Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi w/Ace Walden

Amidee ” Ace” Walden of Coeur d’Alene is seen as a high school junior in the 1924 Coeur d’Alene High yearbook.

In Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi today, DFO interviewed centenarian Ace Walden, the retired banker for whom the Walden House is named. An editted version of the interview will be published in The Spokesman-Review Friday.

DFO: How many Hudson Hamburgers have you eaten in your lifetime?
Ace Walden: I’m no stranger to Hudson Hamburgers. I knew Harley Hudson when he met the trains at the electric line with his push cart. I send for them now. My caretaker gets three of them for me — so I can have one and he can have two.

DFO: Any secret for living so long?
AW: Just lucky.

DFO: What amazes you most about Coeur d’Alene today?
AW: The major developments that are taking place from he resort golf course to programs (on Northwest Boulevard on) the river. Everything is built up.

DFO: Do you consider that good?
AW: Sure.

Full interview here