Ιούλ. 9, 2018 Live from the road

Redwing, MN - Winona, MN

Reported by Nikolaus Drekonja 80.0 mi

Gratitude to Yuyudhan Hoppe, our Coordinator for Minnesota. He organized wonderful events and hosted the Peace Runners for two nights.

Kate Zenzen from "Rivertown Multimedia" came out in Red Wing to meet the runners. Here she interviewed Sarankhuu from Mongolia.

In Lake City, "The Graphic", a nice reporter came out to cover the Peace Run.

It was hot today... very hot

Kshema found a new job holding the Lollipop sign and directing traffic.

KTTL TV came out to cover a ceremony held by the Peace Runners in Rochester.

Lydia from the Post Bulletin came to the Rochester Boys and Girls Club to report on our arrival here. Sarankhuu has the makings of an excellent spokesperson for the Peace Run.

We picked a nice shady spot on a tree for our ceremony on this hot day in Rochester.

The children followed Ryan, the Supervisor here who carried the Peace Torch to lead the Peace Train around the playground.

We are very grateful to the Boys and Girls Club of Rochester for their kindness and enthusiastic participation here with us.

Arpan plays some children's songs on the harmonica as they sing along.

Putu finds a new friend.

At the same time another team of runners met a group of kids at the Family YMCA in Winona.

Thank you to the children and staff at the Family Y in Winona

This nice lady came out to be at the program.

Great views of the Missisippi River from our hotel in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Dinner by the banks of the mighty Mississippi.

Sunset over the Mississippi River.

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Torch carried by
Anastasiya Lezhnina (Ukraine), Arpan DeAngelo (United States), Atul Arora (India), Banshidhar Medeiros (United States), Mananya Galante (United States), Nayaja Perugini (Italy), Nikolaus Drekonja (Austria), Putu Ekawati (Indonesia), Salil Wilson (Australia), Sarankhuu Jargal (Mongolia), Yatkara Aleksapolskyy (Canada).  
Photographers
Arpan DeAngelo, Mananya Galante, Yatkara Aleksapolskyy
The torch has travelled 80.0 mi from Redwing, MN to Winona, MN.

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