 Excited. It's Wednesday. Exciting. So I gotta take a roll tight trailer up to Arberg again today. That's two hours north of Winnipeg in Manitoba. If you're new here, I'm from southeast Manitoba. That's the province in Canada. We're just north of western Minnesota in the USA and eastern North Dakota. Straight up there in the Pema Valley area there. So give an idea of the region that we're working in. So I gotta take a roll tight. That's one of these trailers here. I gotta make sure it's empty though, because it's kind of pointless taking up a loaded trailer there, because I want to load stuff up there. And if there's already stuff in the trailer, it's very hard to put more stuff on top. They don't like doing that. Messes with everything. So I'm gonna go in here and make sure this is empty. This is trailer 603. We got ourselves a winner. We're taking 603 with us up to Arberg. Time's good times. Trucking's always a good time. I'm excited. Wednesday trucking. Wednesday. I don't know why I'm so excited for Wednesday today, but hey, maybe because after today's Thursday, and that's the day before my favorite day of the week. I mean, aside from the weekend, it can't really compete with Saturday and Sunday, but the first five days after the weekend are always the worst. And after today, we're on our way down back towards the weekend. But in the meantime, while we're waiting for the weekend to roll around, we gotta do some trucking. So how cool is that? That's fun. At least we get to spend our time doing something cool, generally. Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day. You got the sun coming up there in the east again. Well, technically, it's not coming up. We're going around. I guess the earth is still spinning. It's a good sign. Definitely not be a good day if the earth wasn't still spinning. Let's see what we've got so far, shall we? I forgot my hat. Am I really a trucker without my trucker hat? So this stuff is going to California. They're just on break right now, so they'll be back right away. I think there's a little bit more. I think there's probably about another 20 feet or so. That'll bring us right about up to where this roll tide is. I just gave this roll tide the old bull snot treatment. You can see. So she's nice and greased up. Should be rolling smooth. I don't know who the lucky driver is that gets to take this all the way down, but tell you what, I'd love to go to California. Wouldn't mind that at all. I've never driven a commercial truck into California. Just my personal pickup truck. One day. One day when they're not so busy around here because I'm busy right now. They can't afford to send me out, but one is a little bit slower, maybe in a slower season and they have the odd trip headed out. I might take one once in a while, just head out to California or Las Vegas or Arizona or somewhere in the Southwest because I haven't been down there in a truck, in a commercial truck before. Well, not since I was a kid and I rode along with my dad hauling produce out of California, but I was a long time ago. I'd love to go and see it again. So they know, they know once it slows down a little bit, they'll come and ask me if I'm, if I want to stretch my legs a little bit and go a little further, even if it's just down to Iowa and back or, you know, BC and back, Alberta, mech Toronto and back. Once in a while, just keep me busy while it's slower here, but I don't know if it's going to slow down. It just seems to keep getting busier and busier, which is why we need new drivers. And if you guys are looking for work, if you guys want work, let me know. We have positions available, company drivers, definitely looking for owner operators, always looking for owner operators, van division, deck division. I still think we have that, the other city truck 2025 available for someone to work, doing pretty much exactly the same thing that I'm doing all the time, just city work home every night. Still have the truck available, but you'll have to talk to Max in recruitment and ask him what we actually need right now. I don't, I don't know what our immediate needs are, but I do know that we're always looking for new drivers, especially owner operators. So happy fall everybody. Fall is officially here. Or for those of you in other parts of the world who call it autumn, autumn is here. It's fall because the leaves fall down. Happy fall. I don't know if you've been noticing in my videos or not, but the trees are starting to change color. Look at these off on the right coming up here. That's some bright yellows coming out. We don't get the big vibrant colors that Eastern Canada gets. We mostly get yellows and oranges and browns. And the leaves are definitely starting to fall down. And that's why we call this season. All good things must come to an end. This summer was really great. We're going to get through winter. Christmas is coming, so that's exciting. And then we'll just sort of shut off our brains for three months, and then we'll, you know, turn it back on in spring and it'll all be good. Well, just act like winter doesn't even exist. That's the way you get through it in Manitoba. Just convince yourself you're on a beach somewhere under a palm tree. That's why I tattooed them right on my arm. It's easier that way. There is something coming towards me that's very low. That's a house. It's a second. It'll come into view right away. There is a house on the highway. Delivery on the way. Look at this thing. That might have been the biggest house I've ever seen being moved down a too late highway here in Manitoba. You know, Alberta, that's commonplace. They move big buildings like that down the, down the highway all the time. Usually on four lane highways, but it's pretty big for that little. You can tell there's premium error in there by how it is. That's how you tell. You can tell it's premium just by how it is. Man, it's a nice day out here. I still only got one horn in my truck. I hope that they replace it. It really bothers me that there's only one. I'd like there to be four up there. There's supposed to be four. So technically, I've lost three horns already, but the other two came off before I was, you know, at least I think they're supposed to be four. Maybe that's only other units. There's at least supposed to be two up there. I have a feeling they're not going to replace it, but if you're watching, I'd really, I'd really like my horn back please. It fell off. It needs a new mount, but I'd really like it back if it's possible, please. That one up there is a little bit lonely. We'll see what happens. See what happens. Okay. Release the trailer brakes. It passed all my tests. It passed my pre-trip. I am going to vote for this trailer and tell my E-Log system here that this trailer is safe and ready for operation on public highways. That's the life of a truck driver. They want you to fit in places where you just aren't supposed to fit and you just got to make it fit. So when you start trucking and you run into a situation like that, just be aware that that's perfectly normal. It doesn't make sense, but you just got to fit where you just aren't supposed to fit. All right. So I'm all loaded up, closed up, buttoned up, sealed up. Let's see if it's just as tight getting out of here. I'm hoping that some of those people will have moved. They shouldn't have all been parked in the driveway before, but I made it work. Like I said, tell me I can't fit. I'll show you I can. Yeah, they all moved now. Good. I'm sure it was kind of hoping to be able to have a tight fit on the way out too for the vlog. Should have been vlogging on the way in. That would have been great content. In St. Boniface in Winnipeg, it's the French Quarter of Winnipeg, the French Quarter where everyone speaks English. So I'm going to go this way. This van has its tailgate hanging out into the driveway where I need to be, but it's still before there was two vans parked here, a car parked there and just barely enough for me to drag myself around here. This isn't bad at all. It's just city life, you know, city life. It's never enough room for anything. I'm gonna have to be careful for that truck there. I don't want to drag myself over that truck. This SUV here and then I'm going to go. Okay. And I don't want the tail of my trailer to swing out and hit that guy's van either. Careful of that. Success. We got in and out without hitting anything. That's always the goal of every day. At least one of my goals. Don't hit anything. Except the dock. You can hit the dock, but hit it. Don't hit it. Tap it. Just lightly bump it. You don't want to hit the dock. This intersection is pretty interesting now. Hopefully there's no other big trucks that need to make a right turn here. So I won't be able to back up now. This car is right behind me. And if I don't go forward far enough, the light won't see that I'm here and it may not turn green. I'm not sure how these lights work here. A lot of lights have sensors like that. So this is Marion Avenue. This is where it turns into one ways. So the one way going east goes there. We're going to turn west up there where that truck is at the next lights. If we ever get a green light here, I'm kind of feeling left out. Okay now I've turned yellow for them. Should be green. Perfect. Hey man, come on. That wasn't very nice. Shoot. I can't. Oh yeah I can. Oh, I thought that the construction was blocking the road there that I wouldn't be able to make my left turn. We're good. We're all good. Just got to establish myself in the intersection. Drag ourselves on here. Come on. An A&W here now. Nice. I used to spend a lot of time in this neighborhood right around here. It's been nice there's the A&W when I was around here. Oh, what's going on here? Traffic is backed up all the way to here from Archibald. Wow. Oh, gotta love it. What's the time? 3 o'clock? I guess we're starting to get into rush hour. I always like this neighborhood. It's right along the river here. I believe this is the same river coming through here. And all of these houses, they're nice. As long as they're maintained, like this one right here, look it's got a nice straight roof. It's not bowing at all. New shingles, new siding, new windows, nicely refurbished. These are old houses. They were probably built over a hundred years ago or close to a hundred years ago, I should say. Maybe not quite a hundred. Yeah, they're small, but they're very much the same size as our house that we live in now. Except we don't have a second floor or a basement. We just have the one floor. We got like 800 and some square feet. Wow. They've been doing a lot of work around here. That house is nice. Look how it's nice in the bush. It's almost like you live in a little mini forest right inside the city and right on the river. That's the river down there or the creek. It's called the Sain River, but that's a pretty nice little piece of property. Everything is turning yellow. Yeah, look at that. Along the river is in the Winnipeg. Winnipeg is known as River City. It's got the Asiniboine River that comes and meets up with the Red River. And on the east side of the city here, the southeast has the Sain River going through it. And all along the rivers are mostly parks and trails that you can follow the river. It's pretty cool. Fours overflowing or something. Stanks. That time again, people. An average end to an average day. It was good. It's pretty good. It's a good day. Last time to go home and have a good evening. I'm looking forward to having a good sleep. I'm getting to that age where I'm like, hey, it's almost bedtime. All right. Let's go. First, what's most important, let's turn the air conditioning on. Get a blowing at me. Here we go. It's that time of year again where you need the heat on the way to work and the air conditioning on the way home. The blue beast. It had to get some work done to it. Looks like she's back. Oh, the skate's open. No. No. No. You're not going to close. No. No. No. No. I want to go home. That's right. Oh, I hit that pothole again every time. All right. I got to pick up dog food before I go home. Let's not forget. Don't let me forget. Got to get dog food on the way home. Don't forget. Move diesel onto this new food into the truck. Talk to you without the wind destroying my audio. So yeah, the vet says the diesel has a small heart murmur and that could be caused by a grain-free diet according to the vet. So we have to change foods. The vet didn't recommend any. We picked this one ourselves. It's a good brand. Performatrin is a really good, reputable brand and so far he's been liking it. It took a full month to fully move diesel onto the new food. So today or yesterday was his first day actually fully on this new food. So I had to go get a new bag now because he's a hungry boy. How do you like your new food, diesel? He's very nice. I think you want some of that food though over here. He's fatty actually. I don't even think I need to drain it. That is delicious. Meatloaf. Meatloaf. Meatloaf. I love meatloaf. So what are you making for yourself? You're funny. I'm a funny guy. Sure. Are these potatoes? Potatoes. I think that amazing how that wooden spoon trick works. It does. If you don't put the wooden spoon on it, look, see how, see if it goes so quickly. It works. Well, it won't right now. It won't right now? It's been boiling for a while. It's because I'm trying to show them something now. So usually if you don't have the wooden spoon over here, it boils over and bubbles everywhere, makes a big mess and then I have to spend an hour scrubbing it while she's at work on a Sunday. Last time I tried cooking, I didn't, I didn't use the wooden spoon trick. I know it's all frustrated and everything is going everywhere and she comes over here with a wooden spoon, just puts it on there, walks away, fixes everything. Got a plethora of useful and useless knowledge up there. Just start calling you Hermione. I'm going to need an accent. That was very good. Very good accent. Thank you. Nailed it. Nailed it. We've been getting into Harry Potter lately. Which reminds me, we haven't had time lately, it's been working so much. We've been trying to have a Harry Potter marathon, but work keeps getting in the way. Yeah, it's been going on for about two weeks and I think we've only gotten up to what number? I think we're on five. Okay, Cedric died. We're not on five. I think we finished the Half-Blood Prince. We've watched them before but long time ago, so we're going through it again because I'm a wizard. No, that's diesel. You're a wizard, weasel. You're a wizard, weasel. Don't tell you me secret.