Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s Insider

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 few weeks where my annual bicycle tour will be this year and I

April 5,  2020 – San Salvador – Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. It is the day Jesus rode a donkey into the town of Jerusalem and a large crowd gathered. They laid palm branches across the road, giving Jesus royal treatment. The hundreds of

July 14, 2019 – Franklin, WI – Started the morning early at 6 a.m. to beat the 90-degree heat. Didn’t think I’d be wrapping up at 8:30 p.m. with 114 miles under my belt. Munster, Indiana and along the lake shore in Chicago, then to Kenosha was my intent.

July 11, 2019 – Lebanon, IN -You know  you’ve fallen into Mayberry when there is a Farmers’ Market on Monday evening across from the county courthouse and an IGA grocery on the corner. Two clerks dressed in dark blue IGA shirts stood at the end of their checkout lines watching

July 7, 2019 – Gettysburg, PA – Dodged a number of horse apples on the highway as I made my way from Lancaster to Gettysburg, PA. The 62 miles could best be described as a “slog” or a ride with searing temps in the 90’s, growing inclines and harried

July 5, 2019 – Philadelphia, PA – A whirlwind of a July 4th in Philadelphia that was loaded with red, white and blue history and an Amazing-Race effort to complete as many of the Philly attractions in six hours as possible. First order of business: bike 25 miles from

July 3, 2019 – Madison, NJ – Pushing along on the 2019 bike tour from Newark, NJ to Wisconsin. My new best friend Scott from Gulf Service in Madison, NJ had a pile of plates and he was happy to shed one from his collection. It made my day.

July 1, 2019 – Newark, NJ – Another year, another pedaling adventure; this tour is Newark, NJ to West Bend. Hoping to make a lot of history stops. -Adventure began Sunday when my flight was cancelled. The Newark Airport had completely shut down because of a plane that blew

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