by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 28 Some Notes – Arriving in Empress Alberta yesterday. Today is my first full day in Alberta. Today I also get to celebrate 200 days on the road (not including time off for Christmas and Covid-19). I celebrate the day in front of my computer. Internet...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Almost nothing has gone as planned and I wouldn’t change a single thing On July 28th on my first full day in Alberta I was able to celebrate 200 days on the road. This does not include some downtime in PEI over Christmas and my down time in Kingston, ON over...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
This “feature photo” for this blog piece is a photo of the actual Arctic Ocean that I took in 2004 during a road trip to Alaska. So as I write this it is August 8, 2020 and I am currently in Calgary and will be ready to leave Calgary in a few days on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 4, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
On August 2 when I arrived at the Hoodoos near Drumheller Alberta I was basically out of water, 6 days without a shower, my battery packs almost drained, I had just pedallled 100 km’s in the heat and it was going to be dark soon. My options were limited other...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 17 Km’s Travelled – 100 km’s Destination – 4 km’s east of Kipling Some Notes – As usual beautiful day but with killer headwinds. I actually left the TransCanada Hwy in Moosomin to cut across Hwy 48 to Regina. In many ways this was a mistake as I got stuck...
