My wife & I were on a ride of our own doing the Route 66 with a different group of Harley riders awhile ago. We stopped for fuel in Flagstaff AZ and while fueling up we came across a different group of riders. They said they were riding the Hoka Hey. I asked "What's that?" They said they were on a cross-country ride from Key West FL and ending in Homer Alaska. I thought "that's a long way" and they said that's over 12,000 miles, which they were hoping to accomplish within the next 14 days. My wife & I continued our trip on the Route 66 to San Diego CA. On finishing our ride, I started to look up information on the Hoka Hey and found that it was a fundraiser for the Pine Ridge Reservation, the Lakotas. I became interested in finding out more about it and found they were doing another ride the following year.
I got online & found out what needed to be done to become a participant, and filled out all the paperwork & paid my entry fee & patiently waited for the ride to begin from Mesa AZ to Nova Scotia. I rode from Denver to Mesa & prepared myself for the adventure to come. Not knowing what to expect, I was eager to see if I was able to ride 1,000 miles a day & sleep on the rode & to complete the ride. My intentions were good. After 7 days of riding, I found myself in Colorado going to Grand Junction for one of the stops where we got our next set of directions. After a 5-hour rest, I headed off back towards Denver following the route to the next stop, but I had motorcycle issues & broke down & since I lived in Colorado, I went home & said I was still going to complete the ride, although I had to do it in my pickup truck. I continued in my truck & drove to Nova Scotia following the directions I was given. I was able to be at the finish line about 1/2 a day before the first rider appeared who had ridden the route in full on his motorcycle.
From that trip, I found that this was some challenge that I wanted to try again and waited for the next information for the next ride which was the following year. I signed up & rode that ride & found finishing enhanced my spirituality & my faith in myself that I could accomplish these things. The people I rode with for periods of time, the people I met have become friends that I look forward to seeing at each Hoka Hey challenge in the future. I am looking forward to finally being able to do the Homer Alaska Challenge this year so I can say I have done one of the three that they've done. Hope to see everyone in Daytona for this 2024 challenge. I am thankful to be able to support the Kenaitze People.
Rider 618 K.C. Aston Thank you all for your support and friendship.
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