by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 10, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Ray is the first cycle tourist I have run into on my ride since starting out in November 12, 2019. Ray reached out through a mutual follower. I think when Ray was going through Thunder Bay when he reached out. Initially it looked like we would not meet up because...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 10, 2020 | My Blog, Poetry
Just lying in my tent No where to be Listening to all the birds Must have heard over a dozen types Just lying in my tent No where to be Listening to the breeze play through the trees Just lying in my tent No where to be Watching bugs land on my tent Just lying in my...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 5, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Challenges So I am back on the road as of May 19. Premier Doug Ford started lifting restrictions thanks to Covid-19 on May 19 and I took that as my cue to start moving again. As with many people I face daily challenges and much uncertainty about the future. They...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 1, 2020 | My Blog
Arie Hoogerbrugge certainly knows his way around a bicycle, and is more than adept at navigating Canada’s highways from the seat of his two-wheeler. The 47-year-old Grimsby native completed a 6,500-kilometre trek across the northwestern part of the country back in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 31, 2020 | My Blog
Arie Hoogerbrugge certainly knows his way around a bicycle, and is more than adept at navigating Canada’s highways from the seat of his two-wheeler. The 47-year-old Grimsby native completed a 6,500-kilometre trek across the northwestern part of the country back in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 31, 2020 | My Blog
‘My plan is to keep peddling until I run into a problem and if I do then I need to pivot accordingly’ May 31, 2020 9:00 AM By: Chris Dawson Not even a global pandemic is stopping Arie Hoogerbrugge from completing an amazing 55,000-kilometre trek that began...
