Dana

Dana

Dana's just a regular lady living it up in Silicon Valley, enjoying traveling, playing with pups, and cooking.

Fall Weekend Getaway

We had the stay-at-home blues so we decided to do one last short getaway before our long trip across the country. We wanted to double check all the systems in the Basecamp were functioning properly and get a feel for…

Trip to Northern Oregon

Our second (somewhat longer) shakedown trip was traveling from the SF Bay Area to Lincoln City Oregon. We planned to go up I-5 over 2 days and then return after the weekend (over 2 days again) down the Oregon/California coast on 101.

Sonoma Shakedown

When you buy a new camper trailer or RV, the first bit of advice seems to always be the same: "Take a shakedown trip". After some research, I learned this was a trip near home - so you can bail if something goes terribly wrong...