October Trip - Sonoma Coast

We were off again this past weekend... Yes, two weekends in a row camping. Saturday morning we headed off to the Sonoma Coast camping at Stillwater Cove Regional Park. We stopped on our way up the coast to enjoy the waves and let Missy check out the area (pee break).

Once we arrived and had set up TabStream a fellow camper came over and said " I LOVE your cute little matching trailer & truck" and she waited until we had set up to come over to look at our "rig" we gave her a tour of the TAB. This was the first time someone waited, most of the time we get someone coming over wanting to look at our TAB before we even back into our space.

Stillwater Cove was a wonderful location and such a nice small family campground.

Sunday we took a drive up the coast to visit some of the small coastal towns. We stopped in Gualala at Bones Roadhouse. We had Beer, Stuffed Potato Skins, Clam Chowder and some of the best Onion Rings we have had. (yes those are onion rings .. not Cinnamon Rolls)

Great food and a Great view

Next trip.. Yosemite

How do you like the Sonoma Coast, Missy?

September Trip - Napa Valley State Park

This past weekend we went to Napa Vally State Park.

We arrived and unhitched the T@B and drove into St. Helena and had dinner at Taylor's Automatic Refresher, Taylor's is classic roadside diner with the BEST Burgers you have ever had. (they also have a location in the San Francisco Ferry Building) We had Blue Cheese Burger, Beacon Cheeseburger, Garlic fries & Beer. They also serve whatelse... Wine.

lowlight photo below - iPhone has no flash

After dinner we stopped by the Supermarket and picked up some milk and a DVD at the RedBox DVD rental
Napa Valley State Park is so nice in the fall. The park was full Saturday night and about half full Sunday night.

Sunday we took a walk around the park and went into St. Helena for lunch at the Silverado Brewing Company for their Oktoberfest. Good Food, Good Beer. Great weather to eat outside. They are very dog friendly and gave missy a water bowl.

Nathan enjoying the Beer

Missy under the table.. tired dog

next weekend... The Sonoma Coast

Moo Cards

The last few trips we took we had so many people come up to us and want to know more about our T@B and our travels, many people wanted to know where to get a T@B etc.

A few weeks ago I made some Mini Cards online with pictures of T@BStream to pass out with our info and information about the T@B owners group and the T@B RV website.

We made our cards at http://www.Moo.com. You can upload your own pictures and print, Mini Cards, Business Cards, Postcards, Greeting Cards, Note Cards and Sticker Books.

(Click picture below for a larger view)

August Trip - Camp Shelly

We arrived Saturday at Camp Shelly in the late afternoon. The campground is operated by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. Erik grew up in Livermore and his family spent many summers camping here when he was a child.





There were about half of the 26 sites filled Saturday night and Sunday night we were one of 2 sites being used. It was nice pretty much having the entire place to ourselves.

We took a drive around Lake Tahoe. Nathan had only been up to Tahoe in the winter. We took Missy for a walk and enjoyed the warm weather.

Emerald Bay is such a beautiful area of Lake Tahoe.

Erik's folks came up and stayed in TabStream mid week as we had to go back to work for the week. We will be back for Labor Day weekend.

Park Report:
Site # 26
Back In Space - no water, no elect
$30 /night

August Trip - Jackson Rancheria RV Park

This last weekend we stayed at Jackson Rancheria RV Park. We checked out this RV park a few weeks ago after we dropped off our niece and nephews at summer camp. This RV park is very new it opened in February 2008. We arrived Saturday night around 8pm and were greeted at the registration desk by a very friendly staff member. The spaces are all surrounded by lots of grass and young trees (great shade in a few yrs). The park has a large swimming pool, two hot tubs, a dog park, a large Clubhouse etc.

The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians owns the Jackson Rancheria Casino, Hotel & RV Park.

Sunday morning we took Missy for a walk around the park looking at all the over sized trailers and RV's making our Tab look like a toy.

We went to brunch at the St. George Hotel in Volcano, CA. The town of Volcano is a cute "tiny" town in gold country. Last month we took our nephews to the Black Chasm Caverns just down the road from downtown.

Later Sunday we went took a drive to the Montevina Winery in Plymouth, CA.

Park Report:
Site #: 21 - Back In space
Full hookup / Cable
$31 each night.. w/ Good Sam Discount

Below are veiws behind our site

Places we plan to Camp the rest of 2008

August 9- 11
Jackson, CA - Gold Country
We will be staying Jackson Rancheria RV Park

August 23 - 25
South Lake Tahoe, CA
We will be staying at Camp Shelly

August 30 - September 1
South Lake Tahoe, CA
We will be staying at Camp Shelly

September 27 - 29
Calistoga, CA
We will be staying at Napa Valley State Park

October 4 - 6
Jenner, CA - Sonoma Coast
We will be staying at Stillwater Cove County Park

October 25 -27
Yosemite National Park
We will be staying at Yosemite North Pines Campground

November 29 - Dec 1
Santa Cruz, CA
We will be staying at New Brighton State Beach

December: tba

June Trip - Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

We camped at Henry Cowell Redwoods SP just 5 miles from downtown Santa Cruz.

We arrived at the campground around 7:30 pm Saturday. As we drove to our space we saw a teardrop trailer. When we walked around camp the next day the teardrop was there all alone.. it had business cards on it from http://www.vacationsinacan.com

Sunday we drove into Santa Cruz and met up with our Sister in law Stepheni and took our dogs for a walk on the beach and let them play in the water. Missy loved it and slept very well that night.

That evening Nathan's brother Jared joined us after work at camp for dinner and a campfire. It was great to hang out and spend time with Jared & Steph.