(The Best!) Wenatchee Weekend

We haven’t gone camping (okay, “camping”) since returning from our 3-week road trip in August. It was a week in the shop getting jacks installed, and then The Construction Project began, making it really difficult to leave for the weekend, and even get the RV in the driveway enough to pack it.

But I have been working really hard for weeks now and I was ready to play just as hard!

The crew was supposed to get rid of the last dirt pile in the driveway on Saturday and bring in gravel to mitigate the The Great Mud Pit, and we didn’t need to be around, so we picked up the RV Friday afternoon, packed in hurry, failed to fix the latest break (but rolled it out of the way for now), and left a hour and a half later than I hoped.

Oh, but it was good to be going down the road again! The state parks stopped taking reservations earlier this month but Plan A was Wenatchee Confluence State Park and Plan B was Lincoln Rock State Park. We had to form Plan C, which was Daroga State Park, but ended up with Plan D, a Walmart Parking lot at 10:30pm.

It was good for us to have to scramble. Kyla once again got to witness that her parents will come up with something even when our plans go sideways. We had filled up the water tank earlier, and everyone was tired enough to go to bed straightaway. And the next morning, I was able to bring back the bacon, literally, before everyone else was out of bed.

By 9am Saturday, we were back to Plan A, and got a great spot at Wenatchee Confluence with breakfast cooking. Phew!

And, so, the adventure where things go wrong had concluded, and the part where the adventures go even better than planned began.

After breakfast, we went for about a four mile walk with all the kids without maximum whining.

There was a little laying around in the sun (sun! 71 F!) and chatting with fellow campers before we took Wes down to the water to freeze.

Then Piper and Abs joined us on a 12 mile bike ride (10 miles for the Apple Loop + 2 miles to and from the FroYo store as a reward).

Kyla missed the bike ride, so she and I did another 6 miles to see the beautiful demonstration gardens and outdoor sculpture scene along the route.

Dwayne made nachos for dinner while I did more Airbnb work, as I’m on all 24/7. We are adjusting to a much earlier sunset but all the better for campfires and smores. I still got to join a Zoom birthday party while the kids watched 3 Idiots for the 4th time.

The next morning was amazing. I read an entire novel while Dwayne snored and snuggled until almost 11am. Then a stop by Leavenworth for bratwurst and gingerbread (oh, the lines! I’m so over Leavenworth lines!) before a beautiful, if wet, autumn drive home.