by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 16, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Ha Phan reached out to me on May 24 about her bike ride across Canada. On June 15 Ha left Toronto headed to Vancouver. Since then we have remained in contact with me feeding her intel on the road ahead of her. When Ha left Toronto I was way head of her in Nipigon ON...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2020 | 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 11, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Nicole when their family was camping in Dinosaur Provincial Park the other week. Nicole noticed me on my bike and wanted to know my story. While looking for hosting in Calgary Nicole reached out. I made arrangements to stop by on my way out of town heading...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 10, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
While visiting the Hoodoos in Drumheller I was wondering about hosting for Calgary as I need some rear wheel hub repairs. I put a post out to my followers. Through a Facebook share via another fan – Richard Roussy, Josh reached out very quickly. Josh was in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 28 Some Notes – Arriving in Empress Alberta yesterday. Today is my first full day in Alberta. Today I also get to celebrate 200 days on the road (not including time off for Christmas and Covid-19). I celebrate the day in front of my computer. Internet...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
Almost nothing has gone as planned and I wouldn’t change a single thing On July 28th on my first full day in Alberta I was able to celebrate 200 days on the road. This does not include some downtime in PEI over Christmas and my down time in Kingston, ON over...
