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
This US portion of my journey eventually became part of my 90,000-word memoir, From Scrubbing Toilets to Living in the Jungles of Belize, One Kilometre at a Time. I spent almost eight months bike touring the United States from October 25, 2020, to June 9, 2021, from...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 6, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 31 Km’s Pedalled – 41 km’s Destination – 10 km’s from Bullhead City Some Notes – I wrote and posted Arizona Part 3 and I researched and made a bunch of notes for biking the Baja Mexico. I left the Kingman truck stop at 2 pm. On Hwy 86 in the desert...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 4, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 25 Km’s Pedalled – 74 km’s Destination – 24 km’s to Williams Some Notes – A sunny hot day. I started this morning with my last views of the Grand Canyon near the visitors center area of the park at Mather Point. Parting views of the Grand Canyon At...
