by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 19 Km’s Pedalled – 77 km’s Destination – Punta Prieta Some Notes – I found my first Boojum tree near my camping spot. A little ways down the road I found a really nice section of desert that had lots of variety of vegetation (cactuses) and more...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 16 Km’s Pedalled – 68 km’s (Strava shut off for a 7 km) Destination – 20 km’s south of Puertecitos Some Notes – I think temperatures are above 100F. So a few degrees lower than my usual but I am dead. I was considering getting a hotel...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
I am still in Mexicali preparing for my Mexican Baja leg of my bike ride June 11 Some Notes – I slept like crap last night. I started this morning with a Road Show. Thanks to Brandon he mentioned using Skype/WhatsApp to call my bank and I was able to sort out...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 13, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 9 Km’s Pedalled – 14 km’s to border / 17.5 km’s Mexico Destination – Mexicali Some Notes – Where do I even start about today? I mean the day started out with a phone call from long time Voortman Cookie driver John Ligtenberg. So far so good. It was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
June 5 Km’s Pedalled – 42 km’s Destination – 15 km’s north of Quartzite Some Notes – I dragged my morning waiting for my second Covid shot appointment. After that I was motivated and worked on a future blog post about my US bike ride experience...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog
USA Summary With over 6 months of bike touring the US between the extremes of the temperate rainforests of Washington to the killer heat of the southwest desert, my divergent psychic emotional extremes were equally extreme. I thought biking through a Canadian winter...
