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THE SOUTH: In Virginia, Route 5 passes stately James River plantations. Farther west are state roads (Routes 11, 60, 15, and 33) circling an area crammed with history: the homes of Jefferson, Monroe, and Wilv son-- , the tomb of Robert E. Lee, and Civil War sites such as Appomattox ' and Spots wood battlefields. North Carolina's Route 12 runs the length of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a spit 'of land in the Atlantic Ocean, where the Wright brothers initiated the air age. This By JACK RYAN for speed, safety, and convenience. The sole motive of modern shunpikers is fun: discovering historical and scenic wonders overlooked by tourist hordes, America's early days, the govern(and sometimes even private citizens) built roads through the wilderness, installed turnpikes and then charged travelers tolls for using them. Some frugal Americans of that era would have no part of these turnpike roads (or pikes, as they were called for short). They initiated the practice of shunpiking, that is, avoiding the costly toll ways by traveling back roads. Even today, Rhode Island has an secondary highway bearing the official name Shun Pike. Shunpikers of today avoid the expressways, though not to keep from paying tolls, which are really bargains INment (toll-gate- Hapfv GUTS SCRAPES BURNS s), visiting unspoiled towns and - rural areas, and, most of all, savoring the excitement of never knowing what's around the next bend. There are disadvantages. Shunpikmotels and ing is eating spots may not be as swanky as facilities, and some side roads can be a real test of driver and car. Here are some sample shunpike areas, but remember, part of the fun is starting out on recommended routes and then letting your own adventurous spirit guide tif toll-w- I y anesthetic action soothes, cools, stops pain. And itt antiseptic action combats infection, help injuries heal Nature's way. also pro. airborne ianVctioa rapid, avataarr ... toagainst promotes raaV healing. Camfho-Phiniq- ui it like having a First Aid Kit in a hot tie. Wonderful for drying op fever blisters and cold sores . . . prevents painful cracksng, too. And when a cold dogs your Bote, pot a few dropt of Campho-FHiMQt- m on yont handkerchief and aahale the atedtcated vapor. Yoa breathe easiet tiISTl V encom-Vpassi- & Xb A. k A s Watkins Glen rock grottott ave visi tors to Finger Lakes, N.Y region. y' t THI AST: Next week Rhode Island's best shunpiking will be through the region of Harmony and apple-growi- ng Greenville off Routes 44 and 101. Here 12 Femilr Wetkly, April tS, 196S ' pJKi Us c: These columns are haunting remains of a great plantation in Mississippi. ng Kan-camag- us . i;l fil you can exchange the monotony of turnpike vistas for miles of blossoming applcf trees and exhaust fumes for the fragrance of blossoms. Vermont has a circle tour - everything from covered bridges to "picture post card" churches, and some of the best of each are oh offbeat roads. But you had better get county maps because some wind up in scenic dead ends. In neighboring New Hampshire, go shunpiking on the Highway, 35 miles of unbroken wilderness, and also along the Mad River off Route 175 at Campton. The latter is ruggedly beautiful, and in the same area youll find a glacial park for rock hunting and a "dog town" at Wonalancet devoted to raising huskies, descendants of the work dogs that helped our first explorers in the Arctic and Antarctic. Less rugged but scenic and filled with tourist curiosities is the Finger Lakes region of New York State. At Ehnira, you may catch glider enthusiasts swooping through the skies. to Apply cats, scrapes, nunor bams. You U be amaied at how FAST itt - : ay - CAMrao-PMiNiQ- sent le time-consumin- g; Stop Pain Fast Promota Rapid Haating Guamo-PioNiQ- 70-mi- is strictly an area of nonjet living; city folk will discover friendly villages and lonely expanses of wildlife preserve (great for bird watching). A circle route in Alabama ' from Montgomery to Anniston (mostly on Routes 231 and 431) is notable for diverse attractions: everything from vast marble quarries to the only spot in the world where a man is known to have been hit by a meteorite! But a scenic skyway and such lovely old towns as Talladega offer this 's real charm. Charming towns, incidentally, are the real treasures of shunpiking. Off. U. S. 19 in Florida, for example, are Steinhatchee (no mayor, police, or firemen) and Cedar Key (natives argue they live in the Gulf of Mexico, not on it). What do these towns have besides shun-pike- |