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Cheese, Harley and Witches

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July 6, 2017 - Netherlands - As Judy Steffes winds her way through the Netherlands on her bike, her list of tourist attractions is garnering quite a broad spectrum of interests.  Gouda Museum Blue...
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor | Support the NAPA Reauthorization Act and Alzheimer’s Accountability and...

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November 17, 2022 - Waukesha, Wi - With more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, including 120,000 in Wisconsin, prioritizing how this devastating disease is addressed remains a critical issue. More than 11 million...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Just wondering, do pythons like to snuggle?

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February 3, 2021 - Florida Keys, FL - "If a snake slithers into your tent to snuggle, just treat it like a massage," was the advice given to me today. Judy Steffes is reporting live...
Al Steffes bike ride

Amazing Ride impacts those facing Alzheimer’s | By Carrie Sturn

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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...

Have faith in God but lock your bike

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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 | Dodging the rain in Indiana; peaches, strawberries, turtles and caskets

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July 10, 2022 - AmazingRide, IN - There are so many small town charms to find while bicycling. Making my way northwest out of Milan, IN and ran across this peach stand. The father-...

TheBiKeWriTer | Interesting notes from the road

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July 8, 2022 - AmazingRide, WI - So much interesting adventure on a bike. I would highly recommend it. The Ark Encounter exceeded my expectations in terms of size and detail and creativity. The Creation Museum...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Must stop at ‘Robert is Here Fruit Stand’

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February 5, 2021 - Homestead, FL - Pedaling into the Everglades to camp overnight I needed to stock up on supplies and "Robert is Here Fruit Stand" was the perfect stop. The corner fruit stand...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimers | Pedaling into Louisiana Downs

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July 28, 2021 - Bossier City, LA - Left Shreveport about 9 a.m., and within about 10 miles I was standing in front of Harrah’s Louisiana Downs. The entrance was open so I drifted...

Knocking down the 100-mile challenge

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August 9, 2021 - Salem, IL - Logged 100 miles and some change on Sunday, August 8. It started as a challenge ride to raise $100 for 100 miles with matching donations on my...

VIDEO | Shelby Forest General Store from 1934

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Shelby, TN - A sign at the side of Hwy 388 heading north about 10 miles outside Memphis, TN read “Shelby Forest General Store  2-miles Established 1934.” I debated for less than two seconds and...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s: Crossing into Kentucky

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August, 2021 -  Making time today rolling out of Tennessee and into Kentucky. Forgot to post the states I’ve been through so I found some paper at the side of the road and listed my...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s | Another beautiful day on The Heritage Trail in the...

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February 1, 2021 - Marathon, FL - Early morning start to the day as I head back up the Keys towards Key Largo and, hopefully, a ride on the African Queen. In an attempt to...

VIDEO | Band camp in Memphis, TN

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August, 2021 -  Memphis, TN - You could hear the drumming echoing down the street from about six blocks away as I made my way back to the youth hostel in Memphis after a...

TheBiKeWriTer | Greensburg, IN and its famous tower tree – literally

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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...

VIDEO | Everyone has stories about Bonnie & Clyde

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July, 2021 -  Minden, LA - Hot on the trail of the final days of Bonnie and Clyde as I pedal through northern Louisiana on this year’s Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s. In Shreveport, LA there...

On to Delft and original hand-painted pottery

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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...
Alzheimer's walk, Gilbertson

Rummage sale for Alzheimer’s Thursday – Saturday, August 19 – 21 | By Sue...

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West Bend, WI - Rick and Sue Gilbertson and some of their team, the "Forget-Me-Nots" who participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's this September are holding a rummage sale this Thursday, August 19...

VIDEO | A bloody mess at the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum

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August 2, 2021 - Gibsland, LA Gibsland, LA is now in my rearview mirror But there’s one more video to share of the famed Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum. https://youtu.be/KHtKYNWZc_Y If you’re a fan of outlaw...

VIDEO | Nearing the Illinois border: Fort Jefferson Cross at the Confluence

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August, 2021 - Headed north on Hwy 51 to the Mississippi River and crossing from Kentucky into Illinois in 11 miles or so. The road turned into a huge hill and at the top, there...