by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 11, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
It seems to be crazy to be laying out my plans for the Unite States at this time. For multiple reasons. First I should probably already be in San Diego California by now. Secondly I have to fly and admittedly I have a small bit of anxiety about getting past US...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
September 30 Km’s Pedalled – 42.5 km’s Destination – Wya Point Surf Shop at the junction of Hwy 4 and Ucluelet and Pacific Rim National Park Some Notes – Another beautiful sunny day. I hiked Cox Bay Beach lookout. Not to the very very top. But high enough for the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 7, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
September 24 Km’s Pedalled – 34 km’s Destination – Qualicum Beach Some Notes – The weather is overcast with just a little bit of rain. Today was only a short bike ride to my next hosts in Qualicum Beach. These hosts are actually pretty special because...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 6, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
September 19 Some Notes – I biked to Bike Doctor bike shop looking for Post Turkey Swiss 108 (on Instagram). It turns out he is a bike mechanic and his name is Bailey. Bailey wasn’t in today. I then went to MEC to see about a new pair of outdoor pants. I stopped...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Mark & Natasha run the campground for Wya Point Surf Shop. When Mark heard that I had just biked across Canada he insisted that I stay for free as long as I wanted and fed me supper (twice). When I arrived at the campground my battery packs were near drained from...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 24, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Would you believe this family was my only host on my first bike ride when I biked through Grande Prairie AB in 2011. (They have since moved to Vancouver Island). In Grand Prairie they were hosts because my laptop had crashed and I needed deal with this and Bruce drove...
