Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s Insider

Jan. 26, 2019 – El Salvador – David and Nancy Slinde of West Bend are in the midst of their 30th trip to El Salvador. Since 2004 the couple have been working with various organizations in West Bend including the Noon Rotary, Sunrise Rotary and Our Saviors Lutheran Church

Jan. 22,  2019 – San Salvador – We spent three hours Monday touring San Salvador and learning its history. The most beautiful place was inside Iglesia El Rosario; described as “one of the finest churches in Central America.” The main street entrance of the church, across from Libertad Plaza, is locked. 

July 15, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute today to Joan Steffes. The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is raising money this year for a rickshaw for seniors at The Samaritan Campus, a 501c3, so all donations are tax deductible. Thanks to the

July 14, 2018 – Traverse City, MI – I received word late last night that a young cousin of mine has died. We’re going to shift the tour a bit to a Plan B so I can get home to tie up loose ends and attend the service with

  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 widowed several years ago after her husband Bob passed away following a

July 11, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute today to Esther Vrana. The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is raising money this year for a rickshaw for seniors at The Samaritan Campus, a 501c3, so all donations are tax deductible. Thanks to the

July 10, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute today to Sue, Ken and John thanks to Nancy Kohler.   The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is raising money this year for a rickshaw for seniors at The Samaritan Campus, a 501c3, so all

  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 Street overlooking the gateway to Lake Superior. Commerce surrounding the shipping canal is

  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 well worth the ride. The bell, also called ‘The Voice of the Edmund Fitzgerald,’

  July 6, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute to Maria Gamez Maria is originally from Brownsville, Texas. She is 99 years old and currently lives at the Samaritan Campus. Maria was lucky enough to score a ride on the rickshaw bike at

July 5, 2018 – Manistique, MI – I decorated my bike for the July 4 holiday and my new best friend Ritch threw in a splash of the Spirit of ‘76! Ritch Branstrom, owner of adhocWORKshop, handcrafts giant works of art. A couple of birds that looked like they

July 4, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute to my former tour partner for The Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s, Audrey Steffes. Thanks for putting on the mileage and the memories with me! Learn more about Audrey HERE. The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is

July 3, 2018 – Escanaba, MI – So everyone is fine …. but I just wanted to say I will be moving on with the tour alone. Audrey took a spill after crossing some railroad tracks Tuesday morning. We were still in Escanaba and plenty of people stopped to

July 3, 2018 – Escanaba, MI – Ya der hey, we made it to da U.P. Logged 76.58 miles on the day from Peshtigo, WI into Michigan as we make our way to Whitefish Point and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. And this sweet, innocent, animal-loving kid is killing

July 2, 2018 – Today the Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s will ride in tribute to Susannah J. Kist. The 2018 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is raising money this year for a rickshaw for seniors at The Samaritan Campus, a 501c3, so all donations are tax deductible. Thanks to the