Flagstaff Arizona to Prescott and Tucson.. Trucking During the Quarantine!!

[@tomgray6123]

As always thanks for the great scenery, and some actual road footage. It calms the soul.

[@jimbateman225]

Here's a Proud SALUTE to you Mike. We all Thank You for being who you are. Stay Safe. PEACE.

[@virginiaswafford7078]

Mike, thank you and all the truckers for all that you do I feel better when i see a lot more on the roads.my husband drove for over 50yrs I rode with him a lot and i know it's different out there now. Respect to you and all truckers. Be safe and thank you for the videos brings back a lot of good memories.

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@buckeyegene2256]

I follow 8 drivers on KZbin and I've got to tell you that the scenery in your videos tops them all. I really enjoy your journeys.

[@buckeyegene2256]

@jasonallison964 no

[@peterstean2138]

Mike, you'd be surprised how many people turn to channels like yours to keep them sane in these challenging times - I haven't been more than two streets from my front door for over a month now. You stay safe.

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@tazmod7272]

Hi Mountain Man Mike. What to thank all you truckers that are able to keep the goods moving.

[@marypatten4853]

Beautiful day, thanks for the ride. Very peaceful.

[@johnshobbies4224]

Beautiful countryside. Love this part of the country. Be safe out there.

[@mykirbs2002]

Hey Mike just a FYI you can order food from any restaurant that is open and they will deliver to your truck. We order food and they prefer to bring it to the car! Try it.. stay well 😊

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@iancardwell3877]

I'm a retired truck driver in Australia, and I enjoy your video's. I especially enjoy your trips on the I-70 through the Vail valley as I worked for 6mts driving for eco transit in eagle county from October 2001 to April 2002. watching your video's the landscape has changed dramatically. Keep up the good work and please stay safe

[@richardcotton7854]

Hauled alot of dogfood out of Purina in Flag back in the day. 17 is a great ride going south. Be safe...

[@kimfrommn7162]

Thanks for taking us with you!! I feel bad, I never thought of what it was like for you truck drivers during the quarantine with so many places closed. Keep driving safe!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼

[@bennyhuerta2036]

Hey Mike thanks for staying working & mostly for staying safe. You doing an awesome documentaries of the American roads,thanks for taking us along,stay safe friend.💯

[@Bellairvideo]

Just love the ride & have done this drive a couple of times whilst visiting from Australia. Many thanks mate Keep safe & well

[@bonniemckenney7490]

Hi Mike, I have to say how much I enjoy this station. Your trips keep my life interesting., I'm almost 80 and I don't travel that much anymore and boy I watch everyday. The masks are more for generational homes where 3 generations live in one household. So if you wear a mask you are protecting those homes more. When your wear a mask you protect yourself and others. Hope this message finds you well.

[@gwendolynfields3687]

Hi, thanks for all the great places you have taken me to. I have learned so much.

[@stevem.6279]

thank you for hauling our goods to market. your a hero!

[@cathiehicks5352]

Loved riding shotgun, Thank You for staying on the road and delivering supplies to the stores 🌹

[@desertrose2059]

I live in AZ, been to all those places countless times but it's great to see them again while cooped up with this virus situation. Thank you for your dedication and for posting this beautiful video.

[@harleyhawk7959]

watching the pines change to junipers dropping down from Flagstaff was pretty cool.

[@jaybee608]

What a view from your passenger side/ riding shotgun! BTW, you are traveling on some jacked up roadways!

[@Dave_9547]

The drive down through Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona was just beautiful a few years back. I did hear that there was a forest fire that burned up the canyon and don't know how much damage was done.

[@augustpriest6945]

Not much you would be hard pressed to point it out if you didn't know where it was...

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@Sanderay007]

So nice to get out of the house and go for a ride! Stay safe, Mike.

[@maggardyful]

Hi Mike! Hope you and yours are doing well. That was a cool ride. Living in the east, I find the mountains just mesmerizing. Thank you. Safe travels! PEACE!

[@mrpaulgrimm6129]

I drove ups for 39 years. I watched many of trucker leave the bathroom never washing they’re hands and grab a coffee pot handle . I never-handle anything without a paper towel .id wear wear rubber gloves if I were still diving . Happy Trials

[@T3SKATLIPOC4]

...i do the exact same thing saludos

[@wolfgangresch1650]

Thanks for great videos mountain man! Always praying for you and your family

[@oneblessedude]

WoW...Love you Dude...wish you were here every day...:)

[@oneblessedude]

Please come back to us, Mike! Are you being regulated?...We are all interested in you, where you are and wherever you are going. Are you off the Road from time to time? Not enough loads?

[@beastman101]

I live in Flagstaff, awesome to see you come through! Unfortunately not fixing the highway @ 7:00, expanded the overpass to 4 lanes from 2. Just as janky and rough as they always are unfortunately...

[@rondolan4489]

Thank Mike for the ride along, I enjoy your video I'm 90 miles south of flag staff drive safe.

[@markcouper3825]

thanks for your videos i live in australia and have not been to america some of the sites are unbelievable keep up the good work loving it as a coach driver

[@jm1551701]

I was just on 17 4 months ago heading back to TN. via 40 there was a lot of snow on the ground in Flag. as soon as this C-19 clears the air I will be making the trip again, I like that drive west from TN, hit 40 and take it all the way in, I used to live in Wickenburg so I will head back to visit a buddy of mine who is by the way an Over the road trucker like yourself, God Bless you and God speed and safe travels my friend.

[@Cwra1smith]

How did you like Wickenburg? Looks like a good old-man hideout!

[@jm1551701]

@@Cwra1smith Its has not grown much since I moved from there in the mid 80s, and most of everyone that I went to HS there with have all moved away, but some have gravitated back now that we are all a little older and coming into retirement age, but is a nice little town, going back in a couple months, Have a Brother that lives in Sun City. so I will hit the road, this sitting at home quarantine shit is for the birds I need to bust out, be safe brother .

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@athollmcnicoll256]

Good to see you are still trucking even if its with paper and not foodstuff. Still the same over here in Scotland, lockdown till May 9th at least. Cheers Mike.

[@garyrathbun6910]

Mike hi from fl. love to see the snowy road shows. I am happy to ride shotgun from right here. Years of experience. A different view sometimes wood be nice and a look at the inside of your truck. Keep on truckin out there and keep the shiny side up.

[@karakirsch570]

Helo to Rding Shotgun. I think your name is Mike? I have watched each of your videos over the past many months and I love listening to you. I miss draiving across the country, so I love riding along with you on your camera! BTW I feel so sorry for you in all this COVID crap like you just said. I so agree with you, but Im feeling sorry for you, wondering how your getting along.

[@cashstore1]

I love the area so much I moved from Michigan to near Prescott, in Dewey Arizona. As a foot note Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday use to live in Prescott. The movie Billy Jack was filmed there as well. Richard Nixon use to live there.

[@184876ela]

JUNIOR BONNER TOO

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@msv6620]

tks for the memories, used to hit a road and see where it would lead me when we were stationed in Arizona, enjoyed the ride

[@stuartroland9605]

Good day Mike ,nice run south on I 17 . Never been this way before .The roads sure need repair .take care as you traval in Cal. Peace .

[@stevesosa518]

Mike thank you for doing what you do, god bless you road angel's

[@snowbirdgardener1]

Hi, I like how you pronounce the names of the cities, funny. My dad used to do that; helped us learn to spell! I really enjoyed seeing Flagstaff, Prescott and Tuscon. I am about ready to retire and my dad claimed the perfect retirement would be Northern AZ in the summer and Southern AZ in the winter. I was all eyes!!!! Amazing you are from Colorado, that is where I grew up! When I was little, we had a cabin in Granby!! Hahaha

[@speshul7525]

Found it interesting. It makes me remember my last trip that route, tears ago. I have pain issues, so to redirect my brain, I watch video like yours, to put my brain in a different place. Use music video for same. So I really enjoy your effort

[@KB-gs8zi]

Sir Mike !!! Thanks for the ride along !!! Waiting to see what you get into in CA ??? Thanks again & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!!!

[@iamme6846]

Good day Moutain Man Mike !! It is 2:38am in Houston. And I'm landed in Denver on my flight simulator. Taking a break for a ride with you. You are so much fun to be with. You're just so... Just so Normal. I love it. Drive on driver ! Shotgun's 10 10

[@billvarner646]

Enjoy your videos. Love the scenery out west and southwest. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and healthy

[@pinkywilliams8063]

Another awesome day time shotgun ride, Thanks Mountain Man....

[@paulbroderick8438]

Loved the ride. Thank you. Would love to see a Phoenix to Camp Verde, or other way, some time.

[@margosantucci1762]

Looks like a beautiful day , very few clouds , sunny, and looks like you own the road today. Have a great day , be safe!

[@linkdandyparanormalnetwork]

Besides deer, how many Bigfoot have you seen running across the road ahead of you?

[@shirleyfrench2895]

Thanks for the tour. Haven't been on this road in many years

[@stephanieo6252]

Love your videos of this beautiful scenery. Arizona, new mexico, to Oklahoma. Its just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. For the grub hub and services for food. When your parked for your off hours you can call and order and they will deliver to you. Also most resteraunts will deliver themselves at this time for the Covid crap. They usually have like a 10-15 mile range. Be safe out there!

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@pamelakapitzke3611]

Here we go again thank you for the scenery very pretty if I say so myself.

[@ricklittge4438]

I had a '58 Studebaker truck with 'hill holder', also a '91 Subaru with the same.

[@mikeservais888]

Thanks Mike that was cool ride.very nice scenery.stay safe out there peace!!!

[@shnimmuc]

Great video. Being stuck at home it helps to see the country as you travel

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@ethelchapman6780]

Was hoping you would show more of Tuson. Az. My son moved out there from Idaho.

[@richarddibble4075]

Greetings from Flagstaff Arizona!. Just a note for you... Highway pot holes fill ins starts now April thru September. Flagstaff Arizona west to Kingman Arizona... Just saw it on the news.

[@karenecurran7895]

Glad to hear you are well and keeping us rolling. Stay safe and healthy.

[@robertpaiva4481]

As you are heading south fron Flagstaff AZ on i-17going to Prescott or Phoenix,Az the mountain range straight ahead of you, their called the Beadshaws and the city of Prescott is in the Beadshaws.

[@mikemckeon8976]

Wife and I where in Phoenix just this February, drove all over sightseeing. From the Grand Canyon, Flag Staff, Sennio, Laughlin all different and beautiful country. Some of those same road repairs where going on back then, would think with less vehicles on the road, we would be able to complete the repairs and improvements faster. Be safe out there, my rig is an ambulance so I understand about the drive thur. I know IHop, and others allow for carryout also, just hard to preplan.

[@elsietamburelli8780]

Thank you for letting me ride shotgun. I lived in Prescott Arizona and Prescott Valley Arizona 15 yrs.

[@tedb.5707]

Must be strange driving in the West with no RVs or travel rigs on the road. I haven't been past my own mail-box in over 5-weeks.

[@rolandbraithwaite1027]

Hi Mike thank you for your video really enjoy it, as we are on lockdown in the UK it is good to travel the USA with you keep up the good work be safe, and be blessed.

[@artbrownsr]

I spent my teenage years in AZ . When you're in Phoenix, 60 years ago there was a GOOD eating place called Bill Johnson's Big Apple. Famous for their steaks you picked it out of the window and they fixed it to your liking, and they had Deep Dish Peach Cobbler. You mentioned Blythe , the last time I was there was in '79 visiting my dad just before he died. Btw at the 35 minute mark what kind of trees were they growing? I like your vid alot. I'm not a driver but I've traveled a lot for family or working.

[@lonniephipps5329]

I see you are in my neck of the woods in Prescott Arizona I used to working there

[@charleshanna3123]

Thank Mike For A Amazing Video Just Keep On Trucking And Be Careful Be Safe

[@Wraithsong]

that road has been like that since the 90's at least. thought we had crossed back over into nevada the first time we hit a pothol

[@tennspeed]

I love it out there! There are some big crows in Flagstaff.

[@stevem.6279]

another one of my favorites. 2 cups rice(in bottom) one bottle of water, one can of 2, golden mushroom soup. put whole cut up chicken on top, one small carton sliced mushrooms, dump 2nd soup on top, 4 hours on high, 8 hours on low. enjoy!

[@seventhson27]

I didn't notice it in the video. I think they have changed it, but this stretch of road used to have the sign "Runaway Truck Ramp 10 Miles." Gee, thanks!

[@leanderpukade]

Gerne sehe diese Filme, fantastisch leere Straßen die wir in Germany gar nicht haben. Diese weiten Strecken und die wunderbare Landschaft.!

[@oldandfound1]

Lived in flagstaff, lived in Phoenix, great nostalgia ride.

[@suespony]

Same here, I lived there years ago, when I was young, I so enjoyed seeing some of those places again in this video, I now live on the east coast, so different from West

[@srikanthkumar8101]

Hey Mike, i enjoyed watching the video. I drove last year June from Dallas to Fremont CA but how ever driving in Arizona is quite difficult because of high temperature. You should always turn on AC otherwise its very difficult and also you will see a town for every 100s of miles and in between only desert nothing else. So if anyone planning to drive through Arizona you should be very very careful with temperatures. Always carry water bottles.

[@rickrich7325]

Enjoyable ride, love that area! Thanks

[@bjbeardse]

You think I-40 in Flagtown is rough? Try I-20 just west of Jackson, MS. It's like a washed out washboard chert road!

[@melodybecker2309]

Spent all my summers on Williams fork near Parshall, Colorado - not far from your home in Granby!!! Love that area. Enjoy riding shotgun!!!

[@elliottdavis4945]

You drove by us on 69 in Prescott Valley. Just watch out for the old drivers going 25 MPH and making left turns from far right lane.

[@bs65]

Big respect for you truckers ! Stay safe, god bless !

[@anthony01571]

Well, You and the many others who ride on the roads supplying goods - are doing the people and OUR country a great service : ) ......... Thank you very much : o ........ Frankly, you have the best job and here's why - you and the many others are NOT STUCK in their homes - you all are able to move around and about - encumbered : ) ...... Stay strong and focused in your I AM - and you will be just fine : ) .......... As always - stay healthy and safe : ) ......... Peace on Earth - FOREVER : ) ........

[@kathynewhart6738]

Hi Mike love your ride a longs!! I am currently remoting from home grateful for a job but at the same time will be grateful to go back to my office stay safe stay well!!😊

[@philglover2973]

Excellent video Mike thanks bud stay safe out there peace

[@horsecreekid2482]

Hello from Montana. Mike can you tell me what the trees are that your going by. Also if a food place is open for take out you can order and they will bring it out to you. Be safe and ride on.

[@DrawingWithFire]

The trees are Ponderosa pine. Flagstaff is in largest Ponderosa pine forest in the world.

[@samdillsaver7676]

Last weekend I was going down Parleys and this brand new concrete pumper in transit passed me riding his brakes. He got a half mile in front of me then started smoking. He was smart enough to pull over and was really billowing. Even his steer brakes were smoking. My theory is it’s better to have to tap the throttle to keep your speed then have to be riding your brakes constantly

[@jalansmusic58]

Hello Mike, In a past life I was responsible for 28 employees, who operated front-end loaders, forklifts, Volvo 180 / Cat 980 High-lift log unloaders, tandem dump trucks and 40 foot ram-eject trailers. Three of the 28 employees were women. Through actual experience, I can positively say that the women were by far, easier on the equipment than their male counterparts, while completing the same tasks. If I were in the same position today, I would not think twice about hiring a women in what was traditionally a man’s arena. Great videos by the way! I love seeing old routes I have driven in the past! Keep them coming!

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

My second home, Tucson, never gets old looking at the mountains. Colorado is home 1st, then Tucson and lastly Alabama

[@jmarizona5309]

Arizona has a lot of variety,

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

Mike I know it's rough out there. No places to eat , I think I heard you say you could make coffee. Now it's getting hard to get loads. I want to thank you for all the hards ship you are going though. I will say without truckers running the country would be in very bad shape. If you came close to SC I would offer you a hot meal. Hang in Mike hopefully by it won't last much longer. God bless you stay safe. Love your channel.♥️🇺🇸🌹

[@inf0x0]

Uber eats/doordash etc will deliver food to you as long as you have an address for it to deliver to. You can either select the address and just wait outside the building (truck stop, gas station etc) or put in notes of where you are in the truck stop and the drivers (for the most part) will have no problem delivering straight to your truck.

[@speshul7525]

You need a back up camera, would that make easier to back up to loading dock

[@terrimichaels3018]

Mike lines up the rear axles to a vantage point and has no trouble backing in and of course experience goes a long way

[@Simbo551]

Hi Mike, are you using GPS or just memory from driving the roads so much..

[@donwon9135]

Those automatic transmissions seem to work well , I ran with a super 10 for years and I swore by that transmission but the auto seems better maybe ..

[@colinmanion4988]

Hi Mike, from one trucker to another but in a different country I would love for you to talk a bit about some of the road law that pertains to you and your co drivers. My truck still works with its driver but I have to sit at home watching You Tube and work on our small farm to stop being bored, lots of fences repaired...Cheers

[@warrenfayuant3765]

Hi Mike, nice to meet you . Was wondering what kind of camera are you using to film ? I drive maybe over 200mile aweek , wanting to share my experience with others. Thanks for service and God bless you on your travels..🙏😎✌

[@marygr1020]

My husband worked for Swift years ago, I remember picking him up in there. He started making twice the $$. Once he switched to local.

[@benmartz3405]

Why do you use your blinker in directional arrow lanes? Drives me nuts. You dont have too.

[@spikespa5208]

Good habit to have. Use 'em *all* the time.

[@melvinschmecklebak3766]

Always good commentary.........good vids

[@CGAZ66]

fun fact at 32:36 on the right side you see like a tower object. This was to be a theme park that never really got started. They still want to build one out here but I do not think it will ever happen. Look on the right side after 32:36 for more towers

[@johnstephenson1533]

They are rebuilding the Butler and 4th Street bridges over I-40 in Flagstaff Arizona they say it will take all summer

[@sharonruffner4031]

I heard SUNSET point rest stop on the 17 has food trucks!

[@Mickey_Bauer]

You were about 30 seconds away from my home. Should've told me, i'd wave at you =)

[@diamondback2295]

Love 17. It’s a great drive.

[@billbazen9432]

Hi Mike,I'm associated with the creator/executive producer of the mid 1970's NBC TV series Movin'On.This was a trucking show filmed on location in the Western and Eastern United States from July 1974 to December 1975.One episode was shot in Sedona Arizona.The cast/crew stayed at the old Holiday Inn in Flagstaff.Episode guest stars were John Ritter,Jeff Conaway,Cameron Mitchell...Enjoying riding shotgun with you!....Check out the series here on KZbin=MOVIN'ON...Season 1 and 2.

[@jimo2627]

Miss Phoenix some day I'm gunna move back

[@ralphjohnson3202]

Jim O same here I'm in Seattle right now this place sucks. Arizona is where it's at.