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VIDEO | Visiting the famous Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum

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July 30, 2021 - Gibsland, LA - It was about 17 miles from Minden, LA to Gibsland, LA and the famed Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum. The museum is located in the building formerly home...
Al Steffes bike ride

2020 annual Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s tour announced

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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...

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...

Around the Bend: Updates & Tidbits By Judy Steffes

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July 1, 2017 - Washington County, WI - Tuesday, the annual 4th of July parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m. in West Bend with the parade route as follows (same route as last year): The lineup...

VIDEO | Kindness of strangers strikes again in Tennessee

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August 2021 -  Tiptonville, TN - Just when you think things aren’t working out... something like this happens. https://youtu.be/zS3qLL9Iw1k Long story short: Late start out of Ripley, TN, crummy roads with narrow shoulder and rumble strip,...

Around the Bend – Updates & Tidbits By Judy Steffes

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April 29, 2017 - Washington Co., WI -Wednesday, July 26 is Senior Citizens Day and Military Day at the Washington County Fair. Special discounted admission for ages 60 and older is $5 for the...

Around the Bend: Updates & Tidbits By Judy Steffes

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Around the Bend                             July 15, 2017                                      By Judy Steffes   Historic downtown West Bend Theater sold to nonprofit The downtown West Bend Theater has been sold. A plan to restore a historic theater in downtown West Bend is taking...

VIDEO | Cicadas have hatched in Louisiana and it is deafening

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July 30, 2021 -  Shreveport, LA - The high-pitched din was noticeable the minute I left the airport in Shreveport. After checking out Elvis Presley Ave the sound was deafening. After 17 years the cicadas...

VIDEO | This is what I’m thankful for ….. Brought to you by Interfaith...

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https://youtu.be/4KUacR21WNg   Feb. 18, 2018 - Washington Co., WI - Welcome to a new Sunday series as neighbors across Washington County take a moment to give thanks for something in their lives that affected them this past...

VIDEO | Not your average 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...
David and Nancy Slinde

Adventure to El Salvador with missionaries David and Nancy Slinde of West Bend

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Jan. 19, 2019 - West Bend, WI - The wake-up call at 3 a.m. started a new adventure for David and Nancy Slinde of West Bend as the couple make their 30th visit as...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Crossing the state line and entering home stretch

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August 13, 2021 - Richmond, IL - Pedaled from 7:15 a.m. to 7 p.m., covered 91.89 miles. I’m sore, I can’t touch my toes and I’m still in bear country. So close to the Badger...

$100 = 100 mile challenge for the Amazing Ride For Alzheimer’s – Are you...

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August 8,2021 -  I decided to throw down a $100/100 mile challenge with 100% of the proceeds going to music programming for seniors at Cedar Community. I started the video below but cell signal left...
El Salvador bound

Day 2: Adventure in El Salvador

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Jan. 20, 2019 - Atlanta, WI - Hello from our destination, El Salvador, said none of us. Quite the travel adventure already but we haven’t had to call the cops on each other yet so...

VIDEO | I was feeling a little bit jumpy as I took the first...

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August 7, 2021 -  Bardwell, KY - Crossed from Tennessee into Kentucky around 9:15 a.m. on Friday. Stopped for dinner. I can't say it was love at first bite. (see video below) Aaah...Kentucky. Rolling hills, beautiful...

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...

Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s: Secret habits on the road

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August, 2021 -  Tennessee/ Kentucky - I’ve been on the road for 10 days and am now pedaling back to Wisconsin after chasing the historical demise of Bonnie & Clyde in Louisiana. Most of the...

VIDEO | Drifting into Illinois

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August 8, 2021 -  Goreville, IL - Sometimes you just have to trust the signs; small indications that it is probably best to get off the road and call it a day. Took off early...

VIDEO | Frogs legs for supper in Kentucky; tastes like…

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August 7, 2021 -  Bardwell, KY - Crossed from Tennessee into Kentucky around 9:15 a.m. on Friday. Wasn't necessarily looking for frogs but I found them anyway. Read on. Aaah...Kentucky. Rolling hills, beautiful green scenery,...

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...