2020 cross country motorcycle journey

Despite a series of national challenges for 2020, a South Florida man visits Northern California during an epic, cross-country solo motorcycle journey.

If so - how much.

### coronavirus& deadly storms& wildfires ravaging the west coast, and across the country - calls for equality; social unrest, still& "our country is beautiful; you can see any part of it and in this care, you don't need a passport, just get out and visit it."

Motorcycle enthusiast zmibalist chalk is doing just that& traversing thousands of milesãon his harleyãcoast to coastãsolo!!

I spent time with chalk as he passed through northern california& "you know we have a pandemic?

"i ride motorcycles, it's just what i do.

It's open, i know we have a pandemic and safety is always in my mind."

"right now our country is a hotbed of social unrest?"

I'm an american and this is my country,.

Motorcycling transcends all that, when you talk motorcycle to people, no matter the gender or the race."

Chalk's goalã see the four- corners of the u.s. and each of the lower 48.

He pulled out august 31st& from key west, florida.

Some daysã covering up to one-thousand miles.

In some statesã riding at night.

"you have to worry about animals on the road& deer, moose, bear&" his route?

North to maineãzig- zagging interstates and back-roads west to washington stateã " a lot of it is just seeing and doing things and riding the back raods and seeing parts of the country i have never seen beforeãwhether it's the needs in seattle or the lakes in idaho or the mountains in montana&" chalk says social media has turned hi* journey - into an inspirational& and vicarious road trip for others& i was speaking with a youngman who had a motorcyine in imaine as i was thleaving the hotel, and he was like, talking about wanting to take a ride&omg i wish i could do that sometime an s journey."

Chalk also rode right fire scenes in oregon and just bare;u skirted hurricane sally in the southeast.

He arrived back home in south florida last night.

He told me this trip can remind others: to have faith in the kindness of strangers& who can quickly become friends.

Happening today