Thanks for sharing the trip. It has been a long time since I have been in the northwest. I’m originally from Oregon. I have had no desire to return after seeing how things have been trashed. This was a nice glimpse. Thank you and be safe
Hello 👋...Hopefully you are staying safe out there. Thanks for your services 🙏. Keeping our nation stocked. I'm binge watching 👀 right now...had shoulder surgery on 8/30/2021. So recovering. With awesome content 👌
Riding Shotgun, nice to see your video driving through Portland, Oregon. I follow your trucking adventures quite often on YT. The traffic signal light you thought was red is called a programmed signal head made by 3M. It is designed not to allow other drivers to see the signal light other than the vehicle facing it due to special lenses. In regards to all the homeless camps, many Oregonians including myself are extremely saddened and angry as this has been going on for a few years now. With the state and local government condoning this camping and behavior, it isn't going away anytime soon. This used to be a beautiful city and state but no more. Between the rioting and destruction downtown PDX and the camping across the city, no wonder tourism in the state of Oregon is way off. Drive safely.
I love those evergreen trees in the NW, even when one is flying up there, the brown of California can't give way quick enough to the green for me. Were you okay? I've never noticed you slurring a few words before. Thanks for taking me back up there past my old '69 time for boot camp there at Ft Lewis.
I think it's brave of you Mike that you also show how to dock. I follow 2 more channels but they don't show the difficult actions. I've been a truck driver myself, and I know it can be difficult at times. Nice man for showing this.
I think they outlawed 50s???? the squirrel knobs because they were catching on clothing causing wrecks. Some had great scenes miss them . They are great items for car related collections. Welcome to Oregon Mike !!!
Dude They Were Lit up..the Two lights on the right were Red, the third one on the left was out.. Lucky for you it hit Green..and even If they were out..You Should have STOPPED..
Well that was refreshing!! Didn't need my seatbelt or the hand strap on this drive. Mike, where is Mike? We need to see the chicken. Be safe. Looking for the next one. YEE HAW
The light you almost ran, was indeed lit "red". Then it changed to green. Iui t was hard to see, due to the bright sun. It should have had a hood on each light, to cut down on glare. Audi has the S3, a small sedan, which had a 400hp engine. I think the hp has been reduced on the newer ones.
Right.. the camera saw it but I didn't that's the weird part. I mean I was looking at it and I think the angle of it wasn't lit at all. At least from eyesight point of view. its weird how the camera caught it but my eyes didn't even when I was looking right at it..
Hard to believe what Kirkland, WA (Totem Lake/NE 124th area} where you made a delivery looks like now. We lived in that area for years but left the state for Oklahoma in 1986. Enjoyed the video.
Yo Mikey! I was exiting Suzanne middle when your were exiting walnut bruh. Why are all the level headed people outta walnut ca. Bruh! Hey I never knew JB Hunt was an acronym! You truckers are funny as hell! Yeeewww!
Wow!! Good way to start a video, hearing you hack away!! I started covering my face!! Ha Ha Ha!! Just kidding!! WOE!!! Nice REDLIGHT/GREENLIGHT conversion!!!
LOL. I used to say "Finito, Musselini!" when ending a task. So, what's the story with the hula girl, Mike? You can see her reflection clearly in the windshield. You been driving to Hawai'i, recently?
Funny you said that. I’m 32 not married but by girl Have 3 kids but I’m considering I’m breaking up with her cuz she can’t be straight forward at all. Besides going OTR for prime in 3 weeks So Hasta la vista baby🥶😎
Now your in my neck of the territory. No most of them are lazy and they think everybody owes them a living and there not interrested in making an effort to better th selves. They get on Drugs becase Dr's are to Blame for that and also pushing drugs. I know first hand because they tried that with my son. Once in jail he was able to get needed help and broke the Drug Habit. Now he has a nice family an a good paying job.
poem - 'GPS talking is like having Hitler in your ear everyday, always following what someone or something else is telling you to do, instead of finding your way yourself. 2 different life experiences. one where you grow along your journey, one where you don't so much... '
I miss Washington, sometimes! Lived there for several years, and grajeeayted High School there! Did you stop and pick some blackberries, while you were there? Makes for some great home made wine! Be safe out there!
hey mike, love ya vids and former trucker upper guy myself. a little about the homeless up in oregon and washington..... you would be surprised how many have jobs, housing is expensive, and lack thereof of services even though them 2 states claim to have services. i was homeless for 6 months back in 2018, and allot of that is either drugs cause of the legal weed, people migrated there, and allot is affordable housing is being torn down for luxury apartments. i was in the shelter in tacoma and there was a huge influx of vets cause an affordable housing complex evicted them all to " retro fit" the building in which after it was down it was turned into a micro apartment complex and was no longer an affordable unit. also allot have metal health problems and there is no real help for them anymore. so with that not all of them are participation trophy winners, quite a few have legit jobs, just the price of housing, no one can afford to live. not justifying the ones that trash everything but the entire western seaboard is wall to wall homeless.
@@ridingshotgun1251 no worries mike, you are my kinda people, i didnt realize allot of them worked till i seen how crowded the shelters was, i was shocked at how many people worked, and how high housing is, and yes i would put the druggie participation trophy peeps at 35% - 50 % along with some people with mental health problems. I drove rigs from like 88 - 2012, so may changes. last truck i owned was a 96 w900 so just keep on truckin brother. appreciate you and your vids.
Something I hate on this side of the country that rarely happens on my side of the country Truckers just driving in the middle and left lane. They create traffic for everyone on the freeway and create a mini traffic jam everytime they do it Stay on the right lane where you belong, you're going like 5 to 10 miles below the speed limit, in no way should you be in the middle and left lane.
A lot of the “participation trophy winners” cannot afford the ridiculous $2500 a month rent that greedy landlords have. Don’t assume that because they are homeless they don’t have a job. Lots of them live out of their cars too.
It was a little weird watching you deliver to that pipe company in Lynnwood since I delivered to them with a full flatbed load when I was OTR. What are the odds of that happening!
HI THERE SIR. MY FIRST HUBBY WAS A DRIVER FOR 21 YEARS AND I WENT WITH HIM EVERY CHANCE I GOT. I LOVED BEING ON THE TRUCK AND TAKING PICTURES THRU THE WINDSHIELD. OUR SON IS A DRIVER NOW, FOLLOWED IN HIS LATE DAD'S FOOTSTEPS. HE DRIVES LIKE HIS DAD AND MAKES HIS MAMA VERY PROUD. I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL YESTERDAY AND I JUST LOVE IT. BRINGS BACK A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES OF OUR ROAD TRIPS. I LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND I HAVE NOT SEEN PORTLAND SINCE THE CAMPERS AND BUMS TOOK OVER. WHAT A SHAME. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS.....I WILL WATCH EVERYDAY. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE OUT THERE.
Prepping a trip using "satellite" view, driving in Europe at night, we were lost. Knowledge from preparing the drive using satellite view got us to our destination.
Juebitt's Truck Stop used to be # 1 in the Nation for wild women. In the 70's before they remodeled the Nurses and Telephone Operators were there meeting driver's all the time. I forgot how to spell it. LOL The Remodel killed the fun there.
Hi, Would you please teach us to when using the break, jack, and another thing when you are driving?Speed and another thing that you are facing while driving. sound stupid but I asked you anyway.
He’s in a couple videos. You just have to look. He’s in the one where he delivers steel to the new Las Vegas stadium about a year and a half ago. Short dude with gray hair.
The way they used to treat vagrants in the 1950's. Tell them to move on or be arrested. Then follow through with the threat and send them to jail or mental hospitals. Most of the homeless are hopelessly dysfunctional and will never change. So, just remove them from public view.
@@donneary7104 telling them to move on isn’t really a good answer. Wouldn’t it be better to fine out why they are homeless and try to fix that problem? I don’t think it’s fare to think that all of them are dysfunctional. Wouldn’t it be better to help them then to push them aside like garbage. After all they are human.
@@natalierasmussen5019 Natalie. I am only stating what worked perfectly in the past. I'm in my late 70's and never saw homeless people in my youth, even growing up in the two biggest cities of America through the 1960's. Now, they are everywhere. Something has gone terribly wrong and needs to be fixed. Tolerance will not make it go away.
@@donneary7104 I never said tolerant was. But greedy landlords and low wages are a big factor plus drugs. But pushing people to a different place or putting them in jail because they want to live is not a solution. Just saying. More needs to be done to help the people.
@@natalierasmussen5019 Well Natalie. Being of advanced age, I have a different perspective than you. I remember what works to solve a problem. I'm more practical than emotional in my thinking. Landlords and low paying jobs have always existed and people compensated for that by working harder. Today's workforce is looking for handouts. Just look at the current news. Massive job openings and not enough workers because they'd rather stay home on govt. handouts. We need a change of attitude in the USA .
Well you see Mike I have never had that problem, having been single all my years but now I am close to 69, am thinking would a female half my age be useful or a liability - still undecided. Nice run even though them other cars are a bit on the stupid side. You all have fun on the homeward journey and catch on the flip flop next time round - See Ya!!
Big Wheels Rollin ... movin on ... The White Line is the lifeline of the nation ... Will and Sunny help to move things on ... ti takes a special breed to be a truck drivin man and a steady hand to haul that load behind...
At 23:30 - he signed off on Vancouver - and I hit my forward button a couple of times - I said to myself - that sure looks like Lacy WA to me. Sure enough.
