by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 23, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 16 Km’s Pedalled – 47 km’s Destination – Jasper Some Notes – Another beautiful sunny day. On the way to Jasper I visited, Sunwapta Falls, Athabasca Falls. Sunwapta Falls Athabaska Falls I am staying at the Downtown Hostel at $49 a night plus...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 10 Pedalled – 47 km’s Destination – North west corner of Calgary Some Notes – I bike along the Bow River trail system towards downtown Calgary. On my way I saw 4 (bucks) deer. All 4 deer had a good set of antlers. The irritating part was the “walked”...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 2 Km’s Pedalled – 99 km’s Some Notes – The day started with sort of tailwind and then it turned into a headwind. Before I got to the Hoodoos I stopped at this ghost town called Dorothy. They have the last remain grain elevator still standing in Alberta...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 21, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Bruce is a long time follower from the beginning. Bruce contacted me when I arrived in Jasper. He offered to pick me up and drive me to McBride British Columbia (170 km’s) towards Prince George and then take me up to the Ancient Forests another hour down the road....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 16, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
After finally getting down to work on my computer in Jasper. Two guys knock on the front window of the hostel I am staying at. (The main waiting/working area of the downtown hostel on the main floor has windows all around with the sidewalk right in front.) It was kind...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 16, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Ha Phan reached out to me on May 24 about her bike ride across Canada. On June 15 Ha left Toronto headed to Vancouver. Since then we have remained in contact with me feeding her intel on the road ahead of her. When Ha left Toronto I was way head of her in Nipigon ON...
