2019-2021 Bike Ride Archives - Page 12 of 51

Cycling the Baja of Mexico in review

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog

Truthfully, I am not even sure where to start with the Baja. When I first started this bike ride on November 12, 2019 and planned to bike through a Canadian winter, I honestly expected that every minute of every mile would suck. I mean honestly, it’s a Canadian...

Mario Munoz

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 8, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride

I met Mario Munoz of Rancho San Isidro Lodge shortly after arriving in Cerocahui who stopped to ask me where I was going. I said I was looking for some lookout that was supposed to out this way. He laughed and said that it was way up a very very steep mountain quite...

Mexico Baja Part 7 (July 1 to 6)

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 7, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog

July 1 Km’s Pedalled – 31.5 km’s Destination – Tripui Some Notes – I am back on the road. I headed towards the beach just to check out some of Loreto and it was nice to see along the water and watching the pelicans catching fish. Needless to say the day was...

Mexico Baja Part 6 (June 28 to 30)

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 5, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog

June 28 Km’s Pedalled – 69.5 km’s Destination – Loreto Some Notes – I knew that there was risk only sleeping on my tent foot print in the desert. I didn’t even take my boots off and the sand was soft enough so that I didn’t even bother with my sleeping pad...

David Jajan

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 5, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride

Through a young couple on a motorcycle who stopped to met me a week earlier I thought I had a host in La Paz, but last minute that offer fell through. I reached out to David Jajan literally last minute through Warmshowers.org and he was happy to host me. I stayed at...

Boonjum Tree

by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog

I heard about these trees via another cyclist’s bike ride blog post. So, I was pretty excited about seeing a tree that was endemic to the deserts of Baja California. What information I found on them comes from the Britannica Encyclopedia. Their notes are as...