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...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 30, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Admittedly it has been a while since I posted an appreciation post. Sometimes the day to day blogging and documenting work load gets overwhelming. Mostly the purpose of this post is for myself to remember and not take for granted all the amazing support I have...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 27, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 18 Km’s Pedalled – 38 km’s Destination – Thunder Bay – Warm Showers host Some Notes – A beautiful sunny day. Shortly after getting on the road a cycle tourer came up behind me -Victor Beraud. Victor was France and had been studying in Quebec. He...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Making my way down Highway 11 my phone rang. It was Harry Ludwig an old co-driver from Voortman Cookies. Harry was currently driving through Nipigon with his wife on his way west to Winnipeg to visit their daughters. It was so cool and amazing that he took Highway...
