 Good morning. How'd you sleep weasel? Yeah, great. Thanks. Good night. Good night Yeah, you took up the whole bed man. I got a share Good morning, everybody. I just crawled out of bed put some clothes on And we're at the flying J in South Beloit, Illinois Illinois Illinois traffic we're gonna have to deal with today in Chicago as we deliver this lumber We picked this lumber up in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada and somebody wants it here in Chicago So I'm gonna bring it to them and I don't have a reload yet. I've been looking been waiting but Nothing yet. So maybe by the time we get there got a little bit of a hike into the city. I wanted to be there a little earlier. Oh But it just didn't work out I wanted to be there right now But they said as long as I'm there sometime today, so they're not really expecting it first thing in the morning I was just hoping to get it unloaded a little earlier. Hopefully there's not a lineup yet when we get there to be unloaded It is what it is Let's get ready. Let's get going. I'm gonna fuel up here real quick yet and then Be on our way Well, I think I picked the right lane. This guy is just finishing up filling up his reefer tank So that usually means he's done And he'll be pulling forward right away Pumps are kind of busy here this morning Maybe I should have fueled last night. I probably would have been smart Last night I was thinking maybe I don't need to fuel maybe I'll fuel after I deliver in Chicago, you know But I don't know which direction I'm heading and I don't like thinking. Oh, yeah, maybe we'll do it later Hopefully hopefully there will be a truck stop. Hopefully there will be fuel somewhere No, no, let's just grab fuel one. We know there is fuel So I'll mess around Okay, so grabbed our fuel grabbed our coffee Granola bar for breakfast Gonna make healthy choices again today, right? right Turned my signal on so people know what I'm doing in the parking lot I've said it before you know what I went to go get my My driver's license just for like the car and Manitoba's the class 5 license Well 16 anyways, I want to go get my driver's license. I Passed my test the first try but I did get points against me Because I didn't use my turn signal in a gravel parking lot It wasn't even a paid parking. I didn't even there wasn't even any spots or anything or any lanes marked But I had parked in a gravel parking lot And then I had started moving and I turned to the left to go towards the exit of the parking lot And I didn't use my signal. I was the only one in the parking lot The driver instructor or the test guy whatever gave points against me for that for not using my signal in a parking lot So So, you know, I don't know how it goes in the US here, but up where we're from up in the Great Light North It is law that you have to use your turn signal even in the parking lots Which a lot of people that will most people don't even use it in the On the highway here remain roads so not very many use in the parking lots and nobody knows what anyone's doing, right? You're not signaling Anyways, let's go visit the Windy City. Let's go visit Chicago Did you know that Winnipeg, Manitoba used to be called Chicago of the north or Windy City of the north? Back in the 1800s Come on Karen, I'm telling a story every time I'm telling a story you have to be just not even what I was talking about Has nothing to do with my story Winnipeg, Manitoba and Chicago, Illinois Man Karen They were very similar cities in the 1800s and they were called sister cities My have times of change day I mean Winnipeg is one of the most violent cities in Canada and Chicago is well, it's Chicago So I guess they still have some stuff in common Well, that's that so I've been here at this What do you call this oasis here in Chicago? I really don't want to stay in the city overnight So I've been kind of pushing to get a direction to go But I've been waiting all day for directions and I finally got it. We're going to Delavan, Wisconsin Which is an hour and a half north of here Just over the border into Wisconsin I want to get out of here before rush hour gets too bad. It's 3 30 right now. It already looks like it's pretty bad out there Picking up some kind of generator tomorrow. It's gonna be an LTL load. So I'm picking up One generator tomorrow then going up to Berlin, Wisconsin I think I'll be picking up more generators from a different place there I don't know. It's a gonna be a mismatched load a little bit of this little bit of that So yeah, I'll pick that up first thing tomorrow I've got to be in Berlin before 2 o'clock. How far is Berlin from Delavan? Let's figure this out. Google, learn me Wisconsin not Germany not true. We're not going to Berlin, Germany. We're going to Berlin, Wisconsin From Delavan, Wisconsin. I'm gonna load first thing in the morning in Delavan, Wisconsin Berlin is two hours north. Okay, so I definitely definitely have to leave Delavan no later than 11 a.m Got you Well, I've been sitting here all day waiting, but it is what it is. I don't wait very often, but it's just a slow season right now So let's go get our freight. I'm surprised they even found parking at one of these oasis is usually they're just packed But this one's under construction. So I think a lot of people just drive past thinking that it's closed The parking lot still open A friendly police officer actually directed me here I was trying to figure out where to go. I guess I was parked On the side of like a side street where I delivered and I was trying to figure out where to go and this nice police officer Pulls up beside me and asked me if I was okay or if there's any trouble and I said well I'm just I just don't want to end up under a low bridge. I'm looking for a place to park for a while He told me this place is under construction that most truck drivers drive right past thinking that is closed So I could probably find parking there and it was just around the corner a lot of people aren't letting me in Okay, there we go. There we go. Yeah, see there's another lane for you. There you go So yeah friendly cops around here Get out of this city A lot of nice people in Chicago, but there's also a lot of night not so nice people I haven't met the not so nice people yet, but I hear about them all the time Chicago's got a global reputation. I think This is not a city you want to spend the night in if you're not from here Okay, if you're from here, you probably know which areas to avoid I'm not from here. So I just avoid the whole city altogether the whole thing. I Do not sleep in Chicago So this is that same route that we took the one time We were trying to avoid the tolls on the way home and it ended up Taking us way longer going this way except this time. We actually need to go this way We're gonna stop at a new truck stop which has been built or a travel plaza whatever you want to call it It's a loves travel plaza in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. We're coming up to the Wisconsin border here real soon. We're still in Illinois I'm still amazed at how like how many people how many people Are out here every time I know I know it gets old I say it all the time But Chicago and Milwaukee, it's the same city Like we're just in in between the two cities right now, right, but it's still city I haven't hit any countryside yet They call it different names, but it's all the same to me Well, hey, that's a Chevy Volt here just to our left Well, they changed that it looks like a Honda Civic now. Why did they do that? Oh? It looked good before already. I almost well I almost considered buying a volt at one point I like the idea that it has a gas generator built into it so that when you run out of charge it can continue down the road Without having to charge it. It's just the gas engine kicks in and it charges the batteries for you. I Thought about getting one. I thought it was pretty unique car, but now that they changed the body style I don't know what Chevy's been doing in the last little while, but they've been messing up their body styles. I Still love them and the new Chevy Silverado. It's growing on me. I'm still not a fan of the shorter hood That's my biggest criticism of it. I don't like the shorter hood, but they do They they do look pretty good. I mean it's growing on me. I'm not gonna get one But I don't hate them as much as I did when I first saw them I can appreciate them. I see what they're doing. You know a couple years down the road They'll come out with a new body style, and I'm sure they'll take all the criticism to heart Hopefully probably not Well, look at this. This is sort of almost countryside here. Look Wow in open field Well, that was fun and we're back into town. Okay This is probably where I would live. I had to live near Chicago. I'd want to live somewhere out here in the Would you call this a suburb? I don't know I don't know how they define their cities here because it's all just one big thing It's like the East Coast of the US East Coast all one big city. It's like New York, Boston Well, maybe not Boston, but New York Baltimore Philadelphia, what else is in that area there? It's all like one big city New Bork New York City could I say that and I probably said that you guys don't what I mean It's all one big city. I still love where I live though, you know I like where I live. I have no reason to move Not yet. Anyway, we'll see how the future turns out, but we're gonna stick it out as long as we can Those are my view looks like right now Just about the Wisconsin boy. We're still in Illinois You look at the GPS right there that line going across. I can't really see it I guess I don't know if you can see it or not. That's the Wisconsin border. Oh And the scale is open Are you gonna let me bypass or what? This is gonna tell me in a second whether or not I have to Head into the scale or not Always worries me sometimes even when this thing says it says follow road signs shoot that means I've got to go Into the scale Sometimes this thing will tell me to bypass. I'm always worried sometimes like do they get the message then that I'm supposed to bypass Do they know that I'm cleared to go? I've never been chased, but if it says bypass full so just keep driving right past Still makes me nervous Remember this scale. This is a scale that where you got off Turn left wait for traffic traffic always gets really backed up here Came through here one string rush hour as well Might be able to get in there without blocking traffic or without slowing down Oh, no, we have to wait for those guys. So I'm gonna make a left turn into the scale here And it's so confusing They're gonna come out here So they've got both sides open please dim lights, okay Wait for scale to clear Okay, see there's another guy waiting way over there on the right There's only one scale But I've got to stop here and wait for the scale to clear and then he's gonna go But meanwhile if there's more trucks behind me, they haven't come yet But they've got to actually stop on the road and block traffic. They're gonna wait there. He's not gonna wait there, is he? All right, he's gonna wait. Okay So confusing little guys got a creep over first and then I go I Don't know why they have both directions open at the same time They should only have one one direction open Or have you know a scale of both sides? Looks like that gravel truck over there got pulled in Okay, now it's our turn You see over there on the other side. There's two trucks waiting now now. They have to block traffic All right, stop on the scale He just told me to go ahead so I don't want to go through too quickly Let him read all my numbers There we go. You see when it gets busy with trucks here It creates a huge kerfluffle with all the traffic and everything But that's the way it is here. So that's the way we do it. I Remember my first time coming through the scale. It was more than confusing Now we got to try to get back on this road without hitting anything without anyone hitting us Still traffic coming still traffic coming back someone left got some on the right Oh, it's gonna be a while. I'll talk to you guys once we get to love. So is that we're almost there It's not even 530 it's dark already Approaching destination on the right side in zero meters Zero meters as soon as I turn right. Hey, I don't think so, but I do see it here Hopefully that'll be parking. I mean, it's only 530. It feels way later, huh? Let's go see what's going on. It loves Have arrived at your destination on the right side one zero zero commerce drive. I Want a good parking spot Plenty of parking available. I love stopping early. Look at this. I Love this Let's see you guys see any good spots. I want a corner spot I'm picky But I can be picky because look at all these options Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing over there, buddy? Just flying around All the corner spots are taken shoot, of course they are Give this one over here. Nope. Nope all taken Well, I don't want to be at the very back of the lot. Let's let's do a lap Let's see. Oh, there's a corner spot. What is beside a reefer? Isn't it? No, it's not a reefer I'm gonna do a lap Let's see what's over here. I want the best spot So it's good to see that loves has actual like repair shops now where you can get your truck service not just tire shops That's kind of kind of nice. They used to only be known or used to be known for only having tire shops Okay, there's no parking over here to the left. I thought there would be Nope Okay Well, then we'll pick one of these spots and we'll call it a night