A group of bikers have hit the open road with the mission to travel to 22 states in 22 days to raise awareness about a growing crisis in the United States.

Veteran suicide at the head of the pack, a husband and wife team who understand the struggles facing veterans.

We caught up with them this week when they made a pit stop at Middlemore Harley Davidson in Lexington.

There's a long story that goes back about a soldier being trapped in a home, and people can tell him how to get out of a hole.

People can give him tools to get out of a hole, but another soldier will jump into the hole with them.

What they're going to do after they're in the hole, they don't know, but they're both in the hole together.

So the best thing I can do for another veteran is to just be there for them.

The military trains our veterans to separate us so when a veteran is contemplating suicide, it's not the same warning signs that it is with someone else.

A veteran has been trained to separate so they they don't have the need to give away their possessions or, you know, write letters to their families because they already gave their possessions away when they went to serve our country, and they already left their families when they went to serve our country.

So for us, it's just about giving back.

We want to be able to give back.

We want to be able to be that support system for not only the veteran, but the caregivers of the veterans who also struggle on a daily basis.

A lot of veterans turn to motorcycles as a, form of release.

You get out there on the road, especially on a back road.

It's just you, the wind, the noise of your bike and your own thoughts.

And and nobody can trip your triggers.

Nobody can.

You know, you're you're alone with yourself.

And sometimes that's a good thing just to get away.

And I know a lot of veterans that ride motorcycles, so it seems kind of fitting.

I know if Jason's having a rough day, we can get on that bike and we can just go ride for a while, and it's literally a calming effect for him.

It takes the anxiety away.

And so more veterans than you can imagine actually are motorcyclists.

And so we're hoping to reach them and help them, other people to understand that that is therapy for veterans.

I'm not sure how it works, but yes, when you get on your motorcycle, you become one with the machine.

And it is very freeing.

It's, it's kind of like a therapy animal, for lack of a better way to associate it.

Yeah.

Me and the bike, we get out there, and I can yell and scream at the bike, and it.

Don't get mad at me.

It don't care, you know, I can tell them.

Tell the motorcycle anything and it's just like I said, it's it's you and the bike.

You're out there in peace.

The bond that we have with the group that rode 22 states, there were eight bikes, ten people that rode all 22 states.

That bond that we have, they've become even closer than family.

And I just reaching these people and knowing that, we're actually able to give back, which is what our whole goal was to be able to give back.

And knowing that people have received the message that we're sending, if we help one veteran from this, it's all been worth it.

The ride is expected to end tomorrow with a celebration ceremony in Columbus, Ohio.