Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Coconut Grove to Key Largo
January 29, 2021 - Key Largo, FL - Long day. Pedaled Coconut Grove to Key Largo. Roads were great. Lots of well-marked bike paths. Fatigue set in around 82 miles. My left foot was...
VIDEO | Amazing Ride live broadcast from Florida Keys on Hwy 1
January 28, 2021 - Florida Keys, FL - Judy Steffes shares this live broadcast from the Florida Keys on Hwy 1 headed south to North Key Largo. Steffes is currently on a road trip...
Brief Travelogue Addition to WCI: Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s in the Florida Keys
January 28, 2021 - Washington County, WI - After a year-and-a-half hiatus I figured it was time this ole gal gave her new hip a whirl. The adventure will include bicycling from Miami to...
VIDEO | Roadside personality across Washington County
Town of Trenton, WI - Pedaling the side roads across Washington County and discovered a trend towards local artwork that really adds personality to the landscape.
Quite a few neighbors find unique ways to...
Cedar Community is primary sponsor for this year’s Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s
August 20, 2020 - Washington County, WI - The annual Amazing Ride for Alzheimer's is currently under way with WCI editor Judy Steffes pedaling through beautiful Washington County and beyond. Cedar Community is the...
VIDEO | Roadside personality across Washington County
August 20, 2020 - Town of Trenton, WI - Pedaling the side roads across Washington County there is a trend towards a lot of local artwork that really adds personality to the landscape.
Quite...
VIDEO | Comes with Baggage – A movie about the history of bicycle travel
August 16, 2020 - Probably one of the best videos that describes the exhilaration of bicycling cross country.
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The current Amazing Ride for Alzheimer's is touring the townships of Washington County. Farms, Families and...
VIDEO | Touring the Slinger Creamery
August 20, 2020 - Washington Co., WI - Jamming a lot of historic landmarks into this little bike tour.
Coming out of the Town of Hartford I climbed Powder Hill which is just south of...
Unique homes on Sconfinato Drive in Town of Erin
August 18, 2020 - Town of Erin, WI - Head south on Highway 83 and take a right on Mayo Road in the Town of Erin and you will come upon a subdivision that...
VIDEO | Touring the beer cave in Town of Addison
August 15, 2020 - Town of Addison, WI - Finding a beer cave in Fillmore earlier this week sparked my interest and rumor was there was another in the Town of Addison.
Yellowstone Trail is...
Cedar Community is primary sponsor for this year’s Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s
August 14, 2020 - Washington County, WI - The annual amazing ride for Alzheimer's has officially commenced with a swift pedal by Judy Steffes through Washington County. Your partnership in this event will help...
Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s – Touring the Townships of Washington County; fishing at Lake...
August 14, 2020 - Town of Farmington, WI - Touring the Townships of Washington County was an idea presented by my friend Mary Moll. She made it super simple by handing over 15 maps...
VIDEO | Touring the Vorpahl Farm in West Bend
August 14, 2020 - West Bend, WI - The 2020 Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s got underway slowly on Thursday. Following a memorial Mass at Holy Angels for my father I quickly pedaled out to...
2020 annual Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s tour announced
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...
The 108th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic : April 15, 1912
April 15, 2020 - West Bend, WI - April 15, 1912 is the historic date of the sinking of the British ocean liner Titanic into the North Atlantic Ocean.
In 2014 I flew to Nova...
VIDEO | On Palm Sunday a visit to El Rosario Church in San Salvador
April 5, 2020 - San Salvador - Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week.
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It is the day Jesus rode a donkey into the town of Jerusalem and a large crowd...
A brush with the history of Elvis Presley
August 16, 2019 - West Bend, WI - Today, August 16, is the anniversary of the death of Rock n' Roll icon Elvis Aaron Presley.
The singer, born in Mississippi in 1935 was found dead...
Logging 114 miles Indiana to Wisconsin
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,...
The BiKe WriTer | Morocco, Indiana: Home of Hoosier hospitality
July 13, 2019 - Morocco, IN - Spent much of the day Thursday weaving my way north from Lafayette, IN towards Chicago with the goal to avoid Gary, IN, for safety reasons.
I fell shy...
VIDEO | Max’s Cubbard: Throwback diner in Lebanon, Indiana
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...