by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 11, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Nicole when their family was camping in Dinosaur Provincial Park the other week. Nicole noticed me on my bike and wanted to know my story. While looking for hosting in Calgary Nicole reached out. I made arrangements to stop by on my way out of town heading...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 10, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
While visiting the Hoodoos in Drumheller I was wondering about hosting for Calgary as I need some rear wheel hub repairs. I put a post out to my followers. Through a Facebook share via another fan – Richard Roussy, Josh reached out very quickly. Josh was in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 28 Some Notes – Arriving in Empress Alberta yesterday. Today is my first full day in Alberta. Today I also get to celebrate 200 days on the road (not including time off for Christmas and Covid-19). I celebrate the day in front of my computer. Internet...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Almost nothing has gone as planned and I wouldn’t change a single thing On July 28th on my first full day in Alberta I was able to celebrate 200 days on the road. This does not include some downtime in PEI over Christmas and my down time in Kingston, ON over...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
This “feature photo” for this blog piece is a photo of the actual Arctic Ocean that I took in 2004 during a road trip to Alaska. So as I write this it is August 8, 2020 and I am currently in Calgary and will be ready to leave Calgary in a few days on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 4, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
On August 2 when I arrived at the Hoodoos near Drumheller Alberta I was basically out of water, 6 days without a shower, my battery packs almost drained, I had just pedallled 100 km’s in the heat and it was going to be dark soon. My options were limited other...
