Discovering Forgotten America: Why The Best Truckers Avoid The Interstate 

doors not shutting... my experience has been the leaning of the trailer making the opening out of square. I change the lean by moving to a level ground or jackknife the tractor left or right to lean the trailor.

I'm glad you are back. I like watching your videos.I like that you show some of the country you go through. Keep showing the trains when you can I used to work for them when I was younger. You got it going on. Have a good one and stay safe

Always glad to see your posts. As a 29 year old OTR trucker with a GSD, all of what you say is so relatable 😄

You represent the best of truck drivers. And you remind us that the trucking industry is made of good people overall. As a trucker, thank you!

Spaniard trucker typing from the Netherlands. Impresive job that you do, not only behind the wheel but also sharing such an inspirational Life with others. Now I can't wait to cross América with a Cascadia...and I LOVE you for that. Take care on the road.

A bike is a great idea to have with you! A road bike is fine if you ride only on paved trails. If you ride dirt or gravel, then get a mountain bike. The mountain bike can be used on any type of trail. Enjoy! Bikes are a lot of fun. 🚴‍♀️

I drove coast to coast and all over Canada and I just changed my CDL to a common DL and glad I got out of trucking. I was cautious, but I was also very "lucky" or more so protected by God's watchcare. I know you struggle with mental health issues, but prayer helps a lot. I used to listen to talk radio while I drove, because not only did it help me to stay alert and awake, but it reinforced my mind, that I wasn't crazy, that other people were seeing all this crazy stuff going on and they too thought it was wrong. A dog helps, but only so much.

Good to see you again, Shelby, Dakota & camera man! The new drone got some great shots. It always brightens my ay to see a new Happiness by the Mile!

I've ran 287 clear into Dallas, Tx before. One of my favorite routes.

Always a nice day when you post a video. Happy to see you take the back roads when possible. 😊

Always grateful😊 really enjoyed it🎉 have a wonderful weekend❤

Hey Shelby and Dakota!👋 Nice 2 finally see who shoots the awesome scenery! Yall be safe out there and have fun in yalls travels!!❤👍👍

I picked up a Lectric 2.0 and kept it on the deck of my truck. Its foldable and electric. During a rainstorm i brought into the cab.. I decided to leave it inside. I am the only one in my truck so it wasn't a major problem.

So nice to see your videos again. Missed you and your puppy

Hey Shelby how you doing haven't seen a video of you in a while . You look good. Always love seeing your beautiful smile...

It's good tp see you again! Stay safe and God Bless!

God girl, you are the best. Someone like you deserves nothing short of the best. Always rooting for you so hard you don't even know.

I'm late to the video, but as far as a bike, please consider a foldable e-bike. They are compact, ride well, and you always have the option of using the assist or not. They come in a wide range of prices and available options. Loved watching you get the job done while taking the time to enjoy the experience of the back roads! I used to live in the region so seeing those clips of the falling-down buildings, small town business districts, and the old hotel brought back a lot of memories - thanks! ❤🏞❤ Be safe and well, and lots of scratchin's in the sweet spot for Dakota. 😄 It was fun to catch a glimpse of the mystery man behind the camera!

I did 42 years in the seat of a big truck. I stayed almost entirely on the interstate except a lil overweight or ??. Wish I’d known I was doing it wrong.😂😂Kinda like who ever cut your bangs. One sides fishing and the other went hunting but your still cuter than heck and seem to know your stuff. Your folks should be proud.🤙🤙🤙

I used a zip tie to hold my key under the hood. I have a Cascadia as well. Those flat spots on top of the bumper (under the hood) is a razor blade thats simply under a piece of duct tape. That way i have something to cut the zip tie with.

Next dog you get, maybe consider getting a smaller dog. Reason being is for every 1/2 size down you go, the inside of the truck gets 2x as big for the dog :) That means they can move around more easily getting some exercise easier if they want to. You could build some ramps up to the seats and bed, maybe a high seat so they could look out the window while they're lying down... Just ideas.

Just did the 395 from Reno to San Diego yesterday..beautiful ❤ scenary

I agree with you 100 percent when you said get out of the truck, learn and explore things that are hidden, get a bike 🚴 and ride it when you get a chance, but in my case I walk around truck stops mainly, company terminal facilities. This is one of the reasons why I always enjoy watching your videos. God bless you and Dakota take care.

I just realized,I’m going to start calling your channel ,United States Gold,in honor of Huell Howser and California Gold. Your cinematography is stunning. Thank you.

I normally don't like when girls dye their hair pink but you are one of the few that can pull it off

It is so nice to see you have eyes for the small things in life and the past. I think many truck drivers only comes out of the truck when they must. Nice to have your back.

In Expedited Trucking to really be profitable, it really requires’Team’ driving. Good luck, Safe travels and good health to you all!

I have to be honest and that is the most best entertaining video I have seen in a long time absolutely brilliant weldom loving it

I had forgotten how Good the quality of your videos are , Shelby . A little tip with Trailer Doors that aren't lining up well . Move the trailer and start a Turn and stop like that . The axle group puts some torsion into the chassis and therefore also the Body and can usually align the Dogs / Locks .

Great video Shelby and Dakota

Thanks, you made me homesick for Wyoming XD

Lectric is what I have.. .thee best and most affordable ebike. Folds down to will fit in a 45 gallon husky tote. This bike is the bomb class 2 ebike but a few clicks on the thing and its a class one. 45 miles to a charge. I plan on figuring it into my truck.

Have you thought about being a Motorcoach operator? We get to travel and stop and enjoy things on the road

awesome shelby x cant wait for the next video

Hey you probably know this but just in case: When those swing doors don’t want to line up, sometimes if you can find a different stretch of ground to park on it will level the doors better, instead of fighting them with a hammer or pry bars. Used to drive a yard truck and got shown all sorts of weird little tricks of the trade. Also the splash of pink in your hair is awesome!

Nice video, thx 👌😎 have a nice weekend 🇩🇪

Hey MS Shelby ❤. All truckers needs sometimes away from that steering wheel. Heavy traffic. Time schedule. All 🚛 needs a break and not just a couple of hours. Great video. Camera person doing a great job. Safe Travels 🐕‍🦺. 🚛💨💨💨💨

Mate your awesome to watch, so positive and obviously know what your doing. It’s too easy to sit in the truck when ever we pull up or take the easy route all the time. What your saying is get out and see the places we’re lucky enough to drive through. This video gives us a kick in the ass, be happy about what we do and why we do it. Love it. Great attitude. Stay safe, from a UK Lorry Driver and former World Driver.

Thanks for the tip on attractions, will use that while motorcycling 🙂 Definitely an electric mountain bike

Thanks for take us the back routes as there are some very interesting places to see. A mountain bike would be your best bike to go with, you will had to make sure you lock it well to the back of the truck or it will get stolen when you parked. You can get bikes that disassemble and reassemble easy then you maybe able to store it inside your truck in pieces. You should look into a auxiliary power unit for your truck as it will not only keep you warm and cool but also keep your engine warm in winter and your batteries charged to for the inverter and your ups you just bought, when the main engine is shut down. Green APU seem like a good one to go with. Spare keys is always a good idea to. Stay safe out there.

Thank you! Your cheerful, fun, positive personality made my day. Regards.

Thank you for sharing your trucking adventures with all of us Shelby! Stay safe driving and keep smiling love!!! ❤💖❤

Honey, you’re so sweet and obviously very kind. You have been in what many describe as the daily grind. You might be wondering or will be wondering is this all their is life. I believe you might be seeking the answers to what is the point of all of this. Your amazing! Your awesome and if no one has told you lately your gorgeous to!

A trick to your trailer door closing problem, level ground. The driver side door was down to far, if you parked on the side of like a hill where the passenger side of the trailer was on higher ground and the driver side was on lower ground it would of lined up. I’ve dealt with many unsquared trailers before. Just a trick from one trucker to another. Love your videos!

I work construction and work all over Maine from Jackman to Westbrook...you have no idea the things I see along the way...paving beside river rapids, views or the mountains, little mom and pop stores etc...I dont wear those big bulky gloves like that, I wear Ridgecut gloves only a little thicker than a batter's glove

Safe travels trucking Shelby and Dakota

I drove a truck OTR for thirty years. I don't remember trying to avoid the interstate unless it was jammed up. I drove a lot of back roads when it was applicable, but the interstate allows you to make better time. Also, the interstate allows for access to just about anything you might have a need for. Just saying. Be safe out there.

The first dock you backed into, I like how they placed the lines. Drivers side line, aligns you to bump the dock at the right location by steering the trailer wheel along side it.

Hello my dear truck driver I have been watching your all videos you are perfect driver by the way your plan which is about bike very very good option for your health and traveling for short distances do it as soon as possible I will look forward your next video I say you good luck from Uzbekistan

As many are saying so glad to see you posting vids. When I look at my Utube feed I watch tons of subs but only 3 or so are all I really Enjoy. Yours would be one. Stay safe and have a great day.

I always considered myself a "professional tourist" instead of an OTR driver, took the backroads more than the interstates when possible. I even stopped at the Medicine Bow Museum a couple times - closed both times, still cool to look around the area! Be Safe, Be Happy!

Theres services that can retrieve data from dead harddrives. You can also take the HD out and plug it into another computer to see if you can just simply read the HD and copy whatever you wanted (photos,etc) to another drive.

IT IS CALLED AN UPS POWER SYSTEM(IT FILTERS THE POWER). 120VOLTS. DO NOT RUN DOWN THE BACKUP, OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT WORK. THE BATTERY IN AN UPS IS FOR EMERGENCY USE. KEEP IT COOL!!! HOT LITHIUM BATTERYS CAN CAUSE FIRES.

Shelby, don't write off your old Laptop PC, the disk might be able to be saved with your documents. Take it to a good PC Repair shop and they should be able to help you.

After watching this video in the middle of my sleepless night here in Northwest Germany, I realized once again that every minute I've stayed tuned to this channel in the long video-less time has been worth waiting and hoping for Shelby to be able to make videos again. What I would like to know is how old dakota is by now, am I wrong, or is she getting gray around the nose? Greetings from the old world! 🇪🇺🇩🇪👋

Nice, who ever is doing the edit ✍️ is spot on , with the changing scene at the note change in the nice music, it’s Epic, if I did know, and I don’t know ,,,but looks kinda like a ploy,,, to get a Documentary tv show going on here, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

Hey Shelby, nice to see you, look forward to seeing 👀 your videos 📹,❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks for posting again always enjoy your trips and showing America away from the citys.

Shelby I am in the heavy haul world so it's a little bit different but I truly admire you and your drive & beautiful smile you help me push forward and want to keep going. Thank you

Hi Shelby. Like the Table Rock Lake shirt. My neck of the woods. Safe travels 😊

Opinion: You need a power conditioner OR a pure sine inverter. Furman and SurgeX make high quality power conditioners.

I just can't get over how that pink hair looks so good 😊

So great to see you again! I really enjoyed this video, so cool to see places off the interstate! Stay safe!

Love your videos because I've been through most of the roads /places you've been through. * As you enter Green River there is a wonderful cafe / small business on the right side of the road. It is directly across from very large bluff and the Green River is flowing past the bluff. They have THE Best blueberry pancakes you will ever eat. Good truck parking on the road-side too.

IT Guy. I'm going to say coincidence with your macbook failure. The Macbook has its own battery and would have run off of that if something happened to the 'grid'/inverter. If you were pulling too much power, you could have had a sag, but it wouldn't nuke your stuff. Sometimes things just break. The UPS is most likely a mod sine but is a good/cheap mechanical way to separate your devices from the truck's inverter/grid. But it's not designed to run for a long time. It's a stop gap to allow you to gracefully shut down during an outage, and to act as a wall to hostile power environments, however you're also not in a normal grid environment either. The UPS only has a tiny 7AH battery though so no worries draining the truck battery. The Instapot will do that much better/quicker. Rossmann Repair Group in Austin, TX is great for fixing Macs and drive recovery. So if you still want your stuff back, give them a try. Louis has his own youtube channel as well. The Genius Bar is not where I go first, if ever or at all. Even a brand new machine, especially the new ones, you NEED a backup. New macs have their own set of challenges and when their storage fails, there's no saving it. Get a USB hard drive and set up Carbon Copy Cloner, Super Duper, or even the built in Time Machine. New macs brick when the storage fails due to their design.

Great scenery Shelby! So nice to see you happy, healthy looking & wearing that pretty smile again! 😋

Sorry about your PC data. Use the 3-2-1 Backup Method! 3 copies total, 2 in one place (laptop + flash drive in your truck) and 3rd copy in remote location like a fam members house. Nice vid btw 👍

I love the little details you put in your videos like the rode mic and the drone. I like the overview shots, makes it feel like a video game. Get excited about the small stuff, keep it up.

Keep up the great work no matter what the name on the side of the truck says.

I would suggest a road bike with hybrid tires, makes you able to travel further distances with less effort then a mountain bike and the hybrid tires give you the ability to travel on dirt and concrete surfaces.

love the drone shots. very much appreciated what you do for us to see, thank you!⛰🏨amazing weekend to you 3🌠

Thanks Shelby I used to take different routes when I could. Be safe out there!

Always love your videos! ❤ Glad to see you back at it! 😊 "I'm short" Ah, but i thought the trailer floor was like 5 feet off the ground, or the tires were like 3 feet in diameter 😂

Hey missed ya, glad to see you. Great adventures are on the off beaten path for sure. If your gonna get a bike consider an electric folding bike, it’ll help when your pooped and has a smaller footprint for stowage.

Good to see you again, Happy. Keep making videos. Your cameraman is doing a great job as well.

Truck drivers are so lucky, they get to see beautiful parts of the country and get paid. 😁 Loved the video.

The problem of off-center doors can be solved with two X-shaped interior straps and two ratchets.

Mountain bike! I think you’d love the freedom and exercise. Battery powered is heavy and fire risk.

Wonderful video. Thanks for letting us come with you. I love seeing the country. I have never been to that part of the country. And you are looking beautiful.

Thank you Gregory for filming this great pictures of this cool woman. You are the best team.

A but at a lower dc gave me a brand new blower. Best thing I’ve ever gotten for trucking

Another great video Shelby!! Thank you!! Stay safe and take care!!!😊

I wish y’all Happiness- I spent 17 years trucking, and when I got fired for showing my ass, back in 2003 I was a lease driver, my wife drove 24 hours to get me, from Fort Worth Texas to Missoula Mt, and on the drive home, she told me she had Lung Cancer, I got to spend 6 years with her, she made me give her my Word I wouldn’t go back out on the road, I’ve never broken my word to my wife, but I do think about it. I have 2 million miles, and I leased owned one, I do miss it, I loved running the west coast, I’ve been to all the lower 48 and parts of Canada- I’ve drove lot of different trucks, and pulled lots of different trailers - I fell in Love with the stepdeck, if you load in a city, more than likely it goes to a farm or ranch, it being a stepdeck- a lot of things drive on and off, lots of tractors, lots of Military freight - anyway I would draw a line from point A to point B and that’s the way I went, that was back before computers in trucks, running loose leaf log books, y’all stay Safe, and Happy Trails, 🤠♥️✝️🙏🏻🇺🇸🐾🌲🐿️🍀

Excellent video

YOU GO GIRL

Shelby.... I do like your new hair style... you are so beautiful and you are a great person in this world! You care about people and nature and that's important! You teach us all to remember to take time to breathe the air, look around and appreciate nature, have a pet that you love and care for. You also eat healthy, you can be smart and funny as you share your travels. I am happy to be along for the ride with you all! By the way, you are a great truck driver! I love the shots from above with the truck! Fantastic video work!!!! God bless all!!

I love my bike, it's a mountain bike so i love riding it anywhere.Ots almost 30 years old but still is great, i always keep it in my car in the backseat after removing the front tire.I do this because i live in an apartment on the third floor.I used to keep it the back of my ford explorer untill the transmission went and wasn't worth fixing. I definitely encourage ha ing a bike, its both fun and good exercise! I love having one!

Look into an e-bike there a great way to cruise on gravel and pavement at a good rate of speed to be able to see allot more in a short time. Awesome video🎉🎉🎉

Awesome video Shelby! I love the cool places that you take us - places a lot of us will never have the opportunity to visit. You’re rockin’ the bangs and pink hair 👍 Safe travels!!! 🌅

That was such a nice video. Well shot, those drone shots were great. And your attitude is so refreshing.

Wonderful video. Can’t wait to see more of your amazing videos. Stay safe out there!!!

Am glad you are back making content, keep up the awesome trucking videos

I really enjoy your content, love that you show us places we may never otherwise get to see, it’s crazy how a thirty four minute video seems to be over in less than ten minutes. Thanks for sharing❣️

My uncle was a long haul trucker from coast to coast, from Maine to Florida for over 40 years. Time is $$$ while driving and he used the interstates. He didn't stop and smell the roses along the way.

Nice to hear from you again, love your content

Your personality is really refreshing. You make truck driving look so easy. If I decide to get into trucking in the near future, I hope my trainer is like you. I have heard trucking is not easy. What makes it so difficult? From what I have seen in your videos, it doesn't seem very difficult. Thanks for your inspiring videos.

Missed you Shelby & Dakota. great seeing you again. Love your video. Take care okay ❤U.

Awesome always enjoy watching drive safe and enjoy

What about the mechanic gloves bought at home depot? Tight fitting, more dexterity. Thanks, y'all,,,get out there and truck it up!🤘🏼✌🏼🗺

Cool stop, that hotel. Thanks for sharing. I drive too and am looking for more places to explore. ✌️