Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Coconut Grove to Key Largo
January 29, 2021 - Key Largo, FL - Long day. Pedaled Coconut Grove to Key Largo. Roads were great. Lots of well-marked bike paths. Fatigue set in around 82 miles. My left foot was...
VIDEO | Amazing Ride live broadcast from Florida Keys on Hwy 1
January 28, 2021 - Florida Keys, FL - Judy Steffes shares this live broadcast from the Florida Keys on Hwy 1 headed south to North Key Largo. Steffes is currently on a road trip...
Brief Travelogue Addition to WCI: Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s in the Florida Keys
January 28, 2021 - Washington County, WI - After a year-and-a-half hiatus I figured it was time this ole gal gave her new hip a whirl. The adventure will include bicycling from Miami to...
VIDEO | Roadside personality across Washington County
Town of Trenton, WI - Pedaling the side roads across Washington County and discovered a trend towards local artwork that really adds personality to the landscape.
Quite a few neighbors find unique ways to...
Cedar Community is primary sponsor for this year’s Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s
August 20, 2020 - Washington County, WI - The annual Amazing Ride for Alzheimer's is currently under way with WCI editor Judy Steffes pedaling through beautiful Washington County and beyond. Cedar Community is the...
VIDEO | Roadside personality across Washington County
August 20, 2020 - Town of Trenton, WI - Pedaling the side roads across Washington County there is a trend towards a lot of local artwork that really adds personality to the landscape.
Quite...
VIDEO | Comes with Baggage – A movie about the history of bicycle travel
August 16, 2020 - Probably one of the best videos that describes the exhilaration of bicycling cross country.
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The current Amazing Ride for Alzheimer's is touring the townships of Washington County. Farms, Families and...
Cedar Community is primary sponsor for this year’s Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s
August 14, 2020 - Washington County, WI - The annual amazing ride for Alzheimer's has officially commenced with a swift pedal by Judy Steffes through Washington County. Your partnership in this event will help...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Touring the Townships of Washington County; fishing at Lake...
August 14, 2020 - Town of Farmington, WI - Touring the Townships of Washington County was an idea presented by my friend Mary Moll. She made it super simple by handing over 15 maps...
Obituary | Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Schaub, 83, of West Bend
July 15, 2020 - West Bend, WI - Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Schaub, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020 at Ivy Manor of West Bend at the age of 83 following a long and...
Obituary | Ruby A. Kertscher (nee Meyer), 89, of West Bend
June 29, 2020 - West Bend, WI - Ruby A. Kertscher (nee Meyer), passed away on Sunday June 28, 2020 at Kathy Hospice at the age of 89 years. Ruby was born on January...
Obituary | Heinz Alwin Walther, 85, of Jackson
June 24, 2020 - Jackson, WI - Heinz Alwin Walther, 85, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020.
He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Eva (Muelbl) Walther; his children, Heinz Walther, Paul (Anita)...
2020 annual Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s tour announced
June 21, 2020 - Washington Co., WI - It is Father's Day, my dad's birthday and the first year he is not with us having passed July 18, 2019.
I have been asked the past...
A tribute to my father Al Steffes
July 19, 2019 - West Bend, WI - In June 2016 I wrote a story about my father who had Alzheimer's and painted a picture about how it affected our family.
The story below talks...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s: Rickshaw bike for Samaritan Campus, or no?
July 16, 2018 - Washington County, WI - On June 28, 2018, Judy Steffes, longtime West Bend resident and editor of the Washington County Insider set out on her annual bicycle trek to raise...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – A day in pictures
July 13, 2018 - I was adopted in Harbor Springs, MI, by the wonderful Nancy Cook.
She just came into the public library to renew a book and ended up taking us both home.
Nancy was...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Falling in love with Mackinac Island
July 11, 2018 - St. Ignace, MI - Pedaled the entire day and ended up in St. Ignace. A tourist town with hotels and shops along the shore.
Not my most favorite thing... and then...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Exploring Sault Ste. Marie, MI
July 9, 2018 - Sault Ste. Marie, MI - The Chippewa County Historical Society has well documented Sault Ste. Marie.
Photos and and a timetable are laid it out in storyboard fashion along Historic Water...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Destination achieved!
July 7, 2018 - Whitefish Point, WI - It took a week and A day but managed to reach my destination of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point, MI and it was...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Entering moose country in the U.P.
July 6, 2018 - Newberry, MI - Mother Nature is sure showing me whose boss .... and I’ll let you in on a secret, it ain’t me.
Pedaled 62 miles from Manistique to Newberry; ‘The...