Autumn is the perfect time to explore Nova Scotia's back
roads and the 2nd Annual Mystery Tour promises vibrant vistas with
a medley of landscapes covering three counties.
The
Tour follows peaceful back roads showcasing gorgeous fall colours, towns
and villages, and museums, rich with history.
You explore at your own pace. Take your time and discover the various
sights.
Everyone's
welcome - including those who are 'car challenged'. (We'll double up and
carpool.) Bring your friends, a group, or the whole family. And your camera.*
Just show up in your car or on foot at either
Shunpiking's office, 6211 North St (at Windsor) in Halifax
on Sat., Oct. 14 by 9 a.m. Everyone leaves at 9 a.m. (someone
goes ahead and marks the route); or
Receive our free information booklet and map - where you are
going, and what you can see and do;
Watch for the directional signs as you go;
Day's end. An optional BBQ, new friends, a beautiful view.
It's a MYSTERY TOUR - you may even rediscover your own back yard!
Shunpiker Tour, 455-4922
The route for the Fall Mystery Tour is designed by Gary Saunders, author
of the forthcoming Discover Nova Scotia: Landscapes, a comprehensive
illustrated natural history guide to the province's byways and highways.
Landscape is due out this fall from Nimbus Publishing and the N.S. Museum
of Natural History
Each
year the Shunpiker Mystery Tour takes you into a different region of Nova
Scotia
The Tour features interesting highlights from the region, leg-stretchers
and views, historical flashbacks, geology, flora and fauna
"Rain or shine". Let us know you're coming!
The top photos will be published in shunpiking magazine, as judged by
John Wm. Webb of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia
Editor/Publisher
shunpiking
magazine
Offices:
6211 North
Street (at Windsor)
Halifax, NS B3L 1P4
Mail:
P.O. Box
31377,
Halifax, NS
B3K 5Z1
Canada
Telephone:
1-888-TRY-SHUN,
(902) 455-4922
Fax:
(902)
455-7599
E-mail:
shunpike@istar.ca
New Media Services Inc.
Publishers of
shunpiking,
Nova Scotia's Discovery Magazine The Outdoor Resource Directory The Kids' Baseball Book Passport to Diving
"You
can never stop exploring a people." Kurt Knudsen, Norwegian explorer
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Comments on the Inaugural Tour
A very pleasant memory to take home to Toronto, glad we went! Margaret
Jackson, Toronto
I was interested in looking at some of the back roads to see some really
interesting places where I hadn't been. It's wonderful. I think it's a
great idea. It should be done more often S Full marks for shunpiking.
I think the fact that it was a mystery was enticing as well. I liked the
element of not knowing.
Sheilah Foster, Halifax
I enjoyed it, absolutely I would do it again. And the mystery, not knowing
where your route will be, and getting out the paper and reading "you can
go here and you can go there," that I liked.
Sandy Wentzell, Halifax
I figured it would be a good way to get out. Carpooling is nice. I would
definitely do this again. It was nice to meet people I'd never met before.
The information is out there, but I probably wouldn't have read it and
done this on my own. I liked having it ready for me. It's from a magazine
I respect, so I trusted the route. The source of the information is important.
Shunpiking tends to write their articles about interesting places so I
think that they would know interesting places to visit.
Hadas Levy, Halifax
We enjoyed the outing very much and it took us to some places we have
not been in a long time. The scenery is wonderful with all the changing
colours. The directions were excellent ... Our children were thrilled
to be able to tour the Walton lighthouse. We had a wonderful, family day
and we thank you for arranging it so nicely. We will be anxiously waiting
for the next one!
The Eisenhauers, Ellershouse
I've discovered a name for what I've always enjoyed. I can now call myself
a shunpiker.
Catherine Vardy, NovaNewsNet
If you join the shunpiker's ranks all you need is an adventuresome spirit
and a relaxed attitude about time.
William C. Heine, "I'm a Shunpiker"
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