By Annika Nygren No time being wasted here in the Wide World of Apogee, all of our trips (except for ECC A&B… t-minus 48 hours until our first report on those trip starts) have now completed at least one full day of riding/hiking/volunteering! Our leaders are sending in pictures fast and I’m scrambling to keep up with
By: Annika Nygren The Apogee office writes to you from our empty nest up here in Maine. Three more trips are starting today and our Europe Coast to Coast leaders are finally en route Amsterdam via Dublin. As support staff, I am so so sad to see the amazing leaders go, but am also so so
By: Annika Nygren After four exciting trip starts yesterday, we are thrilled to announce the start of seven (that’s right SEVEN) more trips today! Our leaders have hit the roads, airports, hostels and campgrounds to gather their students and begin their travels across the Cape, Maine, Vermont, California, Puerto Rico, Montana, Washington, South Carolina and… drumroll
By: Annika Nygren WOOHOOO!! After months of planning and anticipation, we are thrilled to announce the start of our thirteenth season of trips for the Summer of 2014!! We have spent the last year talking to kids all over the world, tidying up logistics and training our fabulous leaders in order to finally get these hiking and biking
Up here in Brunswick, we know that summer is just about here when the Danny’s Dog guys set up on the town common. And, friends, we are happy to report that the magnolias are putting on their best show and Danny is slinging the dogs (hot dogs that is)! Summer is nearly here! At Apogee
We are less than a month away from Leader Training, and we have only four more Apogee rockstars to introduce! Christian Edwards, Tim Murphy, and Garth Franklin will be traveling across deserts and oceans to support our trips this summer – Christian will be headed out on to Oregon, California, and our Pacific Coast trip, Tim will be
We are so excited to welcome Apogee new-comers Alex Doig and Annika Nygren to the family! Alex and Annika will be joining us as the go-to-doctors-of-many-fields northeast support staff! They’ll meet hundreds of families as they help out on trips, climb mountains, visit Quebec City and Montreal and field phone calls in the office –
Without further ado, it’s time to dedicate this blog space to the four fearless leaders guiding our America Coast to Coast bike tours this summer. At more than 2700 miles – every single inch between the rising sun over the Atlantic near Charleston, South Carolina, and the Pacific’s setting sun at San Diego, California – this
How many people can say they’ve been to seven countries in four weeks? Now how many people can say they’ve BIKED through 7 countries in four week? Well, this summer our outstanding leaders and their students will have one of the most incredible adventures you could imagine as they cycle through Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Bonjour, mes amis! Today, we’re focused on rock star Emily Sherry, who will be leading the charge along Maine’s beautiful coast, through the great north woods, and up into the verdant fields of French Quebec on our Coast to Quebec trip. But the fun doesn’t stop there! Because then we are profiling two outstanding returners, Izzy Janzen and John