 Good morning everybody. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Just getting my day started here. We're gonna be in Waterloo, Ontario tonight because tomorrow is our open house. So without further ado, let's get out there. I have a van trailer behind me. I'm gonna bring it to our terminal there. Another driver's gonna take it from there. This load's actually going all the way out to, as far as Prince Edward Island. I'm not going as far as Prince Edward Island. I gotta get home. We have a baby on the way. Less than three weeks. Two and a half weeks. And there will be a baby in our arms. So we're gonna finish this trip up. As soon as I'm done this trip, this truck's being parked until May. We've got a lot to get ready. Well, for the most part, actually we've gotten ready. We are ready, but mentally we have to prepare. As much sleep as we can. That's what I hear. This is universal advice from everybody. Get as much sleep as you can right now because you're not gonna know what sleep is in just a few weeks. That's okay. Sleepings for babies and dead people. I don't need sleep. That's okay. We are very excited. It's a baby boy. Those of you who are just tuning in now for the first time, it's our first. We've gotta figure out how everything's gonna work. We've gotta figure out what we're doing. So I have a few weeks coming off after this trip. So a heads up to everybody. There's gonna be lesser trucking content or no trucking content for a few weeks. But just hang tight. Don't unsubscribe. Just hang tight. We're gonna be back in the truck in May. All right, let's get down to Southern Ontario. We've gotta get through Toronto later. Use train tracks. Oh, now I've got a green light. Oh, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, before it turns yellow. Yeah, the GTA. Ah, GTA is not that bad. Okay, maybe it is. I don't know. The way it goes in Canada, now every Canadian's gonna snicker along with me here because they understand. Every Canadian outside the GTA hates the GTA. But every Canadian in the GTA doesn't even know the rest of Canada exists. I am a Western boy rolling into town, so I may have a totally wrong here out East. But I'm pretty sure that's how it goes. They have no idea we even exist. They think they are the center of the world. New York City of Canada, you know? And in many ways they are. I mean, you gotta give it to them a little bit, right? Biggest city in Canada. Any connecting flight, like international flight, overseas is gonna take you through Toronto unless you're going to like Asia. And it'll take you through Vancouver or something. But it's like they know they're the hub, right? Winnipeg was supposed to be the hub of the West. We are the gateway to the West. And then it sort of shifted over to Alberta and sort of around Calgary and Edmonton, that's sort of the hub of Western Canada. Which is fine because like I've said before, I'm from Southeast Manitoba and we kind of like the quiet. You know, you go to Toronto, it's very noisy. Lots of people, too many people all in one place. Everybody living like shoulder to shoulder. Like you barely have room to breathe. And the air you're breathing is all smoggy anyway, right? Like the quiet and the peace and quiet of Manitoba. If you meet a Canadian abroad, like if you're on vacation, you meet a Canadian, chances are they don't even know anyone from Manitoba. They might not even know that we exist. Shh, it's okay, don't tell them. Manitoba is the province that people fly over to get over the flyover provinces, you know? They'll fly from Toronto to like Calgary and they'll be like, oh, look, there's Saskatchewan. Wait, wasn't there something else supposed to be here? I don't know. I don't know about all of Manitobans. There's about 1.1 million of us. I can't speak for all of them, but I like the peace and quiet. I like that we're not a big hub of like tourism and a big hub of everything. I get to go home and just relax. It's quiet off the beaten path. The air is clean, you know? Cheap electricity. It's a pretty good life in Manitoba. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it's pretty good. We got an NHL team. I mean, what else could one ask for? We're on in Ontario. This is still considered Northern Ontario. We're headed down to Southern Ontario where all the people live. You thought this was a lot of people? No, this isn't a lot of people. This is their Northern secluded area. A lot of cops out today. Look at that guy go. There's another one over there. Another two over there. Holy smokes. Handing out spankings like hotcakes. Oh, this guy. Mr. Ford F-150 getting a spankin' first thing in the morning. Bad boy. Really bad. Give him a good spanking there, sir. And just quietly slip past. Don't draw any attention to yourself, Sugar Josh. I got nothing to hide, but you know, everybody does that, right? Don't you? You see a cop on the side of the road and everyone's like, act natural. There's another guy getting a spanking. GMC this time. Spankin''s handed out here. They are all about the discipline here in Sault Ste. Marie. Watch out. They get a lot of hate, especially in the last few years. They got a lot of hate. I like cops. Not all of them. Not all. I don't think cops like all the cops. There's some cops out there that shouldn't be cops, but you know, I like what they do for us. You know, what would you do, what would we call? Have we gotten into trouble? Like, whoa, who's going to come help us? I'm glad we have them. I actually wanted to be a cop. There's another one. You see, I wanted to be a cop when I was younger. Turn left on, Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 17. I wanted to be an RCMP, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. I wanted to be a Mountie. I was too young at the time when I applied. Though that's not what they told me. When they, when I applied, they said that at that time, they were looking for only visible minorities and women. A roundabout way of saying, hey, Trucker Josh, not you, not you. So I became a trucker. Here I am. And you know what, I'm glad I did, because I really like this job. Really like this job. Wouldn't want to do anything else now that I've been doing this for so long. And to be a policeman, like, that's a lot of, that's a lot to deal with mentally. Like these cops, think about it. They deal with the scum of society, the worst of the worst, every single day. You know, they're the ones that get called to domestic abuse cases. They're the ones that show up at murder scenes. They're the ones chasing after the murderers. They're the ones trying to catch them and trying to get a confession out of them so that they can put them in jail where they belong. While at the same time, trying not to put innocent people in jail. There's a lot of weight on their shoulders, man. A lot of hate gets directed at them. You gotta give them a little bit of a break, they're humans. But you know how it is. One bad apple ruins the whole basket for some people. So we got a four lane divided highway here for a few minutes, several miles, and then it's back down to the two lane all the way to Sudbury, as far as I know. Been driving for a day and a half now. I got one more day of driving and I'm not even halfway across the country. I'm just through Ontario, one province of 10. We're in the Nairn Centre, it's 1896. Unless their sign is lying to me, sometimes signs lie, 1896. Usually not about that stuff though. I'm gonna pull in here. It's a very small, convenient store, but there's a, I think there's a Robin's Donuts next door or something? Coffee shop? Maybe it's not a Robin's, but it's something. I probably should have gone. I should have gone, I'm way too nice, way too nice. What was that? Are you kidding me? How did I not see that? Nailed that bottle, I am so sorry, blue. Oh man. Your eyes trick or toss, there's bottles. Yeah, well I didn't think they would swallow me whole. Come on Nairn Centre, what's that all about? That was not very nice. Yikes. You okay, blue? Don't worry, I'll give you a little look over after that one. Park you up over here, away from all the danger, potholes, man-eating potholes, seriously. There's it, my life lasts before my eyes. Pot tarnation, that was nuts. My butt lifted off the seat. The good thing I was wearing my seatbelt, I would have been thrown right through this window here. Nairn Centre, Nairn Centre, we need to have a meeting about your potholes. I have four and a half hours to the truck wash, which like I said yesterday used to be a blue beacon. The blue beacons in Canada have renamed themselves to Northern Touch Truck Wash, same owners, but just a different name. For some reason I guess they wanna distinguish themselves is the Northern Touch. Not the Southern Touch of the blue beacons, no, this is the Northern Touch, Canadian blue beacon. We don't have any blue beacons in Manitoba because we're not special enough, but Ontario has some blue beacons. Well, no, Northern Touch, Northern Touch. And I have 450 kilometers, I'm four and a half, five hours to get there from here. I'm gonna stop at the Flying Jay in Mississauga as well. Britt is very, very pregnant at home right now and feeling a little bit anxious being out here. And we have a few appointments this weekend as well. I'm an appointment for Monday and Diesel has got like a sore muscle or something in his right front leg and he's been limping. It's nothing to be overly concerned about, I don't think, but I am overly concerned because he's my boy and he's in some kind of pain. She's checked his paw, there's nothing up with his paw. He checked his arm and squeezed down his arm to see if there's any pain. There's no pain, he's not wincing, he's not whining, he's not yelping or anything, but he's limping. So I think maybe he might have pulled or sprained the muscle. So she's monitoring him at home and gave him a little bit of doggie pain killers today. He seems to be doing better. I'm hoping that he probably just pulled the muscle and it's just takes a couple of days. Happens to me, happens to us old guys and hopefully he'll be okay by the time I get home, but if he's not okay by the time I get home, I've got to take him to the vet and get him checked out. So I'm also worried about that. I'm trying to get back home as soon as possible and we'll see, we'll see what happens. I have no idea what the plan is yet, really. I was just, I just got some rumors or something that they might want me to buzz around Southern Ontario for a little bit yet and that really wasn't part of the original plan, but I let them know like I've got to get back home. Like I'm worried about things at home, I need to get back. But I mean, I guess maybe I'll hear back from them this afternoon yet, see if we're sticking to the original plan of just sending me straight back or if there's a few things I got to do. Speaking of which, I'm getting a phone call from an 800 number that I don't recognize. No way. So if you want to know about this case, just press one. No way. My social insurance number, are you sure? Hello? Hello? I'm not pushing one. They hung up on me. Scammers, right? Trying to get me all the time. Oh, there's something wrong with your social security number. First of all, he said social insurance, right? Cause sometimes they'll call you and they'll be like, there's been an issue with your social security number. Please, let's sort this out right now before they come to arrest you and put you in jail. And then I tell them, are you sure it's my social security number? Like, yes, yes. I'm like, well, I've never had one of those. Oh, oh, everybody has one. I'm a Canadian. We don't have social security number. We have social insurance numbers. And then they go like, oh, yes, yes, yes. That's the one. That's the social insurance number. And sorry, my bad, my bad. I misspoke social insurance. Something wrong with your social insurance number. You might go to jail if we don't resolve this. And if you don't send us money right now. You guys got those calls too? One sec, I actually got to report that number. So sick of scammers and spammers. Have you guys still been seeing them in my comment section? I just can't. These people, they get a real job. How do I block this number for future? Maybe I should call them back and try to scam them back. Block report. There you go. No more scams from you. They'll just use a different number next time. Okay, well, I'm gonna run in there, grab a coffee or something. Stretch my leg a little bit. Check on old blue. That was a big hole. Just about died. It's crazy. And I'll let you guys know when I know what the plan is for tomorrow. Hopefully, hopefully it's just to head straight back. Looks like I can take care of things at home. Diesel's shoulder or whatever it is worrying me a little bit. He's an old guy. He's turning 12 this year, eh? So he's an old guy. So I wouldn't be surprised if, you know, he just pulled it wrong or maybe he has some arthritis, but it's not life-threatening and his life's not in danger. So we have that. We can wait till I get back home, see how it does over the next couple of days and take it from there. Heads up for that pothole if you're coming in here. All you local people around you probably know about it when we're laughing. All I wanted to do is come in here and give you some of my money. And your parking lot almost swallowed me. Oh, very nice. Okay, let's get back out there. We have, like I said before, about four and a half, five hours to go yet. I don't know if you want to call us five hours. Plus we're stopping for fuel down in Mississauga. Watch out, there's another pothole right here. Watch out. Trying to go with this driveway because this is dry. We don't seem to have a big mass of man-eating bottles. So I want to go that way. But first I have to wait for other people that are already on the highway. Where are y'all going? I could have gone. I could have gone. You're welcome. I'm way too nice. No one after this guy going that way. After this white van, I'm going. I've made the decision. Executive decision. Beautiful day though. Tomorrow is supposed to be just as nice. We might hit some snow on the way back, but it looks like we should be good. So clever. Every time I see that, I was like man, whoever thought of that needs a raise. So I'm just going to stop here and make some soup for myself actually and crave a little bit of ramen. Got my kettle here all heating up. Oh yeah, that's hot. You're ready. Okay. Gonna make myself some food. Just filled my stomach a bit and my wife sent some meatballs and potatoes along with me. Looking forward to eating that later. I'm gonna put it in my little oven. That'll heat it up. I'll get it ready in there and then I'll plug it in. Probably when I'm about at the truck wash down in Milton. So by the time I park in water, it'll be nice and hot. I'm already looking forward to it. But for now, just a little soup snack and we'll be back on the road. And ups, you got that guy there. That van for some reason is going in the truck wash and not a regular car wash. You got this guy in front of me here and then old blue. So it'll be a little bit of a wait because they probably don't have a very big crew on at this time of night. At least didn't look like it. I don't see one person's vehicle park here. There's gotta be more than just one person here though. Oh well, we got time. I've just got to be pretty much down the street in the morning. So I'll go there tonight. Yeah, once we're done here and we'll take it from there. So get everything cleaned up and I'll talk to you once we're finished everything and parked and ready for tomorrow. We're here. You know, show it to you tomorrow during the day as well but this is our eastern Canada or Waterloo, Ontario terminal. Looks like I'm the only one here. That's okay, I got old blue with me. Never alone. We got one more spot in here for a trailer but this snow was blocking it. You'd have to be pretty sneaky to get it past old blue in there. But I leave enough room in here for these people to get the landing gear out on this trailer. Oh yeah, lots of room. I'm not sure what else they're doing. Okay, so I've never actually been inside this building. Maybe tomorrow is my lucky day. So our main terminal is in Winnipeg, close to Winnipeg, just southeast of Winnipeg in Manitoba. And this is our secondary Ontario terminal. After old blue got washed today and I was checking her out, my heart kind of stopped for a second here. At some point on this rear axle driver side, my rim, something really scuffed it up here pretty bad. I don't know if you can see it on the video. Can you see that? Two marks here. Like that's scratched right into the rim. It's got to be sanded out. One, two there. And one, two there. Got it pretty good. Oh, and there's something up here too. That could have been a rock. Okay, but what would have scratched it up like this? Like two even scratches and two even scratches, right? My first thought was maybe when I was getting my tires changed, right? Cause I blew that tire not too long ago, but this specific tire never came off that specific rim. So the tools that they used to, you know, dismount the tire and remount it would have never been used on this rim. So that ruled that out. That tire has not come off that rim. It was the inside tire that came off. It looks like some kind of tool used to like dismount the tire though or anything. I still don't know when that happened. Good thing I've already got plans to get this whole truck polished in the next month or two. Top to bottom, front to back. This whole thing is getting polished. Gonna be beautiful. And throughout the entire summer, I got my whole bull snot lineup of cleaning products that I'm gonna be using to keep that shine alive. And then next winter, you know, it's the same thing. Can't keep up with it. And then in springtime, it's time to polish again. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for joining me today, everybody. It's probably been a pretty long vlog. I know I've been pretty long-winded today. I've been talking a lot. 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