Netherlands Archive

July 7, 2017 – Netherlands – Judy Steffes is currently in Volendam, a fishing town in northeast Holland that has streets set up “labyrinth” style. 

July 3, 2017 – Delft, Netherlands, – The Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s continues in the Netherlands as Judy Steffes meets up with Polish kayakers. Judy decides to take the watery plunge with the help of an interpreter. Read more here at imthebikewriter.blogspot.com

July 2, 2017 – Monster, Netherlands – Judy Steffes has arrived in Monster at a “pick your own” nursery. One of the owners, Marja, explains the history of the “Passion flower” in the video below. See more photos and read more travel adventure at imthebikewriter.blogspot.com

June 30, 2017 – Katwijk, Netherlands – On the road, cycling across the Netherlands on The Amazing Ride for Alzheimers, Judy Steffes shares, “Tried to get to several communities today just to get some miles under my belt. While the maps are great and very detailed, my cartography skills

June 28, 2017 – Leiden, Holland – The De Valk, or The Falcon, is a tower mill that dates to 1743.  It is seven floors in all and used to be home to the miller’s family and even a cow or two. If you’ve ever wanted to tour a real

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 to a number of bee hives, climbed a four-story spiral staircase and shared other

June 25, 2017 – Washington County – Today, the first day of The Amazing Ride For Alzheimer’s, Judy Steffes will be traveling to the Netherlands to kick off the bicycling fundraiser in tribute to her dad, Al Steffes (photo below), who has Alzheimer’s disease. As in the past, Steffes

  West Bend, WI – This video was unveiled in 2016 at the Great Minds Gala in Washington D.C.   As a collector of local news stories and on the cutting edge of what’s happening I had no idea this was being filmed in my own backyard. The award

May 1, 2017 – West Bend, WI –  Gearing up for the 2017 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s which will tour the Netherlands this year. I leave the end of June and as I’ve done in the past I will ride in tribute each day to someone affected by Alzheimer’s. If

March 30, 2017 – West Bend, WI – The 2017 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s is in full swing. Fundraising has begun and I’m laying out this year’s tour jersey in short order. This year the destination will be pedaling the Netherlands for three weeks. I’m currently on a rather