Sniper
Canadian Rust Bucket
Not sure where to post this, so the BS lounge is it. 39th annual Shunpiker Mystery Tour will be on Sun May 12th (Held on Mothers Day every year.) This is in Southwestern Ontario Canada, technically starting from London Ontario at the sponsor's location, The London Free Press. It's a free event, you can follow the whole route if you want, stop and see the sights that are set up for the Shunpikers.. or not if you choose. It's a family event, and a nice day cruise of approx 100 miles on average. The mystery part comes in from the fact that it's kept a secret until the morning of. So no telling what your about to do or see, or what direction your going to be taking until your underway. Used to be you picked up a large envelope at the Free Press building that had the map, the directions, and sights you'd encounter. Now you buy the Sunday paper, (London Free Press of course) and the whole works is in a special section of the paper. Now you can join the route anywhere along the way if you like. My family and I have done this for the last 25 years. My son's and daughters have grown up, and now their families have taken up the tradition. We've seen a lot of things over the years you don't normally get to see. R&M Classic Cars when they were still in Chatham ON, fish hatcheries, climbed lighthouse's, watched steam operating sawmills, old car collections, buggy and carrage works, (they were building some of the big ones for Disney, like the Budwieser Clydedales pull.) Been to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" the terminus of the underground railroad in Dresden ON. An airport, and seen agriculture spray planes being serviced. Thoroughbred horse farms, winery, bird sancuary, Pow-wow, and the list goes on and on. Most years it will have 10 or so major stops with these kind of sights. If you can make it great... if not, may be someone or a sponser (service club?) could start something in your area. It's a blast and nice day out with your family. Sniper