by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 10, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Louis Masur for hosting me in Winnipeg (via Warm Showers) for 2 evenings. Louis convinced me to stay an extra day to check out some of the sites in Winnipeg. So glad I did. Winnipeg has more going on then I realized. Because of Louis I went to see the Winnipeg Art...
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 8, 2020 | My Blog
Wednesday, Jul 8, 2020 Category: Sports Merna Emara Imagine yourself and your bike, alone, in the eerie depths of roads that stretch over nations. You have nothing but a travel-sized tent and a Canadian flag flapping at the rear of your bike. You encounter storms and...
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...
