by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 7, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Of Hawksbury Nova Scotia I knew Dennis from way back at the from the church I attended in Hamilton called The Meeting House. We use to do “set up and tear down” together. Dennis and his partner had only been home hours from a trip to Columbia when I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 3, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Of Englishtown Nova Scotia John and Bea Pike are family friends from way back in Ontario. Me and my parents ended up spending a night here on my way to the ferry terminal that would take me to Newfoundland because the night ferry was cancelled due to weather, I was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 3, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Newfoundland Complete plus summary November 24 Pedal: 53 km’s Destination: Camped at Catamaran Park. Was going to go into the dark a bit longer until I noticed covered gazebos at a RV park that was closed for the season. I called the phone number on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 29, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Of Georges Lake Newfoundland Sean would be my first host and one of the most amazing people I have ever had the honor to meet. I say honor as he is a veteran of both the British and Canadian military. Sean was a warrior through and through. There was nothing in his...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 27, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
The plan is to post two week summaries of my ride. So this November 10 the day I arrived in Newfoundland to November 23. The summaries are pretty short. In many ways for my own personal memories. Arrive in Newfoundland Sunday November 10 @ 7:30 pm via ferry to Port...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 25, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Kimberly and Adam at Eddy’s A huge thank you to Eddy’s. Originally I was camped 40 kilometers east of Eddy’s. I broke camp that morning expecting rain but I figured if I could make it to Eddy’s at least I would have a place to dry out. As I...
