 Hello and Groot from the Netherlands. Hello and greetings from the Netherlands. I'm the New Europe and from the south-west of the Netherlands First I want to say please subscribe to my channel. Link is down below I just wanted to do the same as Trucker Josh does but then on the other side of the ocean in the Netherlands in Europe Secondly, you're watching TJV on YouTube subscribe to him too and I would say enjoy Good morning everybody Just here it's a rest area West of Minneapolis in Minnesota Just checking on our load here making sure that everything is still as it should be Checking all our straps. I'm just walking around here for your benefit now I've already been checking everything. I want to make sure everything's still tight that nothing's moved How are you guys doing today? It's a good day for trucking Come on, but I think I got to take you to the back here on grass over there That's diesel's favorite place to go to the bathroom in the long grass It's actually my favorite place for him to go to because if you go in the long grass Well, you don't got to pick it up Ready to do that's why I trained you Listen to that beautiful sound listen to it Soak it in Tires just humming down the highway beautiful Look at this a little pathway Just goes around this little area Wow, they sure go all up for their walking paths here, right? All the leaves are still perfectly nice and green It's amazing how Just a little further north up that way where we live Leaves are already changing. Well, I guess if you look at those trees up there The leaves are starting to change a little bit Very little. I love fall time Fall time is one of my favorite seasons. It's just Shortly followed by my least favorite season After New Year's, you know, I love winter up until Christmas and New Year's after New Year's I have no more use for winter No more use for January and February at least favorite months But we make do make the most of them All right So I've turned this into my mandatory Half-hour break for the US here We're good to go for the next eight hours We'll get around it. Anyways, we're gonna head straight south on 494 I believe that meets up with the I-35 on the south end and that'll take us down south into Iowa These guys parked way over here. There was parking spots in the rest area Maybe not when they pulled through. Here in the freeway Everybody look out put your seatbelts on you should have had them on already because we drove pretty late yesterday I drove till at quarter to three in the morning yesterday. I Guess you guys heard about that in yesterday's vlog or my last vlog So we'll be driving till late into the night again today. Hopefully that won't leave me with any parking problems at the end of my day In the upper Midwest here, I usually don't have any problems finding parking It's always kind of risky stopping late at night because usually all the parking lots are full. I Think it's about time for a coffee I think that time is just about here. So we're pulling into the flying J North of Oatonna. What do you think about that Karen? See her 46 No, I think I'm gonna stop and get a coffee instead. Oh, is there gonna be anywhere to park here? Yes, I think I can get into that pump. Oh No, oh, there's somebody blocking that pump. Okay Okay, maybe we'll just grab some fuel over here, right? He's just coming back to his truck right now. So yeah, it should work This is always a busy busy place A little bit redonkulous Remember how I'm saying try not to take your half-hour break parked in front of the pumps because there's people waiting behind you This guy that was in front of me when we pulled up must have been taking his half-hour break So frustrating now sitting there waiting for him to move or move up or go to a parking spot So that I could get out of there One sec. Got a sneeze coming Whoo Here we go And he came back like just as we were pulling up right and he stayed there for another 20 minutes he went and Checked all his tires walked around his truck three times checked all his lights He's drinking his coffee just leaning against the steps on his truck for a while I mean while I'm done fueling behind him And I'm ready to leave I want to go And he wouldn't move his truck Obviously taking this half-hour break and that's so rude because now I'm behind an extra at least 20 minutes because of him I didn't really have that time in my day to waste Some people are so selfish just cannot wrap their mind around thinking past their own nose about anyone else, you know What it is people like that exist everywhere. I Hope none of you are like that though. I doubt it. You guys are all pretty good people Karen you'd never let me do anything like that. Would you you'd get out of there and you'd yell at me It's smack me wouldn't you you'd get off the dash there and walk over smack me upside the head if I tried something like that Well, anyways, whatever will continue on at least we got fuel now We got coffee another six hours and 18 minutes Thanks Karen six hours and 18 minutes available to me to drive today we have 800 799 kilometers to go that's 500 miles See how far we can get 66 meters it's time to end the day. I am tired. It's about midnight and We're in southeastern Iowa getting close to the border with Missouri Your destination will be on the left keep calling her by the wrong name. That is so awkward turn right No Go straight and we're gonna find a place to park here. So this is the BP 66 There's a specific name to this truck stop or not. I think it's on the right actually it's right there See we can find a parking spot here It's pretty full cup two spots each. Okay. I think I can park there. No Yeah, I'm gonna park there Loop here and park behind the van trailer. You ready to go out man Once that I'll be right around to that side Well, I'm tired Nice truck. Oh, yeah, I'm way in the back Back corner here by myself pretty much well not quite but My own little space anyway Never been at this truck stop before There's still places that I haven't been what do you know the weasel up Just wait come on buddy. We'll find some grass. How about this grass over here? Yeah, that looks good Come on this way but full night really nice temperature So we're obviously a lot further south than we were before when we were talking about the leaves changing and Interesting to see that at this time of year. You can see exactly how the seasons affect different what is it latitudes diesel hey, come on less sniffing more You know what? Come on, bud. I don't know what a bed. So we're a couple of hours away from where we're gonna deliver this tomorrow so in 10 hours from now We'll be doing our pre-trip and getting ready to hit the road again Thanks for joining us today. I'm tired. I'm really tired. I have to end this vlog here Tune in tomorrow tomorrow's gonna be a bit of a busy day I guess because we'll be delivering they'll be running down to Tennessee to pick up that load But I sort of think that we're only gonna be picking up that load the next morning But maybe they'll be there late after hours because it's already preloaded. It's already waiting there for me I just got to go there and tie it down So I don't know if they'll have like evening security there That will let me into the yard to pick it up or if I'll have to do it in the morning I'll have to call in and find out tomorrow Good night everybody. Take care. I love this new blanket that Britt bought me So cozy and it fits in here a lot better My old blanket was a big queen size and this is a twin so it's actually made for a bed this size So it makes it a little more convenient. I look so cozy. I'm getting in bed. Good night everybody