 Good morning everybody We're in Roth say Minnesota, and I'm trying to get back on track with my walking every day There we go they're trucking We're on a trip with two stops our first one's going to be in Cranford, New Jersey And our second one is in Houtpodge, Houtpodge, New York. I still don't know how to pronounce that name Got to be there in three days Or four days actually it'll take me with three days to drive there And we're back. See this roll tight has this nice fiberglass bubble On the front of the trailer to make it a little bit more slippery through the wind Helped my fuel economy It's got the happy faces on the side and on the back They've never seen this trailer and ever pulled it before It's a happy trailer need to get going We double check that trailer Brakes work brakes release. It's attached All right. I've had my breakfast gone for my walk Done my pre-trip psyched myself up for the day. Let's get out there But two hours down the road is St. Cloud, Minnesota the pilot flying J there That's where we're gonna stop and grab some fuel I have just over a quarter tanks left. I should be able to get there no problem 26 hours of driving to get to our destination So it'll be two and a half days or so to get there All day today all day tomorrow and a little bit the next day and a truck wash somewhere, too. This is getting crazy Minnesota St. Cloud Lucky day of our juice grab a coffee and hit the road no one fuel. It's gonna be a big one. Don't be a big one Let's put ourselves on duty fueling The government is happy. They know what I'm doing Fueling okay calm down. It's been a good day so far, but it's just begun We've got to get through Minneapolis now our first big city on the way east Wonder if I'll get down into Illinois today. I might I'm gonna go as far as I can We'll be driving pretty late because I got going a little late. Let's see how much fuel I'm gonna get I'm thinking 160 Gallons, that's my estimate. Let's see how close I am All right, you guys want the report the numbers Fuel up for 185 gallons truck was thirstier than I thought quite a bit that's 715 liters The last time we fueled up was one thousand eight hundred and three kilometers ago One thousand eight hundred and three kilometers in miles That is one thousand one hundred and twenty miles From our last fill up that was in Cohesit, Minnesota, or we got all mixed up and came in backwards had to go around the block and come in the right Way, that's the last time we fueled up there 1100 1100 miles ago Cost me today seven hundred and seventy three dollars Canadian or five hundred and sixty two dollars USD Pretty decent. So over this 1800 kilometers or 1100 miles It cost me 48 cents a kilometer Or you know 48 cents 48 cents times one point one 77 cents Canadian a mile cost me Just in fuel obviously that doesn't take into account tires and maintenance my wages my mortgage my truck payment insurance all of that but That's that that's okay, and we averaged five point nine three miles per gallon or thirty nine point six eight liters per hundred kilometers Not too bad could be better But definitely not too bad Let's get out of here The only safe place to park in this lot is like right where those two Freightliners are off on our left But where that Volvo is you see how this budget guy came in and blocked them in He won't be able to get out people always do that here and just left his truck there. It's always amazing to me how people just Don't take into consideration other people, you know Sure block them in he doesn't need to go anywhere, right? How do you know? Happens more often than you think Gotta be careful where you park Okay, so we're full of fuel Let's get through Minneapolis St. Paul's get into Wisconsin. Maybe we can find a blow beacon truck wash Turn left in 180 meters on this road for 166 kilometers I'm gonna do my half hour here nominee. I'll have another Six hours and 39 minutes available to drive from here. I can do that within eight hours and 49 minutes We'll be driving into the night. I'll worry about where to stop in a bit I'm getting very close to the Illinois, Wisconsin border here. Now Karen my GPS wants me to go East and go into Chicago wants me to go right through downtown Chicago actually. I Don't do that I've done that before I'm not doing that again. I used to stop at this South Beloy flying jay all the time Illinois here we are Yeah, this used to always be my main stop back in the day over the last ten years when I used to come Through here all the time. I would usually always go through the city of Chicago interstate 294 I used to take I-94 right through downtown until I realized how ridiculous that was. That's why the 294 is there I'd go around on that 294, but then I suddenly realized or someone told me once that You take I-39 down to 80. I think it's about 45 miles or 30 to 45 miles further. So it is further around But You totally dodge most of the Chicago traffic So it depends. I mean If it's worth it to you It is to me. I don't want to deal with that If I deal with all the traffic I'll go a little ways around If you're going through during a rush hour, it's definitely about the same amount of time to go around It might take a little bit more fuel though. I guess depends on your truck But it's mostly all highway and in the city It's all stop and go stop and go stop and go so you might even balance out Using the same amount of fuel are very close to it If you guys come through here regularly, what road do you take? Do you go down I-39 to 80 as well, or do you just go right through the city and go right through chicago? Rochelle will be in here and has a lineup or not. I actually drove past. I had to go to the next interchange and come back I thought Rochelle was on the I-80. It's on the I-88 Caught me off-guard But here we are. I think they have two bays here. So it should go Pretty quick if there is some people in line Hopefully there's nobody but this time of night Usually be safe with not too much of a lineup, but Where is the blue beacon? Is it this way? I think it's this way. It's just off to the left, right? I remember correctly. No I can't I remember where is the blue beacon here now? There it is on the right Haven't been here in a little while mobile chapel and in here And I just can't remember the last time I was here is when uh me and my father in lingerie We're running together when he first started here and we took that Did that trip together both in our own trucks, but we had stopped here and I went and got a truck wash in the morning That's how I remembered it was here. I was parked just here off to our our left Remember where the entrance is okay. The entrance is on the other side and the lineups aren't actually that bad Good now. I just gotta figure out how to get in there That's the lineup right in front of us So there's two in line for one bay and one in line for the other Let's get over there quickly without racing through the parking lot You know with my luck by the time I get over there is gonna be like 20 trucks in line Let's hope not this autism awareness truck this green truck on the left. I mean on the right there I've seen that truck around unless there's more than one Seen that truck before there's a big sign here on our left truck wash entrance. I should have seen that They have three bays here. Oh wow. We're gonna wash the truck and trailer. There's a blue beacon. That's for sure Very often they just have one bay Okay, so they have two wash bays Then there's a one wash out bay on the right here. We don't go to that one Okay, that's really washing out reefer trailers and stuff. I'm guessing maybe livestock trailers. I don't know It won't take too long There's just one truck in front of me plus the one that's in the wash bay. It should be no more than a half hour They're pretty quick once you get in there As long as they don't need a bunch of detailed work done and like a wash out like we were saying there That usually takes a little bit longer Oh, it's gonna feel good as long as you don't run into any rain But I checked the forecast for the next day as we go through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania There's not supposed to be any rain for the next day or two all the way to new york So let's hope that the forecast is right and then i'm not wasting my money Oh, it's steaming. I felt good, didn't it look? This is only a 48 foot trailer. I've never seen it before before this trip. Happy trailer. It's a happy clean trailer So i'm gonna go down the road to Ottawa, Illinois Not Ottawa, Ontario Breakfast is there huge portions For a pretty good price if I remember right. I hope it's still the same Find out in the morning. I'm planning on uh Grabbing a good breakfast there before we get going in the morning 100 meters turn left on south to med road and then turn left into 100 meters It feels so much better to be clean like I can't describe you the feeling of just Having having a clean truck just makes my whole day so much better I know it's the end of the day, but we're gonna wake up tomorrow and it's gonna be such a good day Because you know, I'll be first thing in the morning. I'll be all groggy forget what's going on I'll get out of the truck to do my pre-trip and I'll just see it just shining It's gonna make me so happy tomorrow Leaders turn left on. I off 38. You've got to turn from this lane It's the sign on the building there. I said Ottawa clock tower I thought this was called something like the oasis truck stop or something That's gonna be really nice. Don't you think first thing in the morning? Probably totally gonna forget that I watched the truck You know, it's a little surprise for myself. I like surprising myself like that every now and then Successful day we drove a thousand and three kilometers today so 620 miles We got a lot done went for a walk first thing this morning Got the truck washed got a full day of driving in and we're about 14 hours or 1,400 kilometers or so or uh, how many miles would that be? 1,400 kilometers divided by 1.61 870 miles from my destination So I'll be able to make it most of the way tomorrow We'll go a full day tomorrow and then we'll just have a little bit to do the next day We'll get those two skids that I have on my trailer off Then the following day my delivery appointment is at noon For the majority the the main part of the load And that's in uh, how a patch how a pitch How How much how pods new york h a u p p a u g e How do you pronounce that that pads new york? That's where the majority of us going. That's where we'll be empty From there. I have no idea what's on the agenda. I might be heading up to southern Ontario Uh, grab some freight there around toronto head back home from there. Who knows we'll find out then All I know is right now. I'm going back there. I'm going to bed. So I'll see you right here first thing in the morning See we're at let's go get our sauce on breakfast. I'm already I'm already hungry looking forward to it Trying to limit how much I eat though There's no point in going for a nice long walk every day. I'm just gonna ruin it and overeat Let's see See if we can stick to this. It's been hard to find motivation It's been hard to find the motivation to lose weight But uh, I can do it It's for my kids I want to be here to as long as possible