by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 16 Km’s Pedalled – 68 km’s (Strava shut off for a 7 km) Destination – 20 km’s south of Puertecitos Some Notes – I think temperatures are above 100F. So a few degrees lower than my usual but I am dead. I was considering getting a hotel...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
I am still in Mexicali preparing for my Mexican Baja leg of my bike ride June 11 Some Notes – I slept like crap last night. I started this morning with a Road Show. Thanks to Brandon he mentioned using Skype/WhatsApp to call my bank and I was able to sort out...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 13, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 9 Km’s Pedalled – 14 km’s to border / 17.5 km’s Mexico Destination – Mexicali Some Notes – Where do I even start about today? I mean the day started out with a phone call from long time Voortman Cookie driver John Ligtenberg. So far so good. It was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 5 Km’s Pedalled – 42 km’s Destination – 15 km’s north of Quartzite Some Notes – I dragged my morning waiting for my second Covid shot appointment. After that I was motivated and worked on a future blog post about my US bike ride experience...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
This US portion of my journey eventually became part of my 90,000-word memoir, From Scrubbing Toilets to Living in the Jungles of Belize, One Kilometre at a Time. I spent almost eight months bike touring the United States from October 25, 2020, to June 9, 2021, from...
