by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
USA Summary With over 6 months of bike touring the US between the extremes of the temperate rainforests of Washington to the killer heat of the southwest desert my divergent psychic emotional extremes were equally extreme. I thought biking a Canadian winter would be...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 6, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 31 Km’s Pedalled – 41 km’s Destination – 10 km’s from Bullhead City Some Notes – I wrote and posted Arizona Part 3 and I researched and made a bunch of notes for biking the Baja Mexico. I left the Kingman truck stop at 2 pm. On Hwy 86 in the desert...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 4, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 25 Km’s Pedalled – 74 km’s Destination – 24 km’s to Williams Some Notes – A sunny hot day. I started this morning with my last views of the Grand Canyon near the visitors center area of the park at Mather Point. Parting views of the Grand Canyon At...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 31, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 21 Km’s Pedalled – 24.5 km’s plus a ride all the way to the South Rim Grand Canyon. Destination – South Rim Grand Canyon- Desert View Viewpoint Some Notes – A late start this morning. But I needed a light day anyways. The sun is shining as...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 17 Km’s Pedalled – 51 km’s Destination – Jacob’s Lake Some Notes – A very breezy morning and windy afternoon. Today was a rough and physically demanding day and a very slow 32 km’s over a bumpy hard packed gravel road. And then 20 km’s of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 16 Km’s Pedalled – 51 km’s hike and bike (biked 16 km’s on gravel) Destination – Utah/Arizona border Some Notes – Temperatures were great today with even a few clouds. Last night on Google Maps I discovered only 2 miles down the road was...