Trucking With Brian And Other Kool And Fun Stuff!

River Road, Lockport, Skinner's, Selkirk, Marine Museum and Selkirk Park, Manitoba in 2005. June, 2005, I was taking more pictures for my print magazine, Outdoors Spectacular Magazine, which you will see in an upcoming video. Yes, all photography is mine, as is all photography in all my videos and picture montages on this channel. This video contains pictures of River Road, the small tourist town of Lockport, the world famous, historic Skinner's Restaurant (home of the foot long hot dog and wall covered Hockey Hall of Fame), the city of Selkirk, world famous for their record size Catfish, east of the Saint Andrews Locks, the Marine Museum, also in Selkirk and Selkirk Park, in Manitoba. This video is a nostalgic snapshot of some points of interest of all of the fore mentioned places above from years gone by. Enjoy! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manirtoba in 2006. It was an absolute gorgeous summer back in 2006! I remember it well. Yes, all photography is mine, as is all photography in all my videos and picture montages on this channel. I was a bit disappointed to see that they had removed the monkeys! But, my favorite Zoo friends of all time (which I remember from when I was a young lad) the Prairie Dogs, were still there at the time. They have since upgraded and changed the Zoo once again, and I checked it out a few years ago, but found that I miss the old Park and Zoo, the monkeys and the Prairie Dogs, which are also now gone as well as some other Kool exhibits and animals (they had crocodiles at one time back in the 1970s, believe it or not). You can walk in a see through tunnel now and watch the Polar Bears swim overhead, but, besides that, well, it's OK, I suppose. I have captured, for the most part, however, the spirit and essence of the good ole days of the Assiniboine Park Zoo. Enjoy! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

Upper Fort Garry, the Forks, Kildonan Park and Lower Fort Garry Manitoba in 2005. More pictures for my magazine, Outdoors Spectacular Magazine, in 2005. For some unknown reason, the city and province decided to remove the landmarks of Upper Fort Garry and place the historic structures you see in this video in a museum - somewhere. The video also contains some pictures of the Forks, so named as it is situated on the banks of where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet. You will see the Forks Farmers Market as well as the riverside walkway as well. We venture from there to Kildonan Park, home of the world famous Rainbow Stage and the fun (but ominous) Witches Hut – beware Hansel and Gretel! The park is especially beautiful in the summer with its carefully manicured flower gardens. Finally, our tour takes us to Upper Fort Garry and the incredibly preserved buildings and armored forts and supply stores, dining rooms and lodges. Enjoy! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

Broadway Avenue, Portage Avenue and Sturgeon Creek in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2005. This video is a nostalgic snapshot of some points of interest in my home town, Winnipeg, from years gone by. Enjoy! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

I first stopped at Iowa 80, the worlds largest truckstop (a TA truckstop), in 2005, and since then I have been there a handful of times. Off Interstate 80, Exit 284, near the town of Walcott, Iowa, the mammoth trucker's haven holds well over 800 trucks, and, some say (as the other truck driver I met while there and who took a short video of me), every one of those spots are filled every night. Well, I can't say for sure, but I have never not been able to find a spot to park, but, like I said, I have only been there a handful of times, both in winter and in summer, so who knows? Iowa 80 is a literal town for truckers with every amenity you can possibly think of – movie theater, museum, truck and trailer repair shops and wash bays, a huge truck accessories store, barber shops, convenient stores, restaurants, you name it, its all there! Yes, I know the video quality is not great, but, like I have said, I never planned on actually posting any of my videos to Rumble or any other social network. Think about it, how many real Truck Driver Vloggers were there back in in 2005? I mean, Google and YouTube were still in their infancy back then, for crying out loud! However, the quality of videos do improve. I have some great ones to come, and, some like this one and the ones I've posted so far. I do plan now to be much more professional with my videos in the future, however. The video you just watched was recorded with an HP Digital Camera I had purchased a year or two earlier in 2004. Newer videos were mostly all recorded wit a cell phone! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

Say it real fast: “She sells Sea shells by the Sea shore!” I had to spot my trailer at Dow Chemical in Freeport, Texas overnight (June? July? of 2006), so, I went to see the Gulf of Mexico – for the very first time. I Bob-tailed over the Hurricane Emergency Escape Bridge to get to the Ocean (they have another such bridge on the way out of Freeport as well), parked my truck, then got out and began toward the “Surfside Beach.” I got maybe five feet and noticed two ladies checking out my truck as they walked by and I asked one of them if she wouldn't mind snapping a pic of me beside my truck. Well, ends up I took a few of them, too, and they of me, and we shared a great moment in time. The two ladies were from either New Mexico or Nevada or Arizona, can't recall which, or if it was some other, but, at any rate, they were on their way to Tennessee, apparently, pulling a trailer with two horses inside to sell once there. I took off my shoes once near the Ocean, astounded by the beauty before me and carefully waded in. Much to my surprise, the Gulf Ocean water was bath tub warm! Whoopie! If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

It's May, the summer of 2006, and it doesn't get better than this! A warm breeze spilling through the open window, those fabulous 70's tunes pouring out from the quadraphonic Craig stereo system, and the Great Lakes running past you in mystic, blue waves. It took 12 straight hours to run from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Hemlo, Ontario, but once there, you'd grab your 8 hours of bunk time in one of Gloria's cozy Motel units, wait for a knock at the door (the driver with the tractor and trailer you'd be switching with), go in for breakfast or lunch or dinner or whatever time it was, then run another 12 straight hours all the way back to Winnipeg. Yes, a very long, tiring day, a great job in the summer, but treacherous in the winter. If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Thanks for joining me. Bye for now.

Trucking from Winnipeg, Mb to Houston Tx, to La Porte, Tx and back to Winnipeg, Mb. Lost videos, except for this one, but did have some pictures to go with it! Video recorded in 2004. Enjoy! As I mentioned in the last video, these early ones have mostly pictures, but later (and I have maybe a hundred or more to post yet) they are mostly video. Stay tuned for more Adventures as I truck across North America. If you like what you see, so far, please subscribe and forward this Rumble Video Channel to someone you think might enjoy these videos as well. Bye for now.

This is the first video from trucking with Brian. I and Colin, my friend, travel from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Medicine Hat, Alberta, unload and then reload (I can't remember where, it was a long time ago!) and then make our way to Vancouver, British Columbia. The first videos I will be posting are mostly picture and/or video montages which are short in duration, but later are mostly longer videos, as you will see, if you continue to follow me on this Historic Adventure from 1993 to present. I hope you enjoy the ride! If you like what you see, please subscribe and share this Video Channel link with someone you think might enjoy it as well. Bye for Now.