by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Russ lives a little south east of Minden Ontario and reached out to me the day I announced that I was back on the road. Thanks to Russ I was able to a shower, a hot meal and a laundry done. Arriving at Russ’s home was amazing as it helped validate my decision to head...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 20, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
John was a co-worker/driver at Voortman Cookies where I worked until I started on this bike ride. John had called me a few days earlier on my birthday. Quickly in the conversation we realized that there was the slightest chance of crossing paths. How crazy that it...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 19, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Arriving in Kingston March 19 to visit my aunt Henny on my way through seemed like it should have been fairly uneventful visit. Little did I know this visit would be on the eve of the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic. My planned 3 day visit turned into a 2 month...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 12, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 2 to May 11, 2020 Bike Ride Loop to and through Algonquin Park from Kingston – 680 km’s total/ 10 days on the road and 9 nights in the tent This side ride was not recorded on Strava and was an unofficial and unpublicized ride. And this blog post wasn’t...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 25, 2020 | Media
OhioRAAM began in 2008 when The Race Across AMerica organization moved the RAAM route through Ohio from north of Dayton to squeeze between the Dayton and Cincinnati metropolitan areas. Listen to podcast here