by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 19, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Brad Brown owns and runs a local newspaper in Saskatchewan covering the small towns Vibank, Odessa, Sedley, Francis, Montmartre, Kronau, White City, Emerald Park, Pilot Butte and Balgonie. Brad had reached out before I even started my ride and invited to be...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I had an amazing time at CFB Shilo. This was my first time ever being on a military base. I actually had such an amazing experience learning about Steve and Steve’s career in the military as an Artillery Officer that I actually spent 4 nights with his family....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 10, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Louis Masur for hosting me in Winnipeg (via Warm Showers) for 2 evenings. Louis convinced me to stay an extra day to check out some of the sites in Winnipeg. So glad I did. Winnipeg has more going on then I realized. Because of Louis I went to see the Winnipeg Art...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Dates – June 28 to July 2, 2020 So I actually got into Fort Frances on June 25. I was fortunate to be able to have a host Tara MacEachern who read about my bike ride in the Sudbury newspaper. Tara actually left on the 27th to go to Sudbury leaving me with her...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Tara saw my news piece in the Sudbury Star Newspaper and reached out that if I was going through Ft Frances that there was a place for me to stay to rest up and get caught up on my work. Because of a rear hub failure I was actually stuck in Fort Frances for a whole...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 2, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Russ at Taggs Source for Sports in Fort Frances Russ went totally out of the way to help me with a failed rear hub. I would end up being stuck in Fort Frances for practically a week because of my bike issue. Russ had to make about a dozen phone calls to finally get a...
