by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 2, 2026 | Astoria, Oregon, United States
Here we go again, living in an Airbnb for one month. We are all about the view, and what a view we find in Astoria, Oregon. Watching massive cargo ships and tankers pass below the 4.1-mile-long Astoria-Megler Bridge puts us in a trance. This behemoth crosses the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 28, 2025 | Alaska, United States
After traveling to over one hundred different countries (only once on a cruise and that was a small ship to Antarctica) people often ask which is our favorite place. A tricky question, due to the uniqueness of each country. However, the answer glares at us – the USA...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 12, 2024 | Camping New England, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
We load our belongings into the truck and head out into the woods. Scenic two-lane backroads twist through forested mountains and small towns along the way from the Appalachians in Pittsburgh to our destination of Rockland, Maine Lobster Festival. All seven of the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 30, 2021 | Camping Oregon, Oregon, Oregon Coast, United States
Finally, we find a dive bar. Amidst all the breweries with their eight-dollar thick beers, upscale “bar food,” and revamped downtowns, the American icon dive bar is facing extinction. Nice to find a place where they open the doors before eleven o’clock in the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 20, 2021 | California, Oregon, Road Trip USA, United States
I write this from the desk of a hotel in downtown Portland, OR. What a welcome luxury after about a month of camping in the woods. In-between Wagyu burgers, oysters, craft beer, pizza, sushi, martinis, live music, and dancing in the streets, trying to remember our...
by ronmitchelladventure | Apr 16, 2021 | Road Trip USA, United States
After many months of camping during “lockdown” last year, much of it dispersed and remote, Marilynn sets the rules straight for this year. “It was a great summer, but I’m burnt out on camping,” she says. “The last thing I need to do is get remote. It’s time to go out...
