 Never fear Alvin's here. You're watching TJV This gray fog almost looks like smoke doesn't smell like smoke though I've closed my windows and set my air to recirculate for now. It's so weird It's just suddenly like a wall of cloud Here we're clear again, but up ahead there you see it. Maybe the camera's not picking it up not doing it justice I don't know cameras don't always pick up the fog as well If you guys ever noticed that first can see through the fog better than we can You see those trees they're sort of just popping out of the cloud there Interesting, I guess I guess it's just fog now that we're here. It just looks like fog but from back there It was so weird I had a clear blue sky and then suddenly just like a gray wall Coming up in front of me Interesting well, good morning everybody. I haven't even say good morning to you yet. It is a Today what is today? I'm filming this on a Thursday And we're on our way up to Fort McMurray. We left Saskatoon this morning We've only gone about a half hour down the road We're in Saskatchewan still between Saskatoon and North Battleford. Hey diesel diesel of cows cows diesel You could your big dogs. There's favorite and horses Cows are his favorite. I like cows too. They taste great Anyway, yeah, we're on our way up to we'll be in Fort McMurray tonight kilometers or 500 miles to go We're just rolling into the town named after the saint that was named Paul St. Paul, Alberta Halfway there from where we started this morning long way up to Fort McMurray at St. Paul is still pretty southern All I guess middle middle, Alberta. I guess we're same level as Edmonton almost a little further but Another four and a half hours of just driving at least maybe five depending on I Was gonna say traffic, but I'm not expecting any traffic up there Depending on wildlife we might see a bunch of bison herds or caribou. I don't know. We'll see I'm pretty sure they're further north this time of year I'm not too sure of their migration habits. There are massive herds of wild animals up north People think they don't exist anymore. I've heard some documentaries saying oh nothing like that exists anymore Obviously, they've never been to Northern Canada I've seen them the huge bison herds. Remember when we went up north of BC or Northern BC and Yukon Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds maybe thousands of bison and they just sleep along the side of the road Right, it's actually kind of dangerous because they're massive beasts huge herds of them They're very careful when you drive up there Need to see but they don't really come far south anymore because you know we're all down here Now I'm guessing this church on the left would be St. Paul's Church That would make sense to me anyway What's it schools just getting out? The extra careful going past the school here all the school kids are in front here Can't see any name on that church Any crossing you're not crossing you're just standing there hanging out. Okay I'm just gonna put on pass then Down as most towns are in Alberta We have to turn right up ahead Start heading north right now. We're headed pretty much straight west Okay, people are opening their doors in the traffic. All right Step right on out of your vehicle right in front of a semi go ahead That was a cop and he's not gonna do nothing about the people don't care people don't care Okay, just like in Steinbeck, you know People even look they just swing their door open and step out into traffic Just about nailed people so many times doing that and then they look at you like it's your fault Oh, well, I like these street lights a unique It's pretty neat I like it when towns go like the extra mile to be a little different be a little unique and special Even if it's just special lamppost like that Well, we're on highway 63 now. This is the highway that takes us up to Fort McMurray Got about two and a half hours to go Last time we were up here. This was all still all green. There's still summertime then Now fall has really set in quick Still tons of beaver dams and Beaver dens Every every creek and lake and pond seems to have beavers in it here just thousands and thousands and thousands of them everywhere another one over there and Every little pond has a big Beaver den in it And every little creek that we pass over the same thing as the last time that we saw it But now that we're up here in the fall time It's you know, we don't get all the beautiful colors that Ontario gets all the reds and oranges out here It's mostly just like this yellow and brown kind of ugly colors, but it is fall time Most of the trees have lost their leaves already this far north The days are getting pretty short But I love it up here so peaceful so uninhabited It's so wide open Just rolling into Fort McMurray deliver these things just down the street from the Petropas truck stop It actually works out perfect, so I'll be able to stay right close by I'm gonna go see where the customer is first just drive past there do a little drive-by surveillance You know some recon Figure out where I'll be delivering in the morning This is sort of their industrial zone here in Fort McMurray I believe it's at the lights here, right? Town seems pretty quiet right now 300 meters turn left on Mackenzie. Yeah All right I'm ready for sleep. We're ready to it's been a long day again. We're way up north So we'll go see where we got to be in the morning and hopefully there'll be a spot for us at the truck stop It's like I have a signal on I can't tell Now he put it on Might have to check Google Maps to where exactly The truck stop is I know it's really close by here 500 meters turn left president and approaching destination on the right side in 180 meters All right Karen. I trust you Too bad. They're not there now. We could just unload now It's a quarter to nine here. We're in mountain time So we're one hour behind Manitoba back at home 200 meters turn left on Donald president and approaching destination on the right side in 180 meters All right Karen you already told me that but thanks now you're digging at me. I heard you. I heard you. I'm listening Kenzie can road Karen's taking me to the truck stop now If there's no parking there, there's plenty of parking on the street here just down the street from where I got to deliver So at least we have that for an option Yeah, I almost rather park here right close by Well, go see how the petro pass looks. It's not too far down the road here Should be just around the corner. Oh, we already got trucks parking on the road here. So that might mean that The actual truck stop is full We'll see Never know. It's not a very big truck stop. That's a thing Think this is the driveway right here, right? You have arrived at your destination on the left side petro pass number 38702 petro pass number 38702 Wow, I didn't know there was that many petro passes What is this guy doing? Oh Well, dude use your signals. Oh your front signals not working. Okay, probably get that fixed man I had no idea that you're doing. Yeah, it looks like we'll be parking on the street. That's okay Whatever, let's let's do a pass through here See what she looks like Tons of pumps what do they got like one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven pumps or so like look at this Let's pan this way a little bit for you nice nuts Don't think there's much for parking here though Unless if there's parking like way in the back, but these guys are all parked blocking the driveway Dude why wouldn't you just park on the street if there's no room like I'm going to do Oh, yeah, this is right packed. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, we're gonna go to the street. Yeah That bothers me in Canada You get that a lot when the when the parking lot gets full people don't go to the next stop or park somewhere else They just park right in the driveway like literally right in the driveway and block everybody from getting in and out That's okay. Whatever. I don't go park on the street. Anyway, it'll be quieter there All these guys are all gonna start up in the morning and a lot of these guys are local drivers, too You know like don't they have yards like work yards where they can park their machines Like they're taking up spots from us highway drivers that have you know nowhere else to park Now like I said, whatever I want to park on the street. Anyway Oh speed bumps. Oh I bet you they do have trucks just ripping through here. You know every truck stop should put these speed bumps in I know they're annoying and we'd hate them but They'd really get drivers like these these NASCAR drivers to slow down Well, this is where we found parking That light is a little bit annoying There we go We made it All the way up from Berlin, Wisconsin Two and a half day drive Ready to unload in the morning Alvin's here. You're watching TJV