The Narrow Way Around
June 23, 2023 @ 9:00AM — August 31, 2023 @ 11:00PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Narrow Way Around
David McCarter will embark on a long-distance motorcycle ride called “The Narrow Way Around” from the parking lot of the Wenatchee YMCA on July 6, shortly after 9 am. McCarter is riding to honor his late father, Dave Sr., and to support one of their favorite organizations, the YMCA.
“My mission is to go see the Harley museum. That was my dad’s dying wish,” he said.
McCarter’s route will take him to Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park, the motorcycle Mecca of Sturgis, South Dakota and into parts of Canada on a trip he and his father always wanted to take together. They were inspired by the 2004 adventure series called the “Long Way Round” featuring Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman in which the pair rides around the world and documents their experiences. Like Boorman and McGregor, McCarter plans to film his trip and make a documentary series.
“As a fourth grader I was here a lot at the after school programs,” McCarter said. “I came from a single-parent family. Dad was working all the time and this was my home after school until he came and picked me up after work.”
Folks are invited to pledge their donations per mile via text or online and follow McCarter’s journey on a map at the Wenatchee YMCA, or on social media, as he rides solo to the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in time for the Harley Davidson 120th anniversary homecoming.
The donations that people pledge in support of McCarter’s Narrow Way Around ride will go to support the campaign for the Wenatchee YMCA’s new facility. You can also text PLEDGE to (509) 790-4370 to create a pledge per mile to be paid in August.
The community is invited to join us in the parking lot in front of the Better Together mural on July 6 at 9 am to give Dave a warm send off.