June 30, 2017 – Den Hague, Netherlands – The best thing about the Prison Gate was meeting Emily Clark, Brooklyn, NY and Maggie Mansfield, Santa Barbara, CA. The girls were actually from the Midwest. Emily went to school in Madison and Maggie was from Indiana. “South Bend,” she said. “The other Bend.”
June 30, 2017 – Den Hague, Netherlands – Visited the museum of Dutchman Maurits Escher. He’s the most famous graphic artist in the world and a master of optical illusion.
June 30, 2017 – Den Hague, Netherlands – Cycling the Netherlands to fund raise for Alzheimer’s programs at Cedar Campus in West Bend, Judy Steffes stopped at the Prison museum, or Gevangenpoort. There was a woman outside the entrance of the prison playing a cello.
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June 30, 2017 – Washington County, WI – Today I’ll be riding in tribute to:
If you would like me to ride in the name of someone you know, send their name, a jpeg photo, a brief note if you like, and your contribution of $100. The entire $100 donation will go toward Alzheimer’s programs at Cedar Community.
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| That handy scanner that will soon be coming to a grocery near you. |
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| The boardwalk along the sea in Katwijk |
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| Pedaling through the dunes as I head south from Katwijk to De Hague. |
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| That’s an “old-timey” bra in the forefront. |
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| Unique beers in Holland. This one reminded me of Snow White. |
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| My cabin tonight in De Hague. Full day of museums tomorrow including a torture museum and a clinic where they studied people who recently died to see if they weren’t really dead. The clinic has since closed. Shocker. |
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 leave a bit to be desired.
I’m getting better, but I said that yesterday, too.
Left Leiden around 7 a.m. and pedaled east to Wassenaar. Stopped for some coffee and fuel and at the grocery you had to get your own personal scanner.”
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June 29, 2017 – De Hague, Netherlands – In addition to catching band practice, I got to see these horses flaunt their beauty as they left parade practice in De Hague.
June 29, 2017 – De Hague, Netherlands – Caught a bit of the parade band practice for De Parade in De Hague as they performed “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele.
June 29, 2017 – De Hague, Netherlands – Judy Steffes is currently in the Netherlands on her Amazing Ride for Alzheimer’s bicycle tour. She passed by practice for De Parade, a traveling theater festival, while cycling through De Hague. She says she didn’t expect to hear a No. 1 song from the U.S. Billboard charts or see royal horses, but you don’t have to take her word for it, she says. She has provided videos for you to partake in the journey.
There’s also a video tour of a Dutch windmill that was shot yesterday.
Read more and view today’s videos at www.imthebikewriter.blogspot.com.
June 29, 2017 – Leiden, Netherlands – For those of you who have never seen the inside of a bonafide Dutch windmill, I’ve shot some video to take you along on a tour with me. Click the video below and join me!
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