Jamie Miller’s shiny red motorcycle tricycle in the driveway outside her Arlington home was the last thing she thought she’d buy, but she bought it for her father, Ken Jaber. I got
“To say he was my best friend is kind of an understatement this year,” Miller said of his father. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met.”
Javer loved motorcycles and adventures. Both were part of his retirement plans to travel all 50 state capitals on a motorcycle tricycle.
Javer died of multiple myeloma in 2018. He was visiting his 12 state capitals. Before he died, Miller made a promise.
“I told him I would learn to ride if for some reason it didn’t work out,” Miller said. “I will scatter your ashes across all 50 states.”
She found a motorcycle that was the same make, model, year and color as her father’s trike.
“I bought it because it looked just like my dad’s bike. She took another class and passed.
“I promised,” said Miller. “It’s in our genes. When we say we’re going to do something, we absolutely do it.”
Miller and her husband Laurie have traveled to the capital 17 times by motorcycle. West, Tennessee Her next trip to Virginia and Carolina is in the next few weeks.
Wherever Miller goes, he leaves some of his father’s ashes behind.
“We put him in rivers and different places, but when you think about it, the wind blows and the water moves,” Miller said. It’s fun to think about places, but he’ll be everywhere…and still travel forever.”
Miller has written a book about motorcycle travel.The title of the work is “Honor Trip”.
