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...
VIDEO | Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Pedaling C905 Highway to North Key Largo.
February 3, 2021 - Florida Keys, FL - Today I'm pedaling on County Road 905 (C905) to North Key Largo. Spent the night at John Pennekamp State Park. Met Joe and Janet who were...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Pedaling the East Coast Greenway – linking cities Florida...
February 4, 2021 - Miami, FL - Heading towards Miami after a great Cuban sandwich and, yes, another piece of Key Lime pie.
Judy Steffes is currently on a road trip in the Florida Keys,...
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 – 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...
VIDEO | Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Visiting Ardy & Ed’s Drive In and...
June 30, 2018 - Oshkosh, WI - One of the benefits of traveling by bicycle is you're going slow enough to stop and take in the sights and second you're burning tons of calories...
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 impacts those facing Alzheimer’s | By Carrie Sturn
West Bend, WI - Washington County Insider's Judy Steffes left Milwaukee on July 27 to continue her Amazing Ride for Alzheimer's.
Funds raised during her bike tour generously support music therapy for residents of The...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Mother Nature hops on tour
July 2, 2018 - Peshtigo, WI - I learned a long time ago you’re not going to win against Mother Nature.
She’s been with us since our sweltery Day 1 so we figured she might...
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 2018 is underway
June 29, 2018 - West Bend, WI - The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is officially underway.
This year’s tour takes us to Whitefish Point, Michigan and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
My 15-year-old niece Audrey...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Soldiering on without my sidekick
July 4, 2018 - Escanaba, MI - Laid low on Tuesday and explored Escanaba; the name is of Ojibwa origin and it roughly translates to “land of the red buck,” others say it means...
TheBiKeWriTer | Warnings on the road
July 14, 2022 - AmazingRide, IL - “What happened to the trail,” I asked, as a beautiful B&O converted rail line suddenly stopped.
The paved trail, which ran straight east-west, was an awesome find and...
VIDEO: Cello Busker in Den Hague
June 30, 2017 - Den Hague, Netherlands - Cycling the Netherlands to fund raise for Alzheimer's programs at Cedar Campus in West Bend, Judy Steffes stopped at the Prison museum, or Gevangenpoort. There was a woman...
Have faith in God but lock your bike
June 27, 2017 - Judy Steffes, WCI editor, is currently on a bicycle tour in the Netherlands raising funds for Alzheimer's programs at local Cedar Community.
Today Steffes rode into Leiden and got pretty close...
TheBiKeWriTer | Greensburg, IN and its famous tower tree – literally
July 9, 2022 - Greensburg, IN - It’s really hard to believe it when you see it. Pedaled into the small community of Greensburg, IN on a very wet day and couldn’t help notice...
Eel, the other white meat: Will she or won’t she?
July 7, 2017 - Netherlands - Judy Steffes is currently in Volendam, a fishing town in northeast Holland that has streets set up "labyrinth" style.
A trip to the local fish market saw Judy being...
Photo gallery from the 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Sept. 24, 2017 - West Bend, WI - A very large turnout this year in West Bend for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's at Regner Park.
A light breeze blew through the crowd and...
On to Delft and original hand-painted pottery
July 2, 2017 - Delft, Netherlands - Judy Steffes biked from Monster to Delft where she witnessed the painting of original Delft pottery and more unusual pieces as well as attending a Mass in...
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...