 Hi, I am Eric. I'm from a northern small town called Luleå in Sweden and You're watching trucker Josh vlogs on YouTube Decided to join us and we're About a third of the way back home We're on the I-94 West of Minneapolis. I'm just pulling into this rest area here and I'm gonna go check my load. It's time for a load check Sure, the straps are still tight. Make sure the tarp is still on properly Sure that nothing's wrong. Oh, there's still a lot of people. Oh, it's still early. That's why people haven't even started their day yet Still packed in here Thanks I'm used to being on a total different schedule usually when I pull into a rest area In the middle of the day. It's not this full. I guess there's a spot right here Yeah, it's still right full. Wow, everyone's still sleeping Well, the tarp is still there. So that's a good sign Straps underneath here Check to make sure they're all still tight They'll actually come around here with the the actual snipe and Test them all out. That's a lot better. So I'm feeling pretty good actually for having started to work at 2 30 in the morning Now that tarp job turned out pretty good. I must say nice and even Look at that. It's like a Christmas present Huh? Oh What's going on here though? This is all about why is this poking out? This is a little I don't like the way that looks there like that, but still does the job Doesn't look as good as the other side though. The other side looks much nicer Let's go look at that side. Oh Look at that side Much nicer. Oh Yeah, there you go There you tarps are dirty though Need to get them washed. It's just Whenever I go through the wash bay I don't have The tarps out, you know, usually they're all rolled up and I Wish I had a pressure washer at home. I take them home and wash them myself It is what it is Everything looks good. I'm just gonna cook you go around and Test all the straps make sure they're still tight and then we'll be on our way. I Washed my windshield before too Summertime The bugs are in a very depressed mood and seem to want to commit suicide More often than not, I don't know why they got to include me in that decision. I don't want any part of it but They fly in front of my truck. Nothing I can really do about it. I See it as a good sign that summer is here, you know So this is worried by Alexandria, Minnesota, we've actually made it pretty far Actually haven't been paying attention to the towns I've been passing I Thought we were still on the east side of sock center Well Today's been a really weird day I'm gonna stop for a little nap here Where am I am about an hour from Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo, North Dakota or an hour from the I-29 and I'm not too tired right now But I've also been up since 2 30 this morning and I don't want to be completely useless and tired tonight when I'm with Brit So I'm gonna stop for about a Go to bed for about two two and a half hours or so just get a little bit of a power nap in so that I can get Home in a boat home with five hours from our yard and get home this afternoon And actually have some energy to get some stuff done or just to hang out with her watch a movie or whatever we feel like doing Otherwise, I'm just gonna get home and probably fall asleep Shortly after and then I don't get any time with her right then I'm What's the point of getting home early if I'm just gonna go to bed and waste a whole evening away That I could spend with her so I'll sleep a little bit here get home a little later But I'll have energy to stay awake right tomorrow. We're going to the beach. I'm excited. I Think we're going to the St. Molo Beach and let's if she changes her mind I don't really care where we go wherever she wants to go She wants to get out or I could tell she wants to get out and enjoy the summer just by the way she's been talking and I Figured hey, why not? Take Sunday and go to the beach. I think that's a good Sunday activity Spend some time there go in the water. It's gonna be fun I'll see you guys in a couple of hours two and a half hour nap. I Don't know if that helped probably notice later more. So I still feel a little tired, but good to go We got another three and a half hours to the border about four and a half or so hours to a yard So not that far not that far All right, let's get going. I want to go home this time is not 9 30 in the morning. What a weird day weird schedule At least now that I had a nap. I'm more on the normal schedule, right? I Don't wake up so early all the time I've been working since about 2 30 to 45 this morning I'm glad the rain is getting itself all out of the way today. So we can have a sunny day at the beach tomorrow It's supposed to be 31 degrees Celsius all day. Well at the peak anyways It's gonna be a great day to be there pretty one Celsius. What is that Fahrenheit hot? Well, it's not like Arizona hot It's more like Minnesota hot It's probably a 95 Fahrenheit something 100 Fahrenheit somewhere around there. I had 30 some kilometers There's about 25 miles We'll be at the Canuck border where we will cross over the imaginary line and hopefully it'll be a quick and smooth crossing Hopefully this time my load all checks out with the border patrol that they don't have to Get me to untarp everything and go through my stuff again Never if they need to I got nothing to hide and a closed scale is once again the best kind of scale They're my favorite. Oh my my scale bypass system is linked in through my e-log system, right? And usually when I had my old e-log system in here, I would get bypassed Passed the scale get the green light to just bypass the scale at least like 90% of the time, right? Always bypassed since I got this new e-log system in here. I Have to pull in it tells me to pull in every single time a hundred percent of the time So I've got to ask them to look into that That's kind of strange that it would go from almost always bypassing me to suddenly always pulling me in Sometimes I can go right past the scale right in my e-log will ding and it'll give me a message whether or not I have to pull in or not I had to stop on the way home and pick up some Some drugs These are for Frankie it's for his enlarged heart We'd almost run out and Britt called me and asked me to stop by Our drug dealer the vet on the way home So now we've that was our only errand Chevy. You want to go home? I want to go home Let's go This truck is so dirty. I'm gonna have to clean this thing up before Britt gets in here Our vet is super country and down the back roads They're gonna try and find a way out of here. I'm trying to find a shortcut a truck route shortcut It's a lot of these back roads that were close to the Stein back So a lot of these back roads have like beautiful beautiful homes In these bushes here and stuff and a lot of them don't allow trucks Because they don't want their fancy gravel roads to get all damaged or whatever this road is this road is nice and nice and oiled but the oil is Running out up here, and then this is gravel and I kick up quite a bit of dust with the truck Think this road up ahead here. I'm trying to get back to Steinbeck somehow I'm exploring a little bit. What? Put me on a back road and I get carried away. I guess I should clarify. I'm not pulling a trailer right now I'm Bob tailing Not like I'm pulling a load of trailers through here All that barn collapsed there finally. Oh, that's a mess Wow Think I used to know the people that lived there Before that barn collapsed yikes. I was an old barn. Look at this beautiful home off on the right Wow That's that's country And they have a pool they have a pool in Manitoba Oh, they get a pool. I want a pool too. I'm gonna have a pool one day Before I retire I want a pool That's that. It's a long day. You know what? I'll try that again. That's that What a long day Chevy give a good time Give a good time. We've been home for a little while already. Just getting ready to go to bed Tomorrow Sunday, so we won't be making any videos or editing or anything tomorrow But Britt and I are going to the beach spending the day there hoping my mom will be able to stop by and her dad and step mom might stop by as well, so We'll see what happens if no one stops by then it'll just be me and Britt hanging out at the beach I'll see you guys the day after tomorrow on Monday take care and Have a good one Hello, this is Ian Alfano after 30 years in the trucking business. I've settled here in the sea turtle Nesting capital of the world satellite Beach, Florida But the way I get my day started each morning after drinking my coffee is with trucker Josh vlogs That's TJV on YouTube. Don't forget to like and subscribe and check out Brits beat also a special shout-out to all my buddies diesel Frankie and that little tiny lap dog Chevy tune in