 Never fear Alvin's here. You're watching TJV Thank you everybody from Black River Falls, Wisconsin Just getting our wheels moving rained overnight a bit the pavement looks a bit wet. I hope the roads aren't all dirty I just washed my truck yesterday At least get down to Georgia with a clean truck. I probably won't happen. I Checked the weather radar and the weather forecast and it said it was supposed to be clear skies all the way down Well, they lied what else is new right we get ourselves back on the highway We have just under 2,000 kilometers left to go. That's 20 hours of driving Gotta stop in there for a night. So it's another two days To get down. We're going down near the city of Savannah, Georgia. I Picked up these underground fuel tanks from Edmonton, Alberta if you haven't been following Then third cross continent. Hey look military show me your guns No, yeah, show me your guns. We just crossed over interstate 80 Which means this is the furthest South I've gone on this road. I Guess since our honeymoon the way down to the Gulf. I'm way to go I wish we had more freight going down far South like this. I still don't know what my reload is going to be. I Haven't been down there with a flatbed before so I don't know what What kind of stuff we haul out of there? I have no idea I'm still kind of thinking they're gonna send me empty it back up Tennessee Pick up some steel there because that's that I've done before but that's as far south as I've gone with the flatbed Everything before that was when I was on drive-ins There are lots of stuff in the south then I went down to Mississippi to Georgia Florida more money to be made on flatbed Can't go back to drive it Once you taste the sweet milk and honey of the flatbeds You just you can't go back I'll tie down my loads and tarp it and minus 30 That's fine. Just can't go back so much. You're sure how far we're gonna get tonight. I have no idea No idea. I'm just gonna go until I get tired or until the law tells me to stop I'm about to go and explore Bloomington, Illinois here a little bit in a park at the pilot Caroline Street and then approaching destination on the left side Grab parking spot and do our walk here. It looks like a nice town and this Pilot is actually pretty close to town here. So I don't even have to walk that far Hopefully the loves of open spots. They should time is about quarter after four right now I'll get it right here. We'll see what they got to offer us It's warm enough down here. We can take the weasel with us on this walk. I Left him behind the last couple of walks last week while we were up in Canada because it was just a little too cold for his paws I think Let's see how far we get today At least this town believes in sidewalks That always makes walking around a lot easier Don't have to walk on the road with all the cars. All right diesel Right, I know you're excited bud, but you got to stop pulling me man. I'm walking you. You're not walking me. Don't forget that Yeah So the neighborhoods just across this road over there sort of straight ahead We're gonna make our way that way Sidewalks sort of been grown over a little bit here. Let's go around the mud diesel around the mud So we found this nice pathway that goes right through the city. I guess it's a city technically Close to a bit of a creepy neighborhood here, but Should go around the corner here and turn to that residential zone right behind all this stuff It's called Constitution trail you guys want to Google where I was walking for some reason Constitution trail in Bloomington, Illinois Started at one end of town. I guess that would be the the west side of town and it sort of goes east and then turns south I guess we're on our usual Church lookout I see one steeple way over there Well, there's a steeple And you got one I Don't know how many churches American towns usually have but in Western Canada as you saw Most little towns have a lot more than I thought I thought there's a one or two per town But all those towns that we walked through last week had tons of them, especially Neboa But none come close to Steinback. We still hold the right You can literally not not get away from them You can be at any place anywhere walk out the front door You can see a church Well, this looks nice, okay, so we're gonna go over the little stop sign diesel don't forget to stop There's a stop sign man. No stop stop stop at the line buddy. Sit sit Sit diesel. I'm serious. There you go Sit Why aren't you listening? Are you okay? Okay, look both ways that way that way no train Okay cool squiggly in this ahead squiggly miss what we're caught So it goes around up here and around up there over that bridge cool Okay, looks like a newer neighborhood built back here What's this say? What's this say the junction? Constitution trail history walk. Oh cool. This is my thing. What are you doing in there diesel? You know and go look for friends for beavers. I don't think I'll beavers here So Bloomington flourished as a rail junction connecting local people with national markets This is the busiest railroad intersection in town from Southwest to Northeast Ran the Chicago and Alton Railroad 1854 that's super cool, so I can walk through Bloomington and learn history at the same time not kind of place Well, that looks fun, this would be a great picture beautiful So they put the cage over the top too. I'm guessing that's so that People don't throw stuff over onto the trains That's silly. It's silly. You got to do that kind of thing just that people don't throw stuff trains Huh, that's the same. It's the same everywhere Can't trust anybody All right diesel people are crazy There's another big steeple and there was another old church on the other street over there So that's three so far. We've only walked about about a mile This street is getting a little bit shady though It's getting dark out been an unfamiliar city That last neighborhood I walked through I was the Outsider I was uh, I Think it was clear. I was not from that neighborhood. We ain't in Southeast Manitoba anymore Okay, no judging no judging Judging everybody I've seen so far has been really really friendly But they stare they stare at me like they've never seen a Canadian guy in a bright yellow jacket walking through their neighborhood with a dog. Let's go check out that church No, we'll see it. We'll see it. Yeah We'll see Yeah, the only thing I've noticed is that everyone I've seen every single person I've seen outside their house Has asked me about my dog They all want to know about the dog A couple of them asked me if he bites Only if I tell them to I don't know. I don't know if I want to tell him that he's friendly Maybe I want them to think that he's a little aggressive. I don't know That's a big one And look how well it's been taken care of Looks like it was built yesterday You guys know me I love history And I love these These old buildings. Look how clean this brick is How clean that is I mean, obviously it's been recently painted and stuff, but they take care of it So many of these old buildings you see around the country around the oh canada and the us They're all old and haven't been taken care of This one looks brand new Beautiful because windows Love to go inside See what the front looks like Come here diesel. Come on bud That's amazing. Oh, I bet you it's just beautiful in there Let's go across the street so we can get a better look at it I would love to know the story and history behind this. When was this built? What is it? This is the mass schedule. Okay, so it's catholic. Okay Cool It says st. Mary's church Mass schedule. So it's Most likely roman catholic And there's the statue of Mary parish office Wow This is where the priest lives, I'm guessing That's cool And I'm thinking this is a private catholic school right across the street Probably Oh, yeah, this is religious education offices here. So this whole street is Owned by the church. I'm guessing I went to a private christian school too. It was a Protestant one non denominational. Oh, yeah, it's the st. Mary's school Okay That's pretty neat. I really like this school. I went to Give a really good education And you know some of the stuff that's going around in the public school systems nowadays There's a lot of nonsense flying around and I guess I got shielded from a lot of that sheltered from a lot of that because I never got any of that Stuck to the basic education, of course everything was talked Uh from a christian point of view or a christian worldview. We had like chapel Other things that schools wouldn't have It was good And it actually gave you a sort of a step up step towards a university Oh basil, there's a dog there. That's okay Not your yard I'm sure he's a friend buddy Keep walking There's another one. What's that one say Waxman african Methodist Episcopal church What's an african church cool beautiful building look at that I always wanted to buy an old church like that and convert it into like a big mansion and live in it Okay, not gonna lie This bridge is significantly crepe here after the sun goes down. Yeah, I think if Come through here again If we come through here again, I think next time we'll uh try to do our walk During daylight hours Oh, here's a nice neighborhood A bit of a newer neighborhood out here Just something I would not recommend To you guys when you come to a city that you're not familiar with I've never been around in bloomington before Maybe don't go for a walk around the town after dark. You never know. Oh look the train's coming It's gonna be coming on these tracks here. We forgot to stop. Oh deal. We're so bad Oh, there it comes over there So the train does go right through town here. Wow literally like 50 feet from people's houses Wow Wait for it Wait for it. I guess they don't honk in town after a certain hour. I don't know That doesn't sound like a very good connection Oh, that would have been cool if we were on the bridge right when it went under there Oh, there's a police car coming now. What's he gonna do? He's gonna have to wait for the train Yeah, yeah, he's just gonna have to sit there and wait for the train I hope it's not an ambulance. Can you imagine being in an ambulance being rushed to the hospital because you're dying And you get stuck at a train. Yeah, he's he's stuck right over there I don't know if you guys can see it or not But there's an ambulance right on the other side of those tracks and We've walked all the way down here already and that ambulance is still waiting on the other side of the tracks Someone could be having a heart attack right now and the ambulance can't get to them What are you gonna do though, right? I've never seen that happen. I always wondered like I've always wondered what happens when an ambulance gets to a train track Well, I know what would happen. They'd have to wait But I've never actually seen it happen It's still going We're way out here and the train's finally gone Just waiting for the arms to go up and then the siren will come back on I'm sure Now he can finally go Are you gonna come? There he comes Well, I hope whoever that ambulance is for isn't uh Too much of a hurry. He's not gonna turn the siren back on is he? I guess he doesn't need it There you go I find it weird that in the u.s. In some places like here anyways Ambulances have blue lights. So it looks like a cop Because we're up in canada police are red and blue across the board everywhere red and blue. That's police ambulances are red and white And fire trucks, I believe we're also red and white red and yellow I don't know just different Of the ambulance was just going up the street here just down the street from the railway crossing So the people who were waiting for it could literally see it Waiting for the train just down the street Oh man, that's gotta be stressful And we made it back Still got about another five hours of driving ahead of us tonight. So It's just thinking man this place filled up. There's tons of spots only got here Now it's all just filled up I gotta drive another five hours and then try and find a place to park wish me luck 4.75 kilometers so I'm a little under three miles I wanted to go further, but it got dark so fast. I'm not familiar with this area And like I said the people in that neighborhood that are making me uncomfortable They were just staring at me Kept asking about my dog. We don't get me wrong. The the ones that talked to me were friendly But everyone else was just staring at me like I didn't belong there. So Made me uncomfortable But it was all right. It was all right. So, uh Now we're gonna get back on the road Well almost six hours of remaining drive time yet, whoo Feels so late because the time of year I guess we better get out there Are any of you from bloomington? What a nice city. I'd like to explore other parts of it The part I went through was pretty nice. It was an old area In 800 meters take the entrance to the right on I-55 south us 51 south on 74 east Okay, so I gotta be in the right line. Gotcha a little bit hungry. I'm gonna wait a little while I don't want to eat too much. Otherwise, I did that whole walk for nothing Interstate 55 and us highway 51 south and interstate 74 east Three roads in one