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Tenzin scored big today when an interested bystander gave a donation of cigars to the smokers in the group.

A strange sculpture of wooden crates that just begged to climbed upon and have the Tibetan flag flown from the top. With a little imagination this hill of crates becomes a high peak in the Himalayas and the flag declares freedom to all of Tibet.

Some of the walkers pose in front of one of the many white pines that is very prominent in this area.

Approximately 2500 years ago a great peacemaker came from north of Lake Ontario and calmed the various warring Indian nations, and united them into what is today known as The Six Nations. Their weapons where buried under a white pine and ever since this tree is thought of as the tree of peace.

Route 14, the road the walkers will follow south is not just a beautiful road that edges along Seneca Lake, but a road with much history and a road that deservedly can be called a freedom trail. Before there was pavement, even before wagon trails, this route was heavily traveled by the Seneca people who peacefully inhabited this land for over 2000 years. Also, just over 100 years ago this road was used by Harriet Tubman as part of the underground railroad that carried hundreds of slaves to freedom in Canada after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act. This area is also known as the starting point of of the Women's Rights Movement with the cities of Seneca Falls, Rochester, and Geneva being the homes of women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Blackwell. With all this in mind it seemed incredibly appropos that someone should pass out to all the walkers a postcard with a quote from Margaret Mead that reads:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has."

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