 Morning everybody. We're in St. Cloud, Minnesota Just getting ready to go We got a full day of trucking ahead of us today. We're gonna see how far we can get we're on our way down to Virginia Let's go Georgia, Minnesota My thermostat here is reading 38 and a half degrees Celsius. I Think it's 36 out here right now. Let's check this out 35 degrees last time my phone updated That's in Celsius Let's see. It's got severe weather alert here heat advisory until 7 p.m. Tonight. It's 34 Celsius What is 34 Celsius in Fahrenheit? One second we got a point two degrees Fahrenheit. What is 34 Celsius in Fahrenheit? 34 degrees Celsius is ninety three point two degrees Fahrenheit. Okay, so to you guys living in Nevada and stuff You're laughing at me now. Haha only ninety three only only ninety three trucker. Yeah, I'm a Canadian melting This is hot hot. We had that strong wind coming from the south last week, right? And it blew up all of this hot air from the southern u.s. Just wait for this guy to park This parking lot is absolute chaos all the time, but just so you guys know they've made half the parking spots Paid now, or maybe they always were it was just I didn't notice I'm noticing pilot flying J doing that a lot same thing with TA and all the truck stops every year slowly They're making more and more and more of the parking spaces paid spaces So if this is gonna become a thing in the future where we have to pay for all of our parking spots every single night Trucking companies are gonna have to start adding that cost on to the freight And what's that gonna do that's gonna make the cost of all your goods go up even more Okay, what's this guy doing? You can do it. You can do it. It works better if you just Go for it. Just go for it Send it There you go. You got it That it's a pretty tight spot to trying to get into. Hey, that's why I don't park here That's why exactly why I don't park here No offense to all you wonderful drivers out here, but I don't trust you There's no way I'd trust people not to hit me here He I mean you guys watching my videos. I know you guys can back up. I know you guys can drive Hey, you know what there's a lot of guys out here who should not be behind the wheel of a big truck I don't know how they got their drivers license But somehow they managed to muster one up out of a cereal box somewhere and they really shouldn't be here This guy seems to know what he's doing. He's just taking it easy being careful and that's okay That's okay. I'd rather you be slow and careful than fast and careless Okay, bud you but I need this space here to cut it wide around that Trailer over there. So I have to go through here. I can't just go around them Straight back my friends straight back. You got this you got this Better to be safe than sorry. I get it There you go. There you go You got it See I need this space cuz I need to pull it wide way around here. I Hate this parking lot. I do not stop here for this very reason and look at this This is why I needed to pull it so wide around here This is not a parking spot my friend, but I can still get out So I'll leave you be what else are guys supposed to do right the law says they have to stop and they got nowhere to stop And when there is some place to stop You got to pay for it Now whose responsibility is that to pay for it when people order freight and their freight has to get to them? Is it their responsibility to pay for parking for their freight on the way to their location that they ordered that they paid for? Is it the truckers responsibility? Like what if all spots were paid one day, right? That's what I'm talking about Would it be the truckers responsibility? That's just part of the job Is it the shippers responsibility the people who send out the freight? Is it the government's responsibility because they are mandating that we stop for night With penalty of like prison if we don't What I can tell you is gonna happen is if all spots become paid the cost of freight is just gonna go up Because if I if I'm delivering freight to somebody and in order for me to get it to where it needs to be I have to pay for parking along the way. It's gonna be added on to the freight bill Because unless you know Unless I order it myself like if you order product yourself That would just be part of shipping then right now be part of the shipping costs. All right. Let's get back out there onto the freeway Maybe we can find a streak and be can get this truck of bath Since I've been down there a couple of years ago Traffic is just insane huge traffic volumes, which is totally legal There's so much traffic that there's no way to get into the passing lane to get around them So you're just stuck behind them. It's my memories of I-65 between Indianapolis and Gary And we're gonna go straight so quick stop in Roberts, Wisconsin. I need a shower It looks like shower number nine Is ready we can reserve showers through the app We've been able to do that for a few years now already But that is awesome because then I can see I roll into the parking lot here I'll quickly check the app see if there's a big lineup for a shower and if there's not yeah I'll grab a parking spot and I'll run and grab a shower But if there's like six people in line for a shower right now because they're not cleaning them in there or something I'm like, oh, it's full and I roll back out and get back on the highway. I don't even have to go inside It is bloody hot out here. It's all heat like this in a long time And we're not even far south yet Got my trusty Walmart shower bag All the stuff I need in there. All I gotta do is get in there Within 10 minutes you have about 10 minutes from when you reserve your shower. Otherwise You lose your shower. You got a copyright strike part of that music playing out there Had a playing really loud that AC going before I start sweating again Man, it's so hot outside You have a shower inside you walk back to your truck. You need to go back inside for another shower. You're East Celsius Clean can't wait till I can get my frame done stretched painted Looking brand new again. There's a truck entering 65 lights are flashing red, which means it's a four-way stop that guy Did not that lady did not stop. Did she wanted to beat the big truck had to beat the big truck Find a big truck not even for five seconds never I'm the same way when I'm in my pickup, I don't want to be behind the big slow-moving truck Can't blame them a lot of these orange flowers growing around here again Staple around this truck stop. Remember these things have been growing right out of the concrete all different spots though Different spots. It's like they get transplanted or something or maybe they cut down the old ones Then they grow some new ones exit. This is not an exit the first Truck is a lot happier after a good service. We're into Illinois now Turn left on my L-251 small coffee just to get me through the rest of my Drive, we're gonna be driving late into the night here. So Hopefully I'll be able to find some parking We're headed down towards Not here. I do need to get further than Than this remember this this loves I think I do anyways. I'm pretty sure this is the exact truck stop I was at when I got the phone call that our house sold the last house Yeah, this was it. I was parked right over here to the right and I was standing over by the building to the left I Stopped here for the night and I got a call from our realtor saying that our house sold We got a really good price for it. I was really excited. It's a parking here. It is still Labor Day weekend So I'm guessing there's lots of parking everywhere. I'm kind of counting on that I don't know where I'm gonna park tomorrow night. We're gonna be right around Roanoke, Virginia later in the evening So hopefully all the truck stops aren't just packed full Plenty of parking here, and I wish I could stay here, but if I stay here, I'm not gonna make it Tomorrow I need to get further. I don't mind driving late to the night I actually prefer driving late to the night in summertime in wintertime I like to stop earlier because I don't want to drive into a cold night When everything's closed, you know, I'm just gonna Thread the needle here real slow me to drive yet I do prefer night driving but in the summertime in the wintertime is different story. Well, it depends what the temperatures are It was a really hot day today. They're really hot 36. I saw it up to 38 Celsius at one point now It's back down to 22 22 Celsius What's 22 Celsius and Fahrenheit? 22 degrees Celsius is equivalent to 71 point six degrees Fahrenheit That is perfect. That is a perfect temperature with a nice little breeze I put my little screens in my windows for night and get a nice breeze through here shut the truck off That is a good sleep waiting for me That's a good sleep. I hope I find parking. I don't know where we're gonna park tonight. Yeah, we'll figure it out All right coffee time We're driving into the night. I'm taking you with me. You guys want a coffee? No, you sure? All right, I'll just get myself one then Small one. We're not crazy. No, I got some work done to my front brakes at the shop this last trip and they obviously had to take my steer tires off right and Both my hubs covers went missing on this first I guess they weren't in there completely tight and I lost both both hub covers in the front. I had to replace them both already on this trip They were there when I picked the truck up. So I don't know what happened Three hours and 32 minutes to drive and we have four hours and 18 minutes to do it in. Whoo Let's go exit 206 I-74 in Illinois close to the Indiana border Found myself a truck stop There's a bunch here actually there's a pilot across the street There's a loves across the freeway and there's this little speedway here And there's another one cross over there that had a dark unlit parking lot I chose this one. There was lots of spots at all the truck stops, but all the good ones were taken So I felt like this was The most reasonable safe spot to park though. I do have a swift truck beside me who knows didn't But I think it'll be okay It'll be okay He's got decals on the side or decals. Sorry Americans, he's got decals on the side of his truck. Let's say that he's a veteran of The US military that gains my respect. I Trust that he can back out of here without hitting me Parking here. See there's the pilot across the street over there It's a road 66 right next door and then way over there a little light there Oops, sorry, that's the loves travel plaza and this guy decided to nose in I could have gone on this side of him Maybe I should have I mean he does have lots of space to back out It was sure a long day today tomorrow is gonna be a little bit shorter I did them not the majority, but I did a bigger part today Then I'll have to do tomorrow. We went about a thousand kilometers today about 600 miles and tomorrow We got to do about 900 kilometers 250 so I just did a little bit more today that I'll have to do tomorrow Still not sure exactly where we're gonna spend the night Tomorrow but I didn't know where we were gonna spend the night tonight either. I just sort of figure it out as we go We'll see what happens Thanks for hanging out with me today though was just a steady day of driving we went through Most or a lot of Minnesota went through all of Wisconsin We went almost all the way through Illinois the border with Indiana is just a little bit further East of here. We'll go through that tomorrow. I guess we're going through what states are gonna be going through tomorrow Let's check it out on the map Indiana all of Indiana probably maybe a little bit of Ohio a little corner there or We're gonna be going down to Louisville. Let's see where my road is taking me. Well, maybe Ohio we're gonna be going through Kentucky and Into Virginia, maybe West Virginia a little bit. Oh Watch the way to see Tune in tomorrow and find out it'll be fun beautiful day if we are going through West Virginia You know, it's gonna be beautiful scenery. I love West Virginia because it's just rolling hills It's amazing. I haven't been there in years Kind of excited to go back and see what's changed to see what stayed the same Ah, I know what stayed the same though. I'm just as tired now as I was when I parked But I've got spaghetti Oven here my wife made me spaghetti before I left home. I think it's ready. Oh Oh, oh, oh, there's some moisture in there. It's the good stuff right there. I'm ready to eat Go to bed I'll see you tomorrow. You stay safe. You be safe and You right there