by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 28, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
I wish I had known this before my first tour. Looking for free hot showers across Canada and the USA? Showering at campgrounds gets pretty expensive, depending on where you are camping, and often the reason you pay to stay at a campground is for the showers. In...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 21, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
November 21, 2019 It’s not my first bike tour; but it has been eight years. And that being said this is a completely different ride. But what I have learned is that Newfoundland is all up and down. Nothing is flat here. I also learned it takes a while to get...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 4, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes I’m pretty sure that I have an allergy to cold weather; I had never winter-camped before in my life and had no idea what I was in for when I started my last bike tour on...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 14, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Back in 2011-12, when I was doing the bulk of my research for this bike ride, there was one bike in particular that was on my radar – the Surly Long Haul Trucker. The Surly Long Haul Truck is kind of the go-to bike for bike touring. But during my research into...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 27, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Biking touring by yourself or with a partner, or with a bunch of people, largely depends on the type of person you are. If you are an introvert like me who has pretty much always been alone, then that is simply how you do things and experience life. Of course, there...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 28, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
How to plan your bike tour route, and how did I pick my 50,000-kilometre route? Picking my route was an enjoyable part of planning my ride. My guess is that I probably spent 100’s of hours researching this part of the bike ride. My original route was going to...
