by ronmitchelladventure | Jan 7, 2025 | New Zealand, Oceania
We pull ourselves from the comfort of a month-long shelter in Lyttleton, to head out on a 10-day road trip to Queenstown, New Zealand. Of course we shall trek toting backpacks along the way. Must maintain “hiking shape” for the five-day excursion from Te Anau to...
by ronmitchelladventure | Dec 28, 2024 | New Zealand
No barrage of Christmas carols. No massive bombardment of advertising designed to encourage all to excessively buy, decorate, and celebrate. What a relief! Welcome to the South Island of New Zealand. Not that we have anything against those who celebrate Christmas....
by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 29, 2024 | Canada, Newfoundland
Live music fills the streets and pubs of downtown St. John’s as if it is the Austin, Texas of far northeast Canada. Day or night, Irish music rules this city. How far northeast is it? The most easterly point in North America. From this point, if you stand at the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 16, 2024 | Canada, Labrador, Newfoundland
We have neither seen nor eaten Cod Tongues for seven years, the last time we ventured into Labrador. It is one of the food treats we look forward to revisiting. Let us celebrate completing the roughest part of the Trans-Labrador Highway with a three-night stay at the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 4, 2024 | Canada, Quebec, Trans-Labrador Highway
Time for a “Canadian bucket-list” adventure. Drive the Trans-Labrador Highway, an epic road trip that promises “unparalleled wilderness, persistent bloodsucking insects, and moose hell-bent on suicide by automobile.” We cannot wait, but first we must gear up in...
