 Morning everybody Or a Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and I gotta say it is a pretty pleasant place to be but I don't see any mountain around here It's all the whole world that we have found the most pleasant mount. Maybe I just missed it. Maybe I haven't found it yet So I only got to drive a half hour today. I've done my reset here already yesterday was Saturday I'm now filming this on a Sunday. So I've been sitting here a little while already. I'm ready to go I'm just gonna Scoot my way down to Burlington. There's a truck stop there. There it was too late when I got here on Friday I didn't think I was gonna get any parking there And this is also the pilot that I'm stopped at and I had a free shower at the pilot So I wanted to use that it was it was pleasant. It was very nice So now that I'm all cleaned up and my logs are reset I'm just gonna scoot down to Burlington because I got to be the first thing tomorrow morning to load and that load Is taking me to Langbanks a sketch one back closer to home We're getting very close for our movie I'm getting even more excited Let's get out there short little drive today. And let's go see what the other truck stops all about So the good news is that there's a Walmart Supercenter right over there And I made my way over there earlier to grab groceries. So now I have groceries in my truck So now I don't have to buy food. I was all out of food. What's rattling here? Hi. Hey Hey, are you mad that I haven't dusted you yet? Is that what's going on here? Clean this thing. Yeah, maybe that's what I'll do tonight. Let's we get to the new truck stop The other truck stop we're going to sort of like a little small mall and pot truck stop So I want to make sure I get there in the middle of the day so that I'm certain to get parking Okay Right on right on I came back here to the pilot just to grab a coffee So I've just been sitting here for like two three minutes and off we go Let's Rock and roll. That's where I was parked right where that That's where I was parked right where that Volvo is That Volvo is gonna hate that spot cuz that Cascadia the white Cascadia right beside it there It's got a dog in there that barks Non-stop and you know me I love dogs. I'm a big dog person But if you don't know how to keep your dog quiet, whoa It's just non-stop I guess the guy went inside to eat or left his truck here anyways That's his left his dog in the truck with the windows down a little bit It looked like it's getting a little bit warm But he had the windows down but the dog just wouldn't stop barking every time he'd see I couldn't sit in the front of the Truck here because he would just non-stop bark at me Any leaf that blew by it was just they woke me up this morning So I don't know how long that dog is has been there. It looks like the truck There's somebody in the truck now, but from early this morning. Oh You know, I'm gonna be really nice. I am way too nice I'm which I should have gone, but I'm gonna let you go Okay, it's the Canadian coming out in me. No, no you I insist you first you first you're welcome What what highway is that? Karen say that one more time Sure now that I want you to talk you don't want to talk Come on. What did you say? listen Wow You know why build four roads when you can just build one let's get out here Quick little half-hour drive today tomorrow will be a long day of driving. I want to get loaded early as I can It was some kind of farm equipment. I think and then Take that up to the sketch on I'm really hoping I can get that unloaded Tuesday afternoon It's about a 1500 kilometer or 1,000 mile trip. I Should be able to do that in a day and a half We'll see If not Tuesday afternoon, I can unload it Wednesday morning. That's no big deal From there, I might just be going home We'll see I have to meet with the lawyers very soon this week as well. So Might be the last trip Going home empty from there would be about a five-hour trip or so But I'm thinking too far ahead again, aren't I let's just worry about today let tomorrow worry about itself Tomorrow's got enough worries by itself Or sorry, I should say today has enough worries by itself Even though it's just a half-hour drive Beautiful down here though. Iowa is just starting to see fall Look at their leaves are still on the trees back home leaves are all gone already for the most part And it's starting to get cold up there Right here. There's some more. What does this sign say here? Big red one army Iowa army ammunition plant. Okay, so this would definitely be a target if we went to war Could just be a decoy like guys where they make all of their their biggest weapons, you know They're not gonna put a big sign on the entrance So our truck stop is right up here on the right literally right up against the United States defense On the right side my lord just down the street here in the morning. So I picked the space Right on the edge of the parking lot So if I do have any neighbors, I'll only have one so far my closest one is that red truck way out there It'll probably fill up tonight yet though. This is why I wanted to get here Earlier like this so I had a little bit of a better pick of the spots. I Feel like this spot will be good There's the truck stop over there Looks pretty big. I don't know what's on the second level but It's a Phillips 66 Looks nice And maybe I should have just come straight here I don't know how much the showers cost here if I fuel up here if I can get free showers But I did fuel up at Casey's Yesterday right because that's where I can get the cheapest fuel I looked at the fuel prices of where we fueled up at the Casey's was a day before yesterday now for me It's over the last couple of days. It's gone up 20 cents a gallon again So good thing we fueled up on the way down and not on the way back, right? So our next fuel stop will probably be in Carrington, North Dakota If prices stay the same overnight, but tomorrow morning's a new week. It's a Monday We'll see what happens fuel prices are always up and down up and down I wish we could have something that's just more stable like we could lock in a fuel price nationwide It's lock in a fuel price for like six months That's what it is six months We could lock it in for longer than that that'd be awesome like for a year like hey 2023 Bam, this is what the fuel price is gonna be And then we revisit it in 2024 bam That's the fuel price is gonna be but I guess then the problem is if we get a really high price We're stuck with that all year I don't know. I don't know what would be better Don't trust me. I don't know what would make things better. What would make things worse Sometimes I think oh, I could run this country. I'm talking about Canada US is a whole different ball game But I could be Prime Minister do a better job. Well, I know what I would do differently I just don't know if it would make things better or not. That's why I'm not the leader. I'll do the trucking I'll I'll try to influence them to make my life better, but They they'll have to run the show We just got to get someone in there who actually has experience in leadership I mean prior to being Prime Minister that would be I'll be good if we could do that next time. That'd be awesome Super short little day though, right? It's not much I can show you today guys. This is all we did I got my screens in the windows here Well blue is idling right now because I'm working on the computer. I need the battery power This is where we're at So tomorrow we'll go grab our load first thing in the morning Tired down we'll get her all ready to go probably come back to this truck stop here grab a coffee Double-check all my load. Securement make sure everything is Good to go And we'll start heading back a little over a thousand miles Towards Canada We got about 1,700 a little over 1,700 kilometers to go a little over a thousand miles Really good as far as I can tomorrow, which is a Monday We'll do the rest Tuesday, and I'm pretty certain that we're going to be delivering Wednesday morning I was gonna try to see if I get there Tuesday afternoon, but I'd have to be there They go home at 4 p.m. So I'd have to be there at like three for them to unload me on Tuesday, and that's I I don't see that happening to be honest That would be pretty much going straight Driving 20 hours straight no bathroom breaks nothing It's not gonna I don't think I'm gonna make that so it's alright I was told Wednesday mornings just fine, too So we'll be there Wednesday morning and we'll see what they have for us after that, but thanks for joining me today Everybody it was just a short little half hour 30 mile run down the road 50 kilometers. It was fun I'm glad you're here with me tomorrow is going to be a full day So don't forget to tune in hit that subscribe button at that north notification bell that you don't miss it Remember when you're out there on the highways driving to wherever you need to go Think of me think of all those truckers out there, and we're just trying to get home to our families See we just want to get home to our loved ones So when you're thinking of rushing through traffic Think twice Take it easy. There's no rush Saving five seconds isn't going to save you your job take it easy out there and Keep your head up. Keep your stick on the ice I'll see you tomorrow Take care