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Shunpiking
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The term shunpiking comes from the word shun, meaning "to avoid", and pike, a term referring to turnpikes, which are roads that require payment of a toll to travel on them.[1] People who often avoid toll roads sometimes call themselves shunpikers.
Shunpiking has also come to mean an avoidance of major highways (regardless of tolls) in preference for bucolic and scenic interludes along lightly traveled country roads.
The London Free Press has for years put out a yearly Shunpiker map in its weekend edition. It has been our observance for the last several years they have put in minimal effort and expected maximum result. Thousands of participants usually follow the map and if there are not lots of destinations in between the major stops then the clutter of people gets to be too much to manage. This year the stops were minimal and all highway driving. So we decided to do the Fanshawe Pioneer Village part and then have our picnic, and a bit of our own adventuring.
Pioneer Village was fun, we have not been there in years and it was mostly open with the buildings manned by the appropriate folks. Bear and I played a game of checkers at the Denfield General Store. It was fun!
Saw this guy on the top of the cedar I heard him singing it turns out he is a Song Sparrow:
From there we headed to Weldon Park in Arva and had our picnic. We found a picnic table in a shady spot and plopped down to have our lunch. We had spent over two hours at Pioneer Village. From the picnic we headed to Anne's Chocolates in Arva and then across the road to pay our respects to Cathy and spend a moment with her. I still find it hard to believe...
We headed north on Highway 4 to Birr and stopped to browse the general store as per Mom's request. We found some interesting things and strolled through the various nooks and crannies. From there we continued north to Lucan and purchased D's car tickets he buys each year. I saw places I have not seen in a long time and gazed as I drove by and for the first time in a long time had a smile.
We headed towards home and stopped by Mal's for a quick visit. I had been getting grief about her not seeing Bear and thought it was a good day to put that to rest. She got a Bear and a D visit all in one!
We dropped Mom off home and the three of us headed back to our home and had a BBQ sent Bear safely on his way after he brought the dresser in for me and now I can finish the spare room downstairs and toss out the rack that has been wobbly for sometime now.
I put my legs up and got an ice pack for my knees and here we are this morning already. We do indeed have baby Robin's again - how we missed egg laying is beyond us as D just checked the other day...But there are three lil ones in the nest.
Enjoy the day,
Lady of the Oak
Shunpiking has also come to mean an avoidance of major highways (regardless of tolls) in preference for bucolic and scenic interludes along lightly traveled country roads.
The London Free Press has for years put out a yearly Shunpiker map in its weekend edition. It has been our observance for the last several years they have put in minimal effort and expected maximum result. Thousands of participants usually follow the map and if there are not lots of destinations in between the major stops then the clutter of people gets to be too much to manage. This year the stops were minimal and all highway driving. So we decided to do the Fanshawe Pioneer Village part and then have our picnic, and a bit of our own adventuring. 
Pioneer Village was fun, we have not been there in years and it was mostly open with the buildings manned by the appropriate folks. Bear and I played a game of checkers at the Denfield General Store. It was fun!
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| We had to turn Mom in for being a resistor! |
Saw this guy on the top of the cedar I heard him singing it turns out he is a Song Sparrow:
From there we headed to Weldon Park in Arva and had our picnic. We found a picnic table in a shady spot and plopped down to have our lunch. We had spent over two hours at Pioneer Village. From the picnic we headed to Anne's Chocolates in Arva and then across the road to pay our respects to Cathy and spend a moment with her. I still find it hard to believe...
We headed north on Highway 4 to Birr and stopped to browse the general store as per Mom's request. We found some interesting things and strolled through the various nooks and crannies. From there we continued north to Lucan and purchased D's car tickets he buys each year. I saw places I have not seen in a long time and gazed as I drove by and for the first time in a long time had a smile.
We headed towards home and stopped by Mal's for a quick visit. I had been getting grief about her not seeing Bear and thought it was a good day to put that to rest. She got a Bear and a D visit all in one!
We dropped Mom off home and the three of us headed back to our home and had a BBQ sent Bear safely on his way after he brought the dresser in for me and now I can finish the spare room downstairs and toss out the rack that has been wobbly for sometime now.
I put my legs up and got an ice pack for my knees and here we are this morning already. We do indeed have baby Robin's again - how we missed egg laying is beyond us as D just checked the other day...But there are three lil ones in the nest.
Enjoy the day,
Lady of the Oak
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