Around the Bend

August 4, 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...

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...

August 3, 2021 -  Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee - Got an early start Monday to make it 78 miles from Helena, AR to Memphis, TN, and a decent bike shop. I swapped out my front tire...

July 28, 2021 - Shreveport, LA - It was the brown Historic Site sign that made me pull over. What looked like a boring government building held a fascinating story of history once through the...

July 27, 2021 - Milwaukee, WI - Today, the first day of The Amazing Ride For Alzheimer’s 2021, Judy Steffes will be traveling to Shreveport, Louisiana to kick off the bicycling fundraiser in tribute...

August 1, 2021 - Left Louisiana late Friday afternoon in the sweltering heat. Lots of great memories as people made me feel welcome or gave me a safe space to stay. https://youtu.be/6LtKnXrkkdU   Met new friends and was...

April 5,  2020 - San Salvador - Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRazNGXoSPU] It is the day Jesus rode a donkey into the town of Jerusalem and a large crowd...

April 2, 2023 - Washington Co., WI - This is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. It was January 2019 when the story was published on WashingtonCountyInsider.com about Nancy and David Slinde...

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...

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...

August 10, 2021 -  Sullivan, IL - Today marks 2 weeks on the road; Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois. Hitting a lot of small towns along the way. https://youtu.be/J_y1SmjKA3o Below are a couple of...

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...

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...

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...

August 4, 2021 -  Memphis, TN - One of the best discoveries on the 2021 tour so far has to be the TREK bicycle shop, 517 N. Main Street in downtown Memphis, TN. I badly...

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...

https://youtu.be/52t7Iqi0qxs March 25, 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...

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...

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...

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...