by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 16, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Graeme & Joel in the back. Charis, Brooklin the dog, Karen and Hannah in the front Graeme was from back home in Ontario from the church I attended as a teenager. Graeme very unexpectedly messaged me last week that he and his family now lived in Coquitlam. And I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 16, 2020 | Media
The story of Arie Hoogerbrugge’s second long-haul bicycle trip is, first and foremost, one of renewed faith in the human spirit. The Grimsby, Ontario product was fresh off a broken engagement and six-and-a-half years delivering cookies by truck between Ontario...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 15, 2020 | Miscellaneous, My Blog
On my way out of Golden BC I notice a sign on the highway for the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Interpretive Centre. A search on Google Maps showed that it was only 5 km’s off the highway. Which also meant 5 km’s back to the highway. I was sort of interested in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 12, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I had been following this guy on Facebook thanks to a previous host Alasdair Veitch. While I was in Vancouver I realized Andy only lived about 30 km’s away from where I was staying. So I messaged him and we were able to connect. I was so pleased. Some people...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 11, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
September 5 Km’s Pedalled – 90 km’s Destination – Vancouver Some Notes – Putting my riding clothes on this morning my clothes are saturated and heavy with sweat. This is the seventh day without a shower and I have been riding in hot sunny days with...
