2020 Cross Country Charity Ride for Mental Health Awareness
the route.
Alex’s parents, Jeremy & Kathy Hawke, along with family and friends welcome any concerned riders to join any portion of our cross country ride in memorializing Alex and the many others lost too soon in order to increase visibility around the need for improved Mental Health Awareness. We’ve used the HD Route building app to generate the following legs (largely on secondary roads), to include the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride on September 27th in Chicago, and terminating in Key West on October 3rd.
August 18 2020 Update the route is just a general at this point. Given the change in how the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride will work. If someone has an interest in a certain area message us and we will keep you notified of what we are doing.
Sept 23rd the plan is to meet at Sleeping Bear Motorsports in Interlochen in the afternoon (TBD). We will ride out and head to Boyne City meeting Veteran’s Memorial Park for a stretch and re-group. We will ride from there past a very special place for Alex and our whole family, Powlochwehill, which has been our family’s cottage since 1923. From there we will head to Zips 45th Parallel Harley in Mackinaw City for another leg stretch before riding over the bridge and stopping for the night. Mileage 133
Sept 24th Ride begins at the McDonalds on US 2 to the gas station in Seney for a break. This was a favorite stop of Alex’s; the first time we went through, on the way to a ski meet, he bought a coyote pelt there. From there we’ll head to Marquette the home of Alex’s alma-mater, NMU. We will group up at Bald Eagle Harley Davidson after lunch before riding to Copper Harbor on the tip of the Keweenaw, the northern terminus of US 41. Mileage 305.September 25th we head out of Cooper Harbor and begin to loosely follow US 41 south. We’ll be stopping for lunch at the Culver’s in Iron Mountain before heading into Green Bay to see Alex’s good friend, and ours, Micah Gunderson at Northern Tide Tattoo You can read the blog post, “What’s the deal with the Octopus,” to learn about our logo and the connection to Micah.September 26th we’ll leave Green Bay and head to the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee for lunch. From there we will head down to Winnemac Park on the North side of Chicago to spend the night with some family & friends.
September 27th I plan on riding in Chicago’s 2020 Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. The registration and fund raising for this event opens up on August 1st so watch for updates on how you can support this great cause. Here is our DGR profile from last year, and a huge thanks to all of those that supported me in that event.
September 28th we will leave from the south side of Chicago heading through Terra Haute and on to Vincennes IN (including a visit to the jail there). A future blog post will feature our connection to the Jail . The day ends in Evansville.Sept 29th Evansville IN to Lynchburg TN the home of Jack Daniels. Additional detail TBD.September 30th Lynchburg to Macon GA. Additional detail TBD.Oct 1st Macon GA to High Springs FL Oct 2nd High Springs to Sarasota FL. We will make a stop in Tampa to see family and friends, and hopefully pick up some riders. Then to Sarasota to be at our brother’s for their Friday Night Pizza Dinner ritual.Oct 3rd Sarasota to Miami the southern terminus of 41. Ride across Alligator Alley and into little Havana for Cuban sandwiches and café con leche.Oct. 4th Miami to Key West the Conch Republic all on US 1 to the southern most tip of the US.
