 Hi, I'm Clarence from St. Paul, Minnesota, and you are watching Trucker Josh vlogs on YouTube base You healthy? Sure. Hope you are. I'm doing good. I woke up feeling great It's gonna be a good day. I hope it's gonna be a good day So today when I'm filming this is Wednesday March 18th, I realized you watch several days later and that's kind of weird when I Do that because it's a little behind but I want to let you know that the things I talked about today are probably Old news by now. So just so you know why you sort of got to take this and sort of like a look into the past of How things were then so as of today The US-Canada border has been closed to all traffic except trade and essential Personnel so it doesn't affect me in my job. I could still cross the border for trade to Deliver freight and pick up freight and bring it back. That's that's as of today I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow if it's gonna be different Right now. I've got a potential reload that's going to take me home for mid next week I'm gonna finish this load off a day after tomorrow Friday afternoon in British Columbia around Kelowna And then I have a reload to possible reloads that don't really pay you think they don't really pay really well We're still looking around for some better paying freight But these are tough times and I'll take what I can get so those loads are taking me back home. So I'd be home Tuesday or Wednesday next week in about a Mid next week at which point I'll be making a decision Do I want to stay home for a while or is there freight to keep me moving if there is freight to keep me moving? I'm gonna keep moving. I have to keep working through this people need their stuff And I also need to pay my bills so I'm fortunate enough to live and work in an environment that is completely 100% disinfected now That I'm pretty much sci-fi self quarantine and self isolated So I can keep working my problem is if companies and manufacturers and shippers stop making stuff for me to haul That's where the problem comes in so we'll see what happens next week when I get home But I do have a plan to get home right now next week. I'll see how I'm feeling at that point I'll see how Brits feeling and if we're both Have no symptoms. I may just stay home Invite the bullet. I don't know man. I don't know what to tell you guys Taking it one day at a time here everything changes so quickly so I know you're watching this in the future. I don't know if things have gotten worse or if they've gotten better Let's hope that you're watching this in a better world because Right now it doesn't look so good It doesn't look so good, but we'll be okay. We're gonna make it through I'm in Swift Currents Saskatchewan right now And I've got to make it up to Saint Paul, Saint Paul, Alberta Which is a full day's drive from pretty much eight hours drive from here Not even seven hours drive from here won't make it there today before they close so I can take my time today I'll be there first thing tomorrow morning. I've got three deliveries around Edmonton and Saint Paul to do tomorrow And then we head off to a Quinzel BC and then we have a Four drops to do in British Columbia, right? Yeah, three or four to do in British Columbia on Friday And I have to get unloaded Friday afternoon so that I might have to deadhead and pull my trailer empty a back out to Alberta And pick up a load here. I Don't know. I just don't know let's get this day on the road. Let's go show the road. We got some driving Before we leave town. I just swung in here to the Walmart. It's bright and early again Sorry, I had a crazy manager come under yell at me that wasn't supposed to park there For whatever reason or whatever we're here at Walmart and so if crime before we leave town We figure we come in and check what shelves look like This is the cleaning aisle Not everything has is gone Not everything. It's actually doing pretty good. I think Cleaning eggs over here. It's like they have a limit of one. I see they have limits put on here now So it's not too bad. They're doing a pretty good job restocking So this is dishwashing detergent Not too bad. They still have some stuff left. It's mostly the natural stuff that gets left till the end But I mean they're restocking as fast as they can. I mean the trucks can only go so fast, right? Automotive department seems to be stocked pretty well People aren't as worried about clearing out their Cards as they are their homes, right? It's the hand soap aisle Not everything's gone Not everything's gone. I went and walked up to that lady who Was rude to me out in the parking lot And she didn't recognize me. I was just saying I'm seeing what you have in stock Waiting on your truckers. Hey, yeah, yeah, we're waiting on our trucks to get here. Thank God for the truckers Yeah, the ones that you treat like garbage I was thinking that didn't say it so we're looking for hand sanitizer see if they have any So there's no hand sanitizer here either It's old though, but they did get a shipment in of Wet ones antibacterial hand wipes kills harmful germs But doesn't kill COVID-19 Number one in Canada Really? Well, I got number one. Yeah, I feel good now. So there's 40 wipes in here I got a couple of these and just for my face. I got Wet ones hand and face wipes just so I can keep my face clean just in case I do touch my face because I'm always touching my face Gently cleanses skin But I only got one of these because this does not have the same thing on here. I'm not a I'm not a wet ones professional This one does not say kills germs this one does so This is antibacterial and this is just a hand and face wipe So I figured it'd be nice to have this for my face because this is probably not good to put on my face too much So I can wipe my face down with this Does say one of the ingredients is alcohol so that should kill off germs It just doesn't say on here that it and it's assembled in the USA. What do you know not even made in China? How about this one made in the USA with global materials? I give up Is everything made in China do I trust this if this comes from I don't Know we better disinfect these things now because these things probably came from China Now I got a disinfect these things. You know, I'm gonna disinfect it with the with with the wipe Oh, it smells nice Yeah, if it disinfects these things Came from China. How do I get this thing started? They make this very difficult child proof Okay, so open it up you stick it through I Think that's how you do it Okay, now it's sealed Pull one out Oops, I'll just stick my finger in there like that seal it back up. Okay antibacterial goodness and it smells like citrus Wipe down all of these containers because you know, they probably came from China Everything is made in China like look at this. I don't know if you can read this or not on the bottom here Assembled in the USA, yeah, cool assembled in the USA. Does that mean made in the USA? No, no look this one here says Or does it say at the bottom here, can you read it? I'll read it for you made in the USA with global materials Which pretty much means it's assembled in the USA. So which means it's made in China In separate pieces and then they ship those separate pieces over to the USA and then the USA puts those pieces together So it's made in China Which means you wipe it down. I don't know where their factories are this factory could have been in Wuhan I'm not taking any chances with that kidding me Am I going crazy? I'm only half joking right now Acting a little bit for the camera, but I am a little bit nervous I am gonna still I am serious, but wiping these down and that'll be good for me for a while. So If everybody else would just stop hogging everything, I wouldn't have to feel like I need to hog some stuff I just I just want enough in my truck here so that I can keep my truck clean Right and these are gonna be for wiping down my phone my e-log here like a E-log system my GPS my GoPro you guys right there keep you guys all clean and Yeah, that's that So I'm good. I'm good. I don't need hand sanitizer if I've got this oops. I shouldn't done that. I shouldn't have done that Now you guys are all Okay I'm not panicking. I am not panicking Why are you looking at me like that? Don't play with the bag That is not hoarding that is just being Because everybody else keeps buying them It took me Four days just to find that and there was lots on the shelves. There's lots they had cases on top of there, too So I didn't take the last ones. Don't make me feel bad You are nice You're crazy, man. It's just a bug. It's gonna pass by no problem. I don't worry. Stop. Stop worry. Stop panicking man. I Know that's what everyone keeps telling me is everyone keeps telling me don't panic the government keeps telling me don't panic No, nothing nothing worry about here. Why is the heater still on in here? It's cooking in here Don't panic everything's fine. Don't panic. We're just gonna shut down the entire world Everything's fine. Nothing to see here We're just shutting down the entire world, but don't panic Everything is okay Stay in your houses Don't leave your houses. Don't get in groups of more than 10 people. Everything is canceled But don't panic. All right. Well, this is me not panicking What don't laugh at me? I know you're doing the exact same thing Don't panic they say don't panic they say Don't panic. Everything is just fine. Here. I am wiping my face down with a wet one Everything's fine. We're all good. It's all good. So should I wipe my ears down, too? I don't know how am I supposed to do this? I don't know what the protocols are Okay, all right. Yeah, we're good. We're good. I think we're good. This was the hand and face one So I'm guessing it's good for your face Okay, I Know you're doing the exact same thing. Oh, no, I didn't clean these things. I cleaned them yesterday. You think they're still good The parts that touch my face Well, we're good. I Didn't clean my keys Okay, I touched these whenever I start the truck, right? Oh, my nose is running. Can I wipe it? Better wipe it with this. I am not gonna get sick crazy doomsday people got me all panicked But I'm not panicking truck is running. We've got all day 12 hours 36 minutes case so this entire surface in this truck every surface in here has been disinfected Every morning My glasses you saw me my face my hands my steering wheel so everything I touch in here is fine It's when I leave the truck That's where the germs are. Did I do my seatbelt? Yeah, I did Everything I touch Did I do this go away germs trucker Josh? Germaphobe I'm new to the club. I'm not quite sure how this club works yet, but At least I'm not in this alone My face feels kind of warm after I cleaned it with that thing The package says it's for hands and face Why is my face feel warm? Okay, everybody don't panic We're going to roll down the road and listen to the news to make sure that we don't panic Turn our lights on so people can see us. Honestly guys though. I'm kind of playing this up right now You don't have to be as panicked as this But I do want you guys to be safe and just maybe Keep in mind some extra hygiene. That's sort of what I'm doing right now I'm just more aware of my hygiene. That's all you got to do. You don't got to panic I'm just making jokes for the camera here Everything's fine. I'm not freaking out. I guess I do sort of want to highlight the mindset of a lot of people right now There's a lot of people are panicking like crazy But I don't blame them if they can't get the supplies they need That's why the only reason I bought these wet wipes now is because they had a lot of them in stock and All the hand sanitizer was sold out, but this stuff was left So at least now I don't need to go and get anymore So probably this whole thing blows over hopefully I'll be just fine. You don't got to worry about me When I get home, I'm sure my mom has like a stockpile of sanitizer somewhere and soaps and stuff She she has a lot, but then again, I don't really want to We can't congregate remember What a weird world we're living in diesel. Did you fart? Really? It smells like air freshener in here man. It's way too clean. It wasn't me. I'd claim that that was a good one Be proud of that These are all okay, so we're gonna leave Swift current now we have from a 600 kilometers from our close to 400 and some miles From our destination over there was not supposed to use that entrance There was big signs saying exit only and now you're stuck. You're not gonna be able to turn around bud. Oh That's why they had that they're always gonna go for it anyways So I'm stopping here for some fuel Because they got DEF pumps here. I'm in Boydminster, Alberta I want to fuel up and top up my tanks to make sure that Make sure my tanks are topped up just in case you know just in case It doesn't know what to do now. He's stuck back there. He can't make his u-turn or maybe he's gonna wait for this pump I have no idea. He came in the wrong entrance This guy's done in front of us here. I roll forward grab some fuel Top up my DEF and we'll be on our way to st. Paul, Alberta I called the customer there already and they are prepared for us first thing in the morning Which is 9 a.m. So we get asleep in a little bit Then we got a rush over to Edmonton deliver there and then rush over to Barhead, Alberta I think wherever that is deliver there and then we Go 500 miles to our next stop which is in Quinzel British Columbia, DC. Plenty of time. I got 156 kilometers to go for 90 miles Like I should be able to do that in under seven hours and 45 minutes So far it's all been business as usual all the businesses are open I've noticed that some restaurants are closed Tim Hortons is closed. I will not close It's just closed to dine in you have to do take out or drive through You know other than that everything seems to be everyone's trying to stay open as much as they can Everyone's still got to make a living, you know I Heard that in some US states. They're shutting down liquor stores. I Don't know what That has to do with anything because it's not usually a big group of people in a liquor store. I guess it depends what neighborhood you're in But I wouldn't see the point in closing them. I mean some people like to go and grab a bottle of wine I mean quarantining people inside I don't see why they'd close that down I was thinking of going into the Walmart here taking a quick peek see if they have anything But I think I'll drive past this one. I'll skip it. I don't want to go in there I know what the results gonna be sold out of hand sanitizer. I'm fine. I got lots of these disinfecting wipes I'll be fine. No need to panic right no need to hoard Well, I just like one I don't want to hoard them I just want one but at this point I might buy two if there's two there. I'm just saying It's so weird It's so weird like I parked here beside Boston Pizza I'll wait here for my delivery tomorrow, but I just walked down the street a little bit to go. There's a giant tiger here which is sort of like a sort of like a Another kind of version of Walmart, but it's not quite as nice, but it's nice whatever There's if they had hand sanitizer When our co-op over there see if they had hand sanitizer. No And I'm walking down the street down Main Street and everything is like a ghost town The only places that are open really are gas stations Liquor stores were still open But it's like 6 30 in the afternoon and everything is just dead Boston Pizza still I didn't want to go in anyway, but they're not open for dining. I could only do takeout so I Ordered my pizza from out here, and I'm just gonna walk over there and get it when it's ready How strange to live through this The whole country coast to coast We're all in it together. We're all trying to get through this together All having the same experience like back in the day during the Spanish flu and the Black Death and stuff Things were much different communication wasn't the same You couldn't instantly communicate with people like overseas and even across the country and Now it's it's like everybody's in on it. Everybody knows what's going on and we've all collectively agreed In this social distancing plan. That's what they're calling it, right? We've all collectively agreed that you know, we're all just gonna keep to ourselves for a couple of weeks and Everybody's listening Everybody's obediently keeping their distance, you know when I went into the stores The tellers were sanitizing The counters the counter space after every customer Sanitizing the keypad if they used a card after every customer all wearing gloves. I haven't seen anyone wearing masks yet Maybe we're not at that point maybe give it another week But My stomach is grumbling. I'm so hungry. I can't wait for this pizza. I haven't eaten much today Haven't had much of an appetite. It's sort of been I don't know I'm feeling okay. I just had a lot of my mind with all the stuff going on Britt's been at work today. She's still at work. So I'm worried about her My mom is still working though. They've taken measures for to reduce Physical contact with people like that. She's not meeting people face-to-face anymore They have to bring her hurt their taxes and then they they wait outside while she does their taxes so that's good, but You know just Very very I wouldn't even say on edge, but I'm kind of like Anxiously anxious is the word I'm looking for I'm very anxious about where this is going and what's gonna happen in the next couple of weeks And how long? How long are we going to have to do this? Is it just gonna be two weeks? It's gonna be two months Is it gonna be six months and at what point am I gonna start feeling it in my job so far? I still have this load of load of ATVs behind me. So I haven't felt it yet, but You know, that's where I'm feeling it soon. Hope you guys are staying safe. I gotta wipe my nose One second trying not to touch my face I think all this panic Sort of plays with my mind and I constantly think I'm getting sick But I'm not like my stomach is grumbling now because I'm hungry and the whole time I was sitting here I was thinking man, I wonder if I'm getting sick my stomach's doing something weird No, it's just grumbling. It's empty. It wants food and stomach. It's not a stomach issue Like COVID-19 is a respiratory problem. It's not has nothing to do with the stomach really not much anyway, so Are you guys sort of Living on edge to How is it? Let me know down below in the comment section. I'm gonna leave the vlog here and tomorrow We'll pick it up. We'll go deliver here in St. Paul We'll go over to Edmonton bar head and then we'll head into BC. It's gonna be a long day tomorrow, so I'll see you then. Take care. Stay healthy and stay safe