Thirty-thousand miles, four wheels, two people and one cause: promote nonviolence as a solution with Iraq with two words: “No war.”

Erik and Robin Sol (formerly Erik Foley and Robin Goldberg) are driving their way across the United States to trace out the words “no war” in American highways.

“It’s not a peace protest,” Robin Sol said. “But an affirmation of nonviolence.”

The couple began their trek in June as an alternative to their honeymoon of backpacking across Europe. “We originally planned for the trip to last only three months,” Erik Sol said. “But it’s going to take much longer.”

The couple is currently heading for the peak of the “A” in central Iowa, and they hope to finish the “W” by Thanksgiving, in order to take time to visit their families in Lexington, Mass. The couple stopped in St. Louis and spoke at SLU.

The two became inspired while attending a rally after Sept. 11, where Erik Sol saw “no war” written in graffiti on the sidewalk.

In their travels the couple has made visits to special historical sites throughout the U.S. They have traveled to Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau came up with the idea of nonviolence, to Ground Zero in New York City and to the Gateway Arch.

“The Arch is important because it marks the beginning of westward expansion and a new opportunity for so many people,” Erik Sol said. “But at the same time you have to remember that so many people died for that opportunity.”

The Sols have found that all their sites represent two sides of America, where something was great and at the same time tragic.

At each stop they place a white flag in the ground and burn a candle for peace.

They hope to eventually reach Columbine, the Alamo, the Black Hills and end their trip in Point Conception, Calif., at a lighthouse.

For an up-to-date list of their travels and mission, go to their Web site at www.thenowarproject.net.