by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 17, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
November 4 to 7 Some Notes – I ended up spending 4 nights with my hosts in Raymond. As mentioned in the last post the gentleman that pulled over and offered me a warm bed to sleep in Aberdeen was Derush Obed (essential one & servant in Hebrew). When Derush...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 14, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Through my friend Jake Volz who I use to deliver Voortman Cookies to in a truck to McMinnville back when I was a truck driver happened to have an aunt living in the town Nehalem where I camped the previous night. Jake made arrangements with his aunt that I could...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 5, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
October 30 Km’s Pedalled – 14 km’s Destination – Just outside Hoh Rain Forest Some Notes – It rained most of the whole night. The sun actually came out today which is so unbelievable! With sun out and the trees with basically no leaves it made for the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 4, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
On my way out of Aberdeen WA Derush Obed (essential one & servant in Hebrew) pulled over and mentioned that he was a Warm Showers host and if I wanted a warm bed in Raymond there would be one waiting for me. There is a longer story to my experience in Raymond with...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 4, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
October 25 Km’s Pedalled – 17 km’s Destination – Near the Fauntleroy ferry Some Notes – Wow, I am on a plane during a pandemic. So many vacation and travel plans have been cancelled and here I am on a plane about to start a next leg and a brand new...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 25, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I have a long history with Bob. Bob was my landlord when I owned and ran The Reptile Store in Hamilton ON between 1999 and 2002. And then years later they moved to Vancouver. When I completed my first bike ride in 2011 in Vancouver they were the only people I...
