Mid-life retirement - Reisverslagen van Annette Boerlage - WaarBenJij.nu Mid-life retirement - Reisverslagen van Annette Boerlage - WaarBenJij.nu

27 december 2018 | Door: Annette

Update

Hi all, Lot's of things happened since my last blog post. We paddled a wilderness river in Canada, biked some more in Mexico, traveled a bit in Guatemala, moved to Scotland for a job, and got married! Crazy stuff. We've also been making our ...

Inverness - Verenigd Koninkrijk

5 oktober 2017 | Door: Annette

Could I win the Tour Divide?

The Great Divide Mountain bike trail that I was on, starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada, finishing in Antelope Wells, New Mexico, United States-Mexican border, is also biked in a yearly race. The fastest woman has done it in 19 days and 2,5 hours. ...

Winnipeg - Canada

26 augustus 2017 | Door: Annette

English language

My English not the worst, but very specific words that I would know in Dutch, I don’t know in English. I did one of those facebook tests one day, and it concluded I had the English level of a 14-year-old American teenager. I must say, I would ...

Abiquiu - Verenigde Staten

8 augustus 2017 | Door: Annette

Europe, and back on the divide

The retired man and I look up. A tall man walks in our direction. He wears black cycling shorts, a red cycling shirt and a red ortlieb steer bag around his shoulders. It might be the same bag as Rianne has. He opens the conversation by asking: “Do ...

Rawlins - Verenigde Staten

20 juni 2017 | Door: Annette

Mexico City

Mexico City, it’s not the easiest city to cycle into. The 8.8 million people make it quite busy. Including the outer areas, it’s 21 million people, and that’s a lot. However, google maps came to our help so that 40 kilometers outside of the ...

Mexico-stad - Mexico

8 april 2017 | Door: Annette

Mexico mainland

We made it to the mainland of Mexico! It has been interesting to see the change of landscape between the two. The Baja was really dry and full of cactuses. Though we really enjoyed that, it’s been nice to be in a green world again. And, to see ...

Tequisquiapan - Mexico

31 maart 2017 | Door: Annette

Hotel California

We made it to the mainland of Mexico, and it’s quite different from the Baja. Before I’ll dive into the adventures that we’re having here, I have some thoughts on Hotel California, which is still linked to the Baja. I feel like it might be ...

Chapala - Mexico

19 maart 2017 | Door: Annette

Jump for Joy

We cycled along the beautiful coast of the bay of Conception where friendly Canadians lent us their kayaks so we could go explore. Further south we went, on winding roads to Loreto, a cute little town on the waterfront where we could probably have ...

La Paz - Mexico

5 maart 2017 | Door: Annette

Spring break in Mulege

Even if you cycle you need a break sometimes. I usually go somewhere cool when I have a break, but what if you go somewhere cool every day? Indeed, a break now means not going anywhere. A whole new concept for me. Although Leigh had to go back to ...

Loreto - Mexico

21 februari 2017 | Door: Annette

The gray whale

This is quite the trip. We’ve now biked about 3500 km together, and before that I’ve biked about a 1200 km alone. If we add that and went in a straight line, we could have started somewhere near the Alaskan border, or, if we swam, in Alaska. But ...

Mulegé - Mexico

3 februari 2017 | Door: Annette

Cactuses and the story behind a picture

We’ve just passed an area called Valle de los Cirios, a super amazing desert area in the Northern part of the Baja Peninsula. I liked the cactuses so much that I drove Leigh crazy by having to stop all the time and take pictures of cactuses. We ...

Guerrero Negro - Mexico

26 januari 2017 | Door: Annette

Border with Mexico, again

Finally, I was back at the border, now with Leigh and the bike. Time to cross!! We were excited and a little nervous about what Mexico would bring. Also, we were pretty wet and cold, as it just kept on raining in San Diego. We did not go to the ...

Colnett - Mexico

18 januari 2017 | Door: Annette

Desert and coastal biking

Thanks everybody for the wishes!! We miss you all and it's great to have some contact :). Here a little story about biking the desert, far overdue. Though, there is more desert to come... What’s it like, biking in the desert? I can only ...

San Diego - Verenigde Staten

18 december 2016 | Door: Annette

Border

Why a border story, we’re not at a border yet, are we? No we aren’t, but I needed to be. Back in the day that I crossed into the US, the border agent asked me: “Where is your visa.” He scared me, because I thought I didn’t need one. ...

Camarillo - Verenigde Staten

3 december 2016 | Door: Annette

camping fun

As we pull out of our campingspot/hideaway/slot canyon we make sure there are no cars around, which is easy because we can see them coming from kilometers away at both sides due to an amazing wide view over the badwater basin floor (the lowest point ...

Furnace Creek - Verenigde Staten

16 november 2016 | Door: Annette

Utah

Hi from Las Vegas!!! I was doubting if we would ever leave Utah, but it happened. We found the state absolutely amazing, and hope to see much more of it in the future. Part of Utah is on the Colorado Plateau. We started by biking up it, ...

Las Vegas - Verenigde Staten

29 oktober 2016 | Door: Annette

Stinky

“He Stinky, can you pass me the yellow bag?” Though I’m not overly excited about my new nickname, I understand where it comes from. During my first biking weeks in Canada and Montana I was quite good on the personal hygiene front. I washed ...

Cedar City - Verenigde Staten

18 oktober 2016 | Door: Annette

Montana

After completing the Banff (Canada) to Butte (Montana) part of the continental divide route, I’ve decided to stop following the route for now. It was absolutely beautiful and I loved (and on uphills often temporarily hated) it. Amazing to have ...

Cedar City - Verenigde Staten

3 oktober 2016 | Door: Annette

Montana

So, one day I happened to bike through Bigforks, a lovely little dot on the map of Montana, with a touristic street full of artwork and coffee places, where I recommend everybody who happened to be in the neighborhood to stop, take a seat at the ...

Seeley Lake - Verenigde Staten

15 september 2016 | Door: Annette

Banff to Fernie

Hi All, The first part, Banff to Fernie (BC) was great! Did my first crossing of the continental divide, and got close to the snow line on a bad weather day. I've stayed in the tent and a mountain hut, and it's increddible beautifull! Though, at ...

Fernie - Canada

Mid-life retirement

It's time for a mid-life retirement!

Route: bike from Banff (Canada) to Ushuaia (Argentina)
Mode of transport: tandem bicycle
Partner: Leigh
Goal: enjoy whatever happens

Recente Reisverslagen:

27 December 2018

Update

05 Oktober 2017

Could I win the Tour Divide?

26 Augustus 2017

English language

08 Augustus 2017

Europe, and back on the divide

20 Juni 2017

Mexico City

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Mid-life retirement

18 Februari 2013 - 18 Februari 2015

Prince Edward Island

26 Juni 2011 - 17 Februari 2013

Europa

18 Juni 2010 - 07 April 2011

Werk in Hanoi 2010

11 Augustus 2009 - 06 December 2009

Werk in Hanoi 2009

30 Mei 2009 - 01 Augustus 2009

rondje Australie

20 Februari 2009 - 07 Maart 2009

Kungsleden

26 December 2008 - 31 Januari 2009

Indonesie

17 April 2008 - 20 December 2008

Werk in Hanoi

13 Augustus 1983 - 31 December 2007

Nederland

01 Juli 2007 - 30 September 2007

Rondje Noordkaap fietsen

19 Mei 2005 - 05 December 2005

ZO Azie + stage Can Tho

Update

Could I win the Tour Divide?

English language

Europe, and back on the divide

Mexico City

Mexico mainland

Hotel California

Jump for Joy

Spring break in Mulege

The gray whale

Cactuses and the story behind a picture

Border with Mexico, again

Desert and coastal biking

Border

camping fun

Utah

Stinky

Montana

Montana

Banff to Fernie

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