Walk for Peace is "the 120-day, 2,300-mile journey by Buddhist monks — with loyal dog, Aloka — walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world."

For some reason, their path takes them through our little town. They'll be coming within a half-mile of our house this morning, but we're not exactly sure when. So we went to see them yesterday as they were just getting into town.

There were quite a few people lined up to see them along their route, which was nice to see. Though the owner of the business where we parked was not happy about our using his lot for the three minutes we were there.

They were handing out flowers to the crowd; my wife got one.

Note how all the monks are wearing proper running shoes except the first two, who appear to be wearing barely more than socks.

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This morning, as they passed near my house.

Really nice turnout. News helicopter spent a while watching them cross the Haw River valley before they got to where I was.