Who We Are!
The Border Riders Motorcycle Club “BRMC” is a not-for-profit 501(c)(7) organization for gay men who like to ride motorcycles and who like to go camping on their motorcycles. Our membership spans the Pacific Northwest with the greatest participation in the Portland, Seattle and Vancouver B.C. areas. We are one of the largest and longest-running gay motorcycle clubs in North America. We welcome like-minded guests to our Meet & Greets, day rides, and to our monthly meetings and summer campouts with a sponsoring BRMC member.
Table of Contents
All the news you need to know about the BRMC
Meeting Recap By Ron S.
Photos By Group
September Meet & Greets Portland and Seattle
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Members’ Birthdays
The BRMC 2025 Calendar of Events
Non BRMC Motorcycle Events
Request for Pictures & Closing Comments
August 2025 Campout Recap
For our Canadian outing this year we changed it up —way up— above 3,000 feet! Mt. Seymour Road ascends directly into the clouds above North Vancouver, and about two-thirds of the way to the ski area sits a nondescript (and in the summer, empty) parking lot with a group campsite at the back. It’s extremely spacious, not all that economical, and pretty noisy when people are headed up the mountain because it’s in the middle of a hairpin turn in the vertical highway.
The fully enclosed building onsite has a wood stove that has likely been used to smoke fish for several generations — the odor is permeating when the building isn’t ventilated. Several hardy souls used the fish building as shelter for two nights.
The forecast was for 2.5” of rain on Friday and half an inch on Saturday. The Friday rain did materialize so the campers didn’t, we arrived on Saturday and still had a good time. Most of the rain had passed by the time we set up camp but there were a few sprinkles and ever-present condensing fog. It really is in the clouds, so we got to see what the insides of clouds look like!
Canadian member Kevin S. and guest Peter M., along with US member Darryl H. were the hardiest of all as they rode their motorcycles to camp. We discovered that A&W is alive and well (not what the initials stand for) in British Columbia, serving frosty root beer and edible breakfasts. Instead of a day ride on Sunday we drove east to Stave Lake Dam for a tour of their carefully curated powerhouse museum. Our docent had so much information to get out during an hour-long tour that one could only pick up every third or fourth word, but we did get to experience the alarming snap and buzz of their wholly unnecessary Tesla coil demonstration, now with complimentary hearing protection! An early bird dinner with member Doug H. and guest Keith A. at Browns Socialhouse in Langley capped off our tourism day.
Thanks to our Canadian members and guests for a nice trip!
August Photos
September 2025 Day Rides
Seattle
Due to scheduling conflicts there will be no day ride for Seattle on September 6th. Stay tuned for riding possibilities later this month!
Portland
No Portland day ride this month.
September Campout
The September campout is Friday 9/19 to Sunday 9/21 at Schafer State Park, north of Elma, WA. Registration closes on Wednesday 9/17.
There are plenty of fun areas to choose from for day rides in the area - Capitol State Forest, over to the coast, up the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, Wynoochee Dam, the rainforest is our oyster! Okay, weird metaphor.
September Meet & Greets
Portland M&G
On Wednesday, September 3rd, Portland BRMC Members & Guests will meet for dinner at 5:30 at Kenton Station (8303 N Denver Ave, Portland, OR 97217). We will then go to the Portland Eagle (835 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97217) for a social hour starting at 7pm.
This is a great way to meet club members, learn about the club, & learn about upcoming rides, and events.
We hope to see you there!
BC M&G
We are still looking for a member in BC to take the lead on this. Please let Dennis know if you are able do this.
Seattle M&G
The September Meet & Greet in Seattle is at Diesel, 6pm on Wednesday Sept 10th. Generally, dinner around 6, official meet and greet starts at 7PM.
Hope to see you there!.
The address is 1413 14th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122.
Reader’s Corner
A place for you, the reader, member and/or guest, to contribute.
Tell us about your travels, adventures, mishaps, etc.
To contribute, send your story & pictures to News@BorderRiders.com
Keep in mind, you can write about a trip that happened over the summer. It’s doesn’t have to be something you did last month.
Gear Store
The Gear Store was active over the VD weekend. We had a couple hundred dollars in sales which helps keep the inventory fresh. As always, if you have any questions about the Gear Store Inventory, feel free to contact President Dennis or VP Ron. They will be happy to answer your questions.
From the Handlebars of the President
I travelled to BC for the August run most of the way on Thursday, arriving at the campsite on Friday because of travel times from Yakima. I got to the campground, and it was raining sideways with no end in sight so I returned to Burien. I missed those who braved the trip on Saturday..
I’m hoping to see many of you at Schafer this month depending on recovery from retinal surgery.
Dennis H.
President
president@borderriders.com
Vice President Chatter
Join us for our final campout of the season in beautiful Mason County, WA!
Ron S.
Vice President
Road Captain Rumblings
Join us for our last camping trip of the season! We had a bad track record for rainy weekends this year. Hopefully September will break that trend.
I’m starting to plan for next season and will be discussing tentative plans at the September meeting.
Hope to see you there!
Dale C.
Road Captain
Treasurer’s Ramblings
“Piggy Bank Looks Good”.
See you all at the September Campout.
Stan C
Treasurer
Secretary Thoughts
A Brother’s Birthday
We have 7 brothers with birthdays this month:
September 5th - Kevin S.
September 28th - Jeff B.
Please take a moment out of your day to send a birthday wish.
2025 Events
September 6th - Local Day Rides. See Facebook for last minute details.
September 19th thru 21st - September Campout, Schafer State Park near Elma, WA.
October 4th - Local Day Rides. See Facebook for last minute details.
October 18th - Monthly meeting hosted by Dennis H at his cabin near Yakima, WA.
November 1st - Local Day Rides. See Facebook for last minute details.
November 15th - Monthly meeting hosted by Stan & Alan near Portland, OR.
December 6th - Local Day Rides. See Facebook for last minute details.
December 13th - Holiday Party.
Monthly Meet & Greets
BRMC members will be available for interested individuals to meet and learn more about the club and how to get involved. For locations and times, check out the following list of times & location. Watch our FB for last minute details or changes.
Portland: Meet & Greet - 1st Wednesday of the month, 5:30pm at Kenton Station Restaurant and Pub, then 7 pm at The Portland Eagle. Dinner together normally precedes the actual M&G. Watch the newsletter and/or Facebook for last minute details.
Vancouver BC Meet & Greet - The club is looking for a host for this event, please contact Dennis if you are interested.
Seattle: Meet & Greet - 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 pm at someplace new. Watch the newsletter, website or Facebook for exact location. We usually meet for dinner at 6 pm followed by the M&G at 7..
Member & Guest Non-Sanctioned Day-Rides
In addition to the club's monthly M&Gs, local rides frequently happen on the 1st Saturday of every month. Additionally, members & guest going on an impromptu day-ride, or to some other activity, will post their plans on our FB page so others can tag along. Again, watch our FB page for last minute details or changes.
To learn more about local event’s, impromptu events, or to check status on any event, check out our FB page or email the Road Captain at Captain@BorderRiders.com.
Hey, did you notice that trend? Yep, keep an eye on our FB page for last minute changes and details for all events.
Contributions of Photos & Stories
Please feel encouraged to send us your photos of our activities to News@BorderRiders.com
Also, if you do anything interesting outside the club, we’d love to hear about it. Send us a short story with some photos and we will try get it into the next newsletter. It doesn’t have to be motorcycle related to be interesting. We are very diverse.
If you have photos and stories to share, please send to news@borderriders.com