very different It might be a little bit relaxing because I don't have to worry about him so much. Yeah, I can maybe just Focus on me. I've never done since I've been over the road since I've been over the road It's been almost nine years now diesel's been with me right from the beginning. I've never not had diesel with me Well, there's been a couple Where you've brought Chevy instead and then there was one Trip where you went to Alberta where you left all the boys home with me. Yeah, it was very short So yeah, that was a short one where I was by myself and if I didn't have diesel with me I had Chevy with me So this is going to be for the next indefinite amount of time at least three weeks They say they're expecting this to peak from about 21 days from today I Think the news started playing again. I think it our TV is possessed. I'm sure of it I pause the news small TV demon every morning. I watched the the Prime Minister's broadcast and just sort of get the news of What's new and what's happening and I paused it to come out here and it looks like it just started playing on it I can hear it in there. It does that It's very important news. I must notify you now. Yeah, it's telling the dogs inside Diesel diesel just watching the news. Oh my goodness Buddy panic, we haven't told them yet. Why is nobody told me? This is serious You want me Daniel? You got to try and laugh, right? But we've been hearing lots of bad stories out there. So I hope that it's not affecting effecting all of you two personally though. I know it probably will at one point or another so Anyways, I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my coffee might even go get another one. Yeah, I'm I'm low look at that Look at that dire situation. Oh, no, and it's cold. Oh, no And I'm not done pork sitting yet me neither. No, we got to take turns though because even though the Frankies are being very good boys We can't leave them alone out here because we're not irresponsible pet owners What if a coyote came they can eat both of them in one bite our dogs are never outside by themselves ever not ever Not for a second. Nope We always have eyes on them. So they stay really close by. I Wish other people would walk their dogs a little closer, but we can only do what we can do for ourselves Anyways, okay, so I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my morning here I'm gonna get ready to leave and then I'll talk to you once we're in the truck All packed up and headed to the trailer Get me coffee, too, please. This is not a drill. Yeah, we feel thank you. What a wife One more thing quickly before we pack up the truck and get ready to go I got to get groceries for Brett. So she's at home and I'm out here on grocery duty We're here at the superstore see what they have left on their shelves today, and I've got a list. I have one job Let's not mess this up You guys probably experienced the same thing at your local grocery store, but that was a Little bit intense They've upped the Up the measures the safety levels a little bit We all have to wait in line and they only allowed a certain amount of customers inside Walmart at a time So the rest of us had to wait outside and they had a employee Going up and down the line ensuring that everybody stays six feet apart If they don't keep everybody six feet apart the government's going to shut them down And then nobody gets to go into Walmart. So they they were pretty strict on it They were going up and down they were getting the teenagers to separate because they didn't want to stand six feet apart It says even if you're shopping together you have to maintain social distancing In the store they would go around making sure that everybody even if they're shopping together is Staying at least six feet apart Now then I went to the pet store to get some pet food just to stock up a little bit for the dogs Uh and even there they only allowed two people in the store at a time Everybody else had to wait in line outside six feet apart And then you were guided into the store you could only go up to the cash register tell them what you needed They went into the store Brought it out wiped the bag down for you wiped down the counter where you were doing your transaction And then you could leave and when you left the next customer could come in Unlike anything I've ever experienced in my life It's crazy It's totally I totally understand why But I have never lived through anything like this I don't think my parents or even my grandparents have ever lived through a pandemic like this The last pandemic like this was the Spanish flu and that was in 1918 So my opa my dad's dad would have been born around that time. I think he was born in 1919 He's already passed on though, so He wouldn't even remember that it would have been my great grandparents that lived through the Spanish flu So no one alive today has ever experienced anything like this. So it's at least not in our part of the world It was new and I do believe I'm just gonna move up in though. I'm gonna line up here to get a car wash Because you know priorities global pandemic gotta make sure my truck is clean I actually do that to maintain this truck so that uh, it Lasts because this truck sits in the garage a lot of the time. I don't want it sitting there full of salt and dirt rusting away on me So just getting a truck wash quickly and then going home Loading up the semi Heading out there into the big bad world It's interesting. It's very interesting But another 21 days from when I'm making this video another 21 days till we're expected to reach our peak And then we're hoping that it'll start going down That's what three weeks yet That is still gonna keep getting worse But I promised you guys I wasn't gonna just be talking about the virus in my vlogs anymore. Let's talk about something else This next load i'm taking down to wisconsin is lumber So someone in lumber Uh, someone in lumber someone in wisconsin still wants our lumber So I'm gonna go bring it to them and then from there I have a load coming out of gary, indiana I'm not too sure what it is. I think it's utility trailers I think that's what we pick up there, but it could be anything and that's taking me to toronto one of the epicenters of Canada right now, but again, we're not gonna talk about that It's hard not to right because it's all you hear everywhere you go Uh, we're gonna go to toronto and then drop that load off and then I have another load waiting for me in st Catherine's ontario that's taking me to alberta back across here to home So it's a week trip till i'll be back. I'll be back home next weekend. I do have some like, uh Some masks to take with me, but they're not the the n95 mask that the healthcare workers need This is just sort of like, uh A drywall mask. It's not supposed to do anything Uh, I don't think it would even help, but I may wear just when i'm outside the truck in toronto I don't know Once again, it's very hard not to talk about this virus. I'm sorry. Let's talk about trucking So I got a quote on the truck that I uh, that I want to buy the w 900 And it's not too bad Uh, I still want to add some stuff to it, but we're sitting at about 233 thousand dollars right now So we're talking like this is going to be a post pandemic Purchase so once this is all over maybe we can get into this Kenworth after a while, but I want to see where the world takes me first I gotta stop talking though because it's very hard to talk about anything else than what's just going through the news non-stop 24 7 Let's just end it here. Okay. I got groceries for my wife. She's gonna be fine while I'm gone Got food for the dogs. They're gonna be fine while I'm gone diesel staying at home It's just me going out there. They got enough food. They'll be fine. The house is clean. They'll be safe Uh, I saw a great meme on uh, facebook that says You're not stuck at home You're safe at home and so they're safe at home. I'm gonna go out there and uh Take care of business I'm gonna take you with me Hope you're ready for this It's gonna get pretty crazy I'll see you when I'm getting into the truck Well, here we are Just me and you guys no weasel I haven't even cleaned up back there yet. Don't look usually I'd clean it up to that diesel doesn't step all over my stuff Right, but don't worry. I won't let myself get lazy I'm actually gonna clean this truck up real good this trip because now I can get in everywhere get all the dog hair out and not have it Fill up right away, so I'll have a little bit more time because I don't have to walk him every day He'll be fine at home But uh, we're just hooked up to our trailer right now. It's a step deck Got some lumber on it and it's going to warrens, wisconsin Let's go tie it down and let's get on the road. So this is it right here. What do we got? This is 16 foot. No, what is that? That's 2 by 6 by 16 foot. Yeah, and Oh, and we got the tri axle You know what that means That load that we're picking up in ontario that steel is gonna be heavy It's gonna be heavy. Oh boy. All right. Well, but it's it's also gonna be heavy in the wallet if you know what I mean So I'm perfectly fine with that. I'll take every nickel I can get I guess I can put my tarps right down in there too Surprised they wouldn't put a What's the word I'm thinking of right now guys. Can't think of it. You know what I mean Surprised they wouldn't put one in here, but I guess it Guess it's fine. Just the way it is All right, this is the way it came all the way from Alberta And so I'll put my tarps under there. They'll be nice and safe. Got a little shelter of their own. How nice I'm gonna pull this on down to warrens Avoiding as many people as we can Secluding ourselves in our truck So we're here in Rothsay, Minnesota bound into USA I've stopped here quite a few times for For night some of my favorite stops I'm gonna go to the back though because apparently everybody figures that they should park right up in the front This guy's parked in the driveway Let me still get through Usually people would park here when everything else is full But when you come back here, it's like the whole parking lot's empty and everybody's parked at the front Oh, well, what can you do, right? Look off all by myself Out here somewhere. I'll talk to you guys a bit once I'm parked I'm just sending away My end of day paperwork You have one hours and 52 minutes of remaining drive time No, I'm done. I am tired It is 2 30 in the morning It's time to go to bed. I'm not gonna be able to move from here until afternoon tomorrow Uh Oh, shut that down shut this down Turn the volume off on that in case I get some messages turn Karen off put her to bed. Good night, Karen Turn the satellite radio off turn that off. Okay, so I've got to go back there and set up my bed now It's gonna be really weird This whole trip like I've been saying being out here without diesel, but at least you know if anything happens He's safe at home With brit and with everyone else. So It is what it is I guess I'll talk to you guys tomorrow crossing the border if you're wondering wasn't Really any different than usual for the most part. I mean they Asked a few more questions at the window Where the freight came from where it was going And then they sent me through the x-ray machine where I got to go into the building get out of the truck And then the x-ray the load and everything and the truck make sure that I'm not I don't know smuggling people or something Whatever they're looking for or whatever they're looking for they didn't find anything because They let me go and I got nothing to hide and so we're here in the usa now As an essential worker Never felt so special I'm gonna go and take my special butt back there And have a very special sleep. There's essential work to be done tomorrow I hope I'll see you there. Don't forget to subscribe to this channel here on youtube trucker drosh vlogs You can also find me on bitshoot And I don't I'm not very active there, but you can find me there if you want to My main activity is over on youtube trucker drosh vlogs. 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