 Well, good morning everybody here in the shop. It's Sunday evening and Time to go back to work didn't film too much over the weekend. I just enjoyed the weekend We had my mother-in-law come down and Britt's aunt and uncle came down to visit us and Theo for a little bit and We also went to go visit her dad and stepmom. We had a good barbecue there Got some footage of this barbecue setup that he's got he's got this wonderful just amazing smoker We had ribs and steak so good and he smokes the ribs for hours and hours now, right? and then we had these steaks that were marinating for the last 24 hours and We decided To what we were gonna cook them at our house and then we got invited there. Well, let's just take the steaks over there We'll cook them over there as well. So we had steaks and ribs But I filmed a few highlights from there and other than that not too much from this weekend. I got home Well Thursday night at Friday early morning. It was 2 30 in the morning when I got back here to the shop So I just slept in the truck and I got up at 7 and went home from here And I just didn't want to wake up the whole house in the middle of the night And so I had Friday at home and Saturday and today when I'm filming this this this clip is on Sunday The barbecue was on Saturday, but yesterday So it's time for me to get ready to get going again We've got to go do another rounder Kanora to Brainerd and Minneapolis back home So I'll be doing a little loop in the next couple of days I've got to be at the gate in Kanora tomorrow 7 a.m. So I'm gonna get there tonight yet I've got to go to our yard pick up a empty 53 foot step deck and Hook on to that and head over there cuz I'm gonna sleep over there right at the gate Then I'm right there first thing in the morning, but I need to get going. So here's a few highlights for my weekend And then once we're done with that, I'll meet you back here at Old Blue We got to get our stuff in here and get going. There's the good stuff right there They're getting there this is a Louisiana grills. That's what it's called That's nice We're smoking the ribs. How long have you had them on there already? Four hours So good Oh less than that yeah, I wish I could put the smell through the camera Whoever does that'll be a billionaire I got this one going here, too. We so we got the ribs on here and Britt and I We brought a few steaks that we've been marinating for the past day or so Oh Yeah, look at that This is my father-in-law Jerry. Those of you who don't know why? Also drives with us It's home for the weekend heading out on Monday. Hey, yes, sir. Oh Yeah Yeah, oh It's a warm enough day that I don't have to be wearing Any sweater. I'm out here in a t-shirt That's Britt step mom Cynthia you new people the rest of you know who they are Well, we're slowly getting rid of all the all the snow Now we just need the ground to thaw so that we can get rid of the water to Milo you behaving these guys are hoping for a little bite of steak. I think that's Milo That's sunny Gonna fall off the bone Yep, you excited No fetch He's not going for Don't want to get your paws muddy, right? That's why I'm staying on the deck to get the electronics booted up so that my computer in there would boot up It takes a few minutes So then I don't wait for that later. It was really hard for me to leave home today. I mean, it's always hard Leaving the family at home today It was especially difficult I don't know why exactly it was different this time because the weather is nicer and I'd love to be there spending time with them Or you know, our kids getting getting bigger and bigger He's starting to try to say words. He hasn't quite got it yet, but you know, he's got the basics like ma ma ma dad Pretty much how he says it dad I don't know if he knows what he's saying it because he can't say it on command But he every once in a while pops out when he's coming towards me. I'm like, huh, you know excited He's starting to almost walk on his own. I think he could walk on his own already Anyways, I get distracted when I start talking about him Yeah, this is some of the reality of trucking, you know, it's Sometimes are harder than others every time is difficult. I'm gonna do the pre-trip on my truck here and sort of distract myself with All of this get my mind off of it because I can't change the fact that I've got to go to work We need a house to live in and we need groceries It is a good thing that I really enjoy my job I Think that's helps a lot because it takes my mind off of You know, how hard it is to be away from home. I do enjoy doing what I do Maybe that's just why it works so hard when I'm away from home. I'm just Go go go go. Just gotta keep my mind busy. I don't like to sit and Let my thoughts trail off, you know, let's let's hit this pre-trip now. Looks like this thing needs a wash too We're almost past the season where everything constantly needs a wash We are just about there a Little bit more snow melt and they just got to clean up the streets while the sand and salt from the winter time and it'll be on our way towards a few months of Hopefully having some clean vehicles most of the time. We'll see what happens Well, I got to pick up back in here now old blues all warmed up ready to go Let's hit the road guys stays light. I think we're so happy to be In this time of year finally I'll take this trailer right here 1 22 D You are coming with me We're gonna have fun You're gonna like it. Okay. I'm gonna roll up the gear Do the pre-trip don't be out of here back to work Closer we're friends. Don't be scared. I don't bite So we're all hooked up Ready to go this trailers ready to go my trucks ready to go It's already late and the sun's gone down So it would be very hard to get any road footage or scenery footage on the way there today So we'll see what we can do on the way there Won't be too much, but it's a two-hour drive But I'll definitely talk to you when we get there. So let's get that gate open Let's get this horse on the highway. Let's get it galloping here. We sit in the silence Be quiet night out here waiting to get loaded in the morning Seven a.m. That gate's gonna open probably quarter to seven. I'm gonna put my nose right up to it I'm ready So if we get unloaded or pardon me reloaded Or loaded First thing in the morning. I'm tired already You know, we'll get unloaded tomorrow afternoon down in Brainerd run down to Minneapolis and then I'll have an appointment for the following day to get reloaded. Hopefully in the morning That'll be Tuesday morning That delivers back to Winnipeg Wednesday morning and probably come Come back to the yard be ready for a reload Wednesday afternoon We'll see what happens See what happens, but we're gonna get back into the swing of things here first day back out after being home It was kind of like a long weekend for me because I had Like I was telling you I had all day Friday All day Saturday and pretty much all day Sunday too though I did leave around supper time on Sunday So a little bit of a long weekend for me and felt good felt good But maybe that's why it was harder to leave home too. You spend more time at home It's it's harder to leave, right? But we got to do what we got to do It's it's not just it's not that I'm special everyone else feels the same way when they have to leave and go to work Imagine our military members, right? overseas Wherever they are around the world being deployed for what six months at a time maybe longer You know when they leave home There's a chance they might not come home. Of course there's a chance for truckers as well but at least I'm not being shot at I've never been shot at a lot of respect goes up to those military families out there those people overseas serving In our country in our neighbor's country the United States all of our allies around the world And especially those wives back at home and the kids back at home waiting for daddy to come home It's a must be a whole different feeling So it's not just truckers that have to leave home to make a living There's also you know people who work in the air Flight industry there's people who work on big ships that travel around the world that go go away from home for weeks at a time We got to do what we got to do, right? We got to put food on the table And we got to put a roof over our heads for our families So again, this all comes down to working hard and that's why I'm out here Even when it's hard and hard to leave home. It's trying to get ahead Just like you. Thanks for watching everybody. Take care and tomorrow will be a day of trucking I'll see you then stay safe out there and drive safe