Kip: Oregon

Kip in Holi, an Indian Color Festival. Copyright 1999.

Kip is 11 years old.

PeaceBike:   What do you like to do for fun, Kip?

Kip: I like to go and play in the woods.  My grandad has 108 acres and me and my cousins go in there and we make forts and stuff.  We just found a cave and we found the beginning of a creek.

PeaceBike: What can you do to be more of a peacemaker this year?

Kip:  I have said the "Hands are not for Hurting" Pledge at school and if we show one of the qualities like honesty, and integrity and that stuff we will get a bead for that month, so if you started out in kindergarten you would have this sweet bunch of beads. I'm also a mediator at my school.

PeaceBike:  What do you think about this bike ride and where would you go if you were riding with us for a week?

Kip: I think it is good.  I would go back to India.  (Kip was born in India and has lived there before as a 10 year old.)  I would like maybe get lost and then I would find some of my friends and they would help me out!  I'd like to go back to India.  Yah, that would be great!