Maiden Voyage! (Spoiler: we almost drowned....)

This is the first time the kids (and Dwayne, it turns out!) got to travel in the Unnamed Beast.  It is exactly what they love about motorhomes, sitting in a moving living room.  Being a newb, I let them go into the convenience store themselves when we stopped for gas, and I let them bring their tablets.  So they basically ate candy (I found out how much later when we arrived at our destination) and played video games in their moving living room.  

We liked the location of our Leavenworth park--it was less than a mile from town, and Dwayne and I discovered some new neighborhoods to walk around before we fortuitously stumbled across the Icicle Irrigation Creek trail.

We spent the rest of the weekend camping and adventuring--and working on the broken motorhome, exactly as we'd be cautioned by....everyone.

Downtown Leavenworth was even more enjoyable than usual, with slightly fewer crowds and the main streets blocked off to cars.  Restaurants were doing take out, and the Gingerbread Factory was still selling cookies, so we survived.

(Yep, Baby Sam Doll is riding the goat.  He goes where Piper and BFF go.)

I always think I love downtown Leavenworth best, but really, I try to spend most of my time on the trails along the river.  

 We walked in both Saturday and Sunday, returning to a "secret" place with a rope swing over the water. 






Those familiar with the maternal genes will not be surprised how quickly Kyla fell in and got drenched.

The kids discovered a puddle of sand, so a cat and a creeper (just nod, like you play Minecraft every moment of your allowed screen time) were sculpted.
I read that Starbursts are THE new s'mores.  My review? There really is no need to look beyond the regular s'mores...particularly with dark chocolate or Thin Mints. 

And the RV repair?  Either we brought it home this way, or the connection was so tenuous that regular road bumps shook it loose, but when we showered Friday night, the drainpipe was not connected to the shower drain.  Fortunately (?), we were unlevel enough that the water ran out toward the front door, so we quickly discovered we had a major water leak somewhere.  Dwayne wormed his hand back through the spaces, and discovered the gap:

We were unable to reattach it ourselves, but we have an appointment to have it fixed (under warranty) before our next outing.  I was able to easily reattach the pantry door that fell off, and minimalize the water damage, so we'll get the hang of it eventually.
Overall: I love it.  Even the first trip, when I had just hours to go from bare shelves to outfitting it with everything we might ever need (from tools and power converters to TP and dish soap) while still packing all the usual camping gear...well, it may have been a bit too much to do single-handedly.  But the kids loved it, I slept well, we ate well, and mostly, it was an easy camping experience.  
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