T@BStream Back Home

We picked up TabStream today..

It was a nice driveback to Walnut Creek from the RV dealer just outside of Sacramento.

We got our new personalized emblem for the
Tab from http://youremblem.com

Welcome Home!

T@BStream Update

We just got word from Dutchmen today that TabStream is fixed and will soon be on a truck back to California..

Just in time for spring camping!

T@BStream Picked Up

I got a call this morning at 8am that the transport would be picking up our Tab around 9:30.. I met the driver at our storage and helped him get his trailer down the narrow driveway to get his trailer as close as possible to our Tab.

TabStream is on its way to the factory to have the frame replaced.. see ya soon!

T@BStream Damage Update

We were told that our Tab was going to be a total loss.. a couple ofweeks later we were told it can be fixed and will need to be sentback home to Dutchmen, a week later we were told by our claimsadjuster that her supervisor wanted to see if there was a local placethat could do the repairs and that they would not be sending our tabto Dutchmen.. .. Well, after 60 days in the claims process.. We hitour wall with the insurance company, We were about to file acomplaint with the State Dept of Insurance.. We spoke with thesupervisor and insisted that they send our tab to Dutchmen for therepairs.. ..

Well, Good News!!.... TabStream will be picked up next week and sentback to the factory for repairs. We should have our beloved tab backin 4 - 5 weeks

T@BStream Damaged

We thought we were going to have a great weekend heading to the coast and watching the Mavericks Surf Contest and staying at the Half Moon Bay State Beach Campground in Half Moon Bay, CA. We arrived at our Storage to find that someone (with a LARGE Truck) had hit and run over our tongue and coupler and crushed the coupler handle, broke the Jockey Wheel, bent the frame and god know what else has been done.. And no note to say ooh sorry for the damage to your 4 month old cute Tab.. uuugghh

December Trip - Oregon

December 2007
For Christmas we took the TAB on the longest trip we have been on so far. We went to Jefferson, Oregon..(565 miles)

We left Walnut Creek around 7:00 pm Saturday Dec 22.. We decided to stay overnight at a Rest Area just north of Yreka, CA. We stopped around 1:00am parked and got in the TAB and turned on the furnace and got the trailer warm in a few minutes.. We slept til around 8:30am, took Missy for a short morning walk and got in the Ridgeline and headed off to Oregon. We stayed in front of my brothers house in Jefferson, OR for 2 nights and drove back home to CA all day Christmas as we both had to be at work on Dec 26.

A few notes about Oregon....You can't pump your own gas.. Nice, but if they are busy it can take some time to just gas n go. Oregon has some outstanding Rest Areas, Super Clean, Lots of Room, and spaced well along Interstate 5

Napa Valley, Calistoga & Mud Baths

November 2007

Our Trip this month we stayed at the Napa Valley State Park. I always forget how close we are to the Napa Valley ( 65 miles )

We arrived around 7:30 pm Saturday on Thanksgiving weekend. There are about 40 spaces for avg sized RV/Trailers at Napa Valley State Park. There were maybe 8 spaces being used. One family was there with their small children in a tent.. (brave folks.. it was in the mid 30's over night).

We took a walk around Calistoga, CA (5 mins from camp) we had lunch then decided to take a drive to Clear Lake, CA. We walked around some of the lake, Missy met some other dogs and they played for awhile. That night we had reservations to go to Golden Haven Hot Springs Spa for a couples Mud Bath.. We slept very well that night.

Bodega Bay & New Honda Ridgeline

October 2007
Well, the much loved CRV is gone and we got a new Honda Ridgeline (I wanted the Rigdeline in 2005 when we got the CRV but Nathan won out in 05) We are a one vehicle household so we needed something that fits us all the time. We LOVE the Ridgeline, the trunk is an outstanding feature. Missy our Boston Terrier loves the big back seat of the Truck.

Our first trip we went to Bodega Bay, CA. We left Walnut Creek

Saturday after I got off work. We hit a huge traffic jam on HWY 24 just before the Caldecott Tunnel .. there was an accident inside the tunnel and all lanes blocked for an hour...

We stayed at Bodega Bay RV Park a very nice clean place. Sunday we went to Point Reyes Station, CA. We are huge cheese lovers and the Cowgirl Creamery is our favorite we got some good cheese and ate lunch in town at Rosie's Cowboy Cookhouse. Before heading back to Bodega Bay we took a nice long drive up to Occidental, Ca.

Pictures of our space at Bodega Bay RV Park

Sonoma County