 Good morning everybody another new day the last day before we get home Today we get home So we're in Radisson's the sketch one and it's about a nine nine and a half hour drive home yet plus stops and breaks Probably with 12 hours will be home Which would make it about nine thirty by the time we get to the yard It's gonna be pretty late by the time we get home tonight, so I'll get home just in time to go to bed But it'll be in our own bed Rock and roll Release the brakes Put her in gear in this crazy automatic Let's do a little tug test shall we pull forward a meter or two and Spike the brakes trailer is attached Release the brakes Roll forward again and brakes release All wheels are turning let's give her Karen is extra chatty this morning. She's screaming at me here in a little bit again Someone needs to get her a coffee or something get her a medicine Don't talk back to me. You need your medication On saskatoon here to sketch 300 meters turn left on circle drive east highway 11 and then get to the left in 1.4 kilometers Yeah, okay, so this is uh the Northern most big city in Saskatchewan There's still a lot of territory north in Saskatchewan yet, but not as many people For those of you that have that have been following the channel for long enough You know that this is the city where Uh our little dash and Frankie Got his surgery And what a miracle that surgery was like he is he's still like a little puppy now It's amazing what veterinarians and surgeons can do Bear with you bunch of trees here and We also got some action coming up here a bunch of flashing lights. We got a fire truck a tow truck an RCMP cruiser another fire truck a semi tow truck emergency vehicles I don't lost the container off their trailer and they're just finishing it up now cleaning it up I've said it before I said before sometimes you see these guys hauling these containers on a flatbed with no chains Just like four like three or four straps over the container itself holding it on to the The deck of their trailer, right? And I said, you know, you you need chains on that I've seen it quite often actually people are just lazy or they're you know, they're in a hurry Quickly throw a couple of straps over it. Boom done, right? I use chains. That happened. Maybe not I don't it obviously cleaned up whatever had happened or they're all just sitting out there having a party slowing down traffic for For the giggles Who knows grooves are so deep in my lane here Just keep it to grooves and the truck will find its way home We just stopped for a quick break at the scale You're moosim into the sketch one scale house is just over there to the right Just like watching the traffic go by. It's a beautiful day right now. It's not too hot. It's not too cold Just watching the trucks go by and sometimes I like standing out here In my yellow vest like this. I look like a I guess I look like a DOT officer. I don't know and I just stand out here and just watch the trucks roll past And watch their brake lights come on thinking that they must have missed the scale Look at this guy. Look at this guy. Stare him down. Yep Because the scale is not open scale is closed I'm just standing out here in my vest because I never really take this off my sweater and it's kind of chilly out today. It's not too bad, but whatever I got my vest on and I was standing here and I was realizing that all the drivers that passed by were like staring at me And giving me second looks and like their brake lights were coming on I started realizing they think I'm a DOT officer. I guess and just standing out here watching them And then they're second guessing themselves as they go past. Wait, wait. Was the scale closed? Was that scale open? I don't know. Maybe not. Yeah, I just thought it was funny because there is a DOT vehicle over there Saskatchewan Highway Patrol They're there by the building But I'm also standing right by my truck so they probably know I'm just a driver See they got their Their vehicle there, but there's nobody in there. I don't think But drivers coming past here They see a guy in a yellow vest and right away they're thinking oh shoot. Did I just blow the scale? Was it open? We have about another four hours to go yet. It's kind of tired today. I'm ready to go home I'm ready to Sit watch a movie And do nothing. It's gonna be great the rest of the week. We've got lots of plans already like I've been telling you Diesel What you doing out there, man? Just freaking out drivers passing by that's all messing with them Oh, yeah, it's fine You want to go home? I do You gonna eat your food? I'm letting you lay on my blanket without the sheet sheets over there I didn't even bother covering the bed with it because it's all getting washed tonight. Anyway Yep So anyway hy-ho hy-ho off to work I go hurt myself Bro, I left it in gear because I'm a genius Stop dangling at me. There you go. So how far have we gone today already? We've already driven about six hours And we got another four and a half yet. Okay, let's go. I don't got a long way to go yet I don't want to get home in the middle of the night. It's all day pretty much It was hot today too as soon as we got into the pickup It started raining Like pouring it just stopped it went over pretty quick. That was crazy That was a downpour what we would call a cloud burst, I guess It's behind us now. Looks like it's going to be clear out towards where we're going We're going into southeastern Manitoba. We're headed south right now So southeast is off to the left over there. Looks like it's pretty clear out that way towards home This dark cloud looming over us here. He had this probably going to dump a whole bunch of moisture on us yet So it's been about Three weeks that I was on the road I was home for a day here and a day there in between just like we had thought at the beginning of the month I stopped in for a day on the way to Calgary stopped in for a day on the way down to Or where did we go the first time? Alabama no, Mississippi and we went up to Ontario went back down to Georgia Went over to Alabama and then came around this way second half of the month Time to go home now and recharge our batteries get that truck looked at going into the shop And for once I don't mind I don't got to pay for it not my truck For once I can be like yeah trucks in the shop and be like no stress. They'll take care of it It needs a safety. It's it's a pretty new truck stills 2018 It has just under 400 000 kilometers on it. So we're talking like what less than 300 000 miles So it should be good. It's going to need new tires soon new drives, but Now they'll look at it and if if something needs to be fixed they'll fix it for me And when I get back to work It'll be tip top shape ready to go all I got to do is turn the key Hook on to the trailer and and give her No more stress. That's it does feel good Still very happy about that that change I hope that it rained at home today Maybe the grass grew enough that I can mow it tomorrow There's something to look forward to