by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 17, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 9 Km’s Pedalled – 123 km’s (State of Chihuahua – 12 km’s/ State of Durango – 111 km’s) Destination – Bermejillo Some Notes – My only excitement for the entire day was biking through Ceballos to discover that the whole town more or less...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
I biked the northern Baja of Mexico between June 9th to the 20th. These are some of the cactus and tree species I came across along the way. I wrote Mexico Baja Part 1and Mexico Baja Part 2 and Mexico Part 3 during that...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Over the years in truck I got into listening to podcasts. First a few a week and then depending on the day sometimes listening to podcasts 6-7 hours a day. I have probably listen to a few 1000 hours of podcasts by now. During some of those podcast something would...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 6 Km’s pedalled – 70 km’s Destination – 20 km’s past Saucillo Some Notes – Today’s weather was pretty much nothing short of perfect. Overall, the scenery was the same as yesterday. Last night I ended up camping in a pecan orchard which on one...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
August 2 Some Notes – I woke up absolutely exhausted. I started the morning with a Road Show with Brandon. I was in no shape to go anywhere. I edited my photos from the past few days, and then I posted blog posts Creel Part 1 & 2. I really had no energy...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
On my way to Jimenez some guys called me over off the road. I was quickly offered a beer. There was on guy who spoke a small amount of English. Through the conversations Raul who did not speak any English offered me a meal and a place to stay (sleep) 7 kilometers...