We started our running early this morning, Tavishi and Marina are always ready to go.
Our route took us into Wyoming so we sang the song that Sri Chinmoy composed for Wyoming. Sri Chinmoy composed a soulful song for each state and we have been singing them as we go along.
We are happy to have Nikolaus on the team for a few days and it was his turn to collect the soil from Wyoming that we will use to plant a Peace Tree in New York using soil from all 50 States.
Then it was time to run some more.
Taking a moment to feel peace.
Daulot enjoying the run and his surroundings as we head towards Yellowstone National Park.
Spotting a grizzly bear just off the road.
Some locals in West Yellowstone were happy to meet us.
It is nearly July 4th and we are seeing more and more preparations for the 250th Anniversary.
Once we finished our running we were fortunate to have some time to explore Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was the first National Park in the world, having been established in 1872.
It's easy to see why it was chosen as there were spectacular views and wild animals around every corner.
Yellowstone is famous for its geothermal features and has over half of the world's geysers and hydrothermal features.
There are around 150 geysers in the park, with Old Faithful being one of the most famous as its eruptions can be reliably predicted to within half an hour. It goes off around every 2 hours, with crowds gathering as each eruption gets closer.
Some of the team got a great view as it went off as scheduled!
We were blessed with a beautiful day giving amazing reflections in many of the pools.
The variety of nature that abounds makes it easy to see why it was declared a National Park. It covers almost 3500 sq miles.
The park is also abundant with wildlife and has the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States. These bison decided to come and stand on the road right in front of our car for a while!
Most of us had never been here before and were happy to soak in the vastness, variety and colour of Nature's beauty.
Most of the geyser eruptions can't be predicted so we were happy to be treated to seeing a few of them go off as we walked around.
We stopped trying to count the bison after seeing a few huge herds of them.
We often came across crowds of people by the side of the road which usually meant some kind of animal was around. This was a large crowd waiting for bears to come out in the evening.
We were all keen to see a bear and weren't disappointed as we spotted this one munching his greens.
You get the feeling that the animals are the boss in the park and this bison confirmed that by charging across the road between cars.
A wolf was also high on our list of things to spot and some of the team got lucky!
Coming across this canyon showed again the sheer variety of nature that Yellowstone has to offer. While much smaller than the Grand Canyon it was still an impressive sight.
A happy team!
These locals in Cooke City came to ask about the Peace Run when they saw our RV.
Often people can't resist running with the Torch.
"The rising sun and the setting sun Inspire my Heart to become one with Mother Nature." - Sri Chinmoy
