by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 10, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
April 5 Km’s Pedalled – 62.5 km’s Nevada plus 3 km’s into Arizona Destination – 3 km’s inside Arizona Some Notes – I woke up feeling more normal this morning but I am very weak from barely eating anything in the last 3 days and still biking 181 km’s in all...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 10, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
April 1 Km’s Pedalled – 65 km’s Destination – Henderson Some Notes – A nice sunny day with possible temperatures into the 30’s/90’s. I left the Airbnb – 5807 Pastel Colors St, Las Vegas at 11:30 am. I hope my time there was productive but I also...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
I met Bruce and Rennee Allen of Grande Prairie, Alberta, during my first bike tour on July 18, 2011, and stayed with them for two nights. The reason I met the Allens was thanks to my laptop unexpectedly breaking and my uncle having a trucking company in that city. ...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 16, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
February 15 Km’s Pedalled – 38 km’s Destination – Red Rock Canyon Some Notes – Over the last week I have found myself overwhelmed with lack of direction and a lot of self doubt with everything I am attempting to try to accomplish while in Las Vegas. Right...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 10, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
I came across this particular Plains Cottonwood Tree in Dinosaur Provincial Park. The information plaque at this tree estimated the tree to be just over 200 years old. And that it was likely a sapling when the first white man arrived in Alberta. The Indigenous...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 10, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
In northern California there is a 31 mile section of old Highway 101 where the tallest trees in the world grow. These trees are called California Coast Redwoods (Sequoia Sempervirens) and this place is called the Avenue of the Giants. Of all of the places that I...
