by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Julian at the picnic area of Dorset. Julian was with his dad and they saw my bike and stopped to talk. Julian is 17 and just recently purchased a MEC National bike just like mine and plans to bike from Toronto to Vancouver this summer. I am totally impressed...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Russ lives a little south east of Minden Ontario and reached out to me the day I announced that I was back on the road. Thanks to Russ I was able to a shower, a hot meal and a laundry done. Arriving at Russ’s home was amazing as it helped validate my decision to head...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 20, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
John was a co-worker/driver at Voortman Cookies where I worked until I started on this bike ride. John had called me a few days earlier on my birthday. Quickly in the conversation we realized that there was the slightest chance of crossing paths. How crazy that it...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 19, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Arriving in Kingston March 19 to visit my aunt Henny on my way through seemed like it should have been fairly uneventful visit. Little did I know this visit would be on the eve of the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic. My planned 3 day visit turned into a 2 month...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | May 12, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
May 2 to May 11, 2020 Bike Ride Loop to and through Algonquin Park from Kingston – 680 km’s total/ 10 days on the road and 9 nights in the tent This side ride was not recorded on Strava and was an unofficial and unpublicized ride. And this blog post wasn’t...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 17, 2020 | Miscellaneous, My Blog
As many of you are aware on April 10 I released my first episode of The Safari Arie Road Show with my YouTube producer Brandon McCaskill. The purpose of this show is to partially replace the Facebook Live Shows. I have always seemed to struggle with these videos and...
