by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 9, 2025 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the unknowns of your first bike trip, my first-time bike touring consulting can help you plan, prepare, and ride with confidence. Are you… ❓ Anxious about planning for your bike tour? ❓ Nervous about what to expect on the road? ❓...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 20, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
Mexico was such an experience that I could never have anticipated that I don’t even know where to start. As you can imagine, I received many warnings of danger, death, and doom as I was about to enter Mexico. I was really only concerned about the Mexico/US border...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 3, 2021 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
This post was originally written and posted in November 2021 and last updated in November 2023. Most everyone documents an adventure in some way for different reasons. Some people document for themselves and their family, and some people document for an audience. ...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
Truthfully, I am not even sure where to start with the Baja. When I first started this bike ride on November 12, 2019 and planned to bike through a Canadian winter, I honestly expected that every minute of every mile would suck. I mean, honestly, it’s a Canadian...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
USA Summary With over 6 months of bike touring the US between the extremes of the temperate rainforests of Washington to the killer heat of the southwest desert, my divergent psychic emotional extremes were equally extreme. I thought biking through a Canadian winter...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 30, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
I met Bruce and Rennee Allen of Grande Prairie, Alberta, during my first bike tour on July 18, 2011, and stayed with them for two nights. The reason I met the Allens was thanks to my laptop unexpectedly breaking and my uncle having a trucking company in that city. ...
