by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 7, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Wandering through Vancouver this afternoon Bruce Barton walks up to me and asks me if I am Arie. 2.5 million people live in Vancouver. He said he recognized my smile, my (Voortman Cookie) baseball hat and my steel toe work boots. Bruce heard about me many many months...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met some super interesting folks last night – Antoine Gagne & Isabelle Richard of Quebec Antoine & Isabelle designed and modified their van to allow them to live in their van all year round. And for the last 3 years they have been traveling and living...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 31, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I stayed with this really nice family for 2 nights. Dawn is originally from Halifax Nova Scotia and spent much of her early years biking and bike touring. It was awesome to talk bike touring. Dawn is also a pretty darn good bike mechanic. Meeting Dawn was thanks to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 29, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Bruce and Hilary of Salmon Arm BC hosted me for 2 nights. (Hilary wouldn’t go for the picture deal) I stayed an extra day to enjoy a day on Shuswap Lake on their boat. And I ate like a king all day. I met Bruce and Hilary thanks to a PEI host Craig...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 29, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 21 Km’s Pedalled – 80.5 km’s 7 km’s to BC border / 73.5 km’s more to Golden Destination – Golden BC Some Notes – An overcast and cloudy day. I set my alarm for 6:30am and we were on the road by 7:30am. Bruce drove me 440 km’s to Lake Louise and I was on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 27, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Hermann had posted a comment to a Facebook Group post a very long time ago about hosting me if I came his way. So when I sent him a message that I would be coming through town (Salmon Arm BC) he got back to me. Hermann cycle tours on a recumbent (trik) bicycle I had...
