A beautiful day starts at Salmon River RV Park in Otis, Oregon. Lisa, the manager of the campsite, holds the torch. We were very happy with our stay!
Happy happy smile!
What better way to start the day than a cold swim in the river by the campsite?
Beautiful and refreshing!
We lit the peace torch, ready to run.
We very much enjoyed the landscape in Oregon.
Harita was spontaneously invited to share the torch and the message of the run with some new friends at The Family Place, a relief nursery for young children, while running into McMinnville. Thank you to all the staff, children and volunteers for your great inspiration and super friendly welcome!
There shall come a time When all children of the world Will enjoy one thing: Peace-dream. -Sri Chinmoy
Running to McMinnville City Hall where Mayor Remy Drabkin welcomes us.
The Peace Runners introduce themselves.
Mayor Remy Drabkin holds the Peace Torch and shares a few words on the importance of treasuring peace.
Thank you also to City Manager, Jeff Towery, for welcoming us and sharing a few words about peace.
The Peace Torch is passed to all the people attending the event and everyone gets a chance to share a message of peace.
Joyce, Natabara's mother paid a visit and she was delighted to meet each and everyone of us.
Happy Mother and Son.
The Mayor promptly leads the way!
Thank you to the City of McMinnville for your enthusiastic welcoming of the Peace Run! See you next time!
Evergreen Aviation Museum is our next stop.
The Peace Runners are warmly welcomed with complementary tickets for everyone.
Salil looks like a real pilot on the biggest wooden aircraft ever built.
Udita takes her job as a co-pilot very seriously.
Egi, our photographer, is ready to take off.
Roxana enjoys the ride.
It's humongous!
Our volunteer guide fascinates us with the history and physics of the aircraft.
Going back on time, in 1936, when people would start traveling by plane.
Getting inside the plane.
Our guide tells us that people could even have their own bed on the airplane.
Virangini is happy.
Harita and Varunavi get ready to fly over the Grand Canyon.
Piloting.
The audience.
Now Roxana and Egi are ready to take off. Who will be the wild driver?
Thank you for having us!
The Peace Run team gets to spend a few minutes at Evergreen Space Museum.
Visitors at the museum get to know about the Peace Run.
Thank you!
We are joyfully welcomed at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Tigard. A Oneness-feeling and generosity like theirs makes the Peace Run possible.
Several of Papaha's relatives, Dan, Laurel, Bill and Carol travelled from around Oregon to meet with us- they are all lovely, and we were all so happy to meet them- and honored they took the time to come by!
Marty and Claudia, good friends of faithful customers at Jyoti Bihanga Vegetarian Reastaurant in San Diego, hold the Peace Torch.
Smile for Peace!
Our dear friends, Srividhya and Krishna welcome us at Portland Balaji Temple.
Mother Durga, Mother Kali and Mother Saraswati.
Blessings.
Sri and Krishna's son, Vittel holds the Peace Torch.
We got a very special tour at the Hindu Temple under the guidance of Krishna, Sri and their intelligent and sweet son Vittel.
A delicious dinner has been prepared especially for us by Sri Vidhya and Krishna,
The food is really delicious. It's a real authentic Indian meal.
We thank them with the book "Listen to Nature" by Sri Chinmoy and the Peace Run bag. See you next time, NAMASTE!
A family finishing their dinner after visiting the temple.
