A/N: It is SUMMER! This story takes place in a universe where Covid-19 doesn't exist because I just couldn't write a bummer story like that. Huge shouts out to mashmaiden who gave me the idea for this fic. Off they go!

"So, where you two headed on vacation?" Sam asked, accepting another beer from Kensi who was behind the bar.

"Nowhere," she said, wiping down a wet spot on the counter. "We're just staying home."

"For two weeks?" Callen asked in surprise. "No way."

Kensi paused her cleaning. "What do you mean 'no way'?"

"The two of you can't even last two minutes at work without something to do? What are you going to do at home for two weeks?" Sam scoffed.

"I don't know," Kensi said, raising her eyebrows in annoyance. "It's a staycation, we can do whatever we want."

"Like drive each other crazy," Sam said while Callen snickered.

"We can go to the beach," Kensi protested. "And take Monty for walks."

"That's it? The beach and walks?" Callen said.

"You're just jealous because you don't know how to take a vacation," Kensi said with a glare.

"Neither do you," Sam said. "Or have you forgotten how the last, what is it now, three, vacations have gone for you?"

"Which is why we are staying home this year." Kensi glared at both of them. "So stop making fun of us or I'll send Deeks over for a playdate with your boat."

"Speaking of which, where is Deeks?" Callen asked, looking around for their absent teammate. "Can't really go on vacation without him." He thought for a second. "Actually maybe that would be better."

Kensi frowned and checked her watch. "He said he had to run an errand but that was like three hours ago."

She reached for her phone. Deeks left unsupervised could cause as much trouble as a toddler. "Deeks? Where are you?"

"Just got back," he said. "Can you come outside for a second?"

She knew that voice. Oh god she knew that voice. That was Deeks', "I did something that I think will be a fun surprise but you potentially might hate" voice. She gripped her phone tightly and closed her eyes. "Deeks, what did you do?"

"Just come outside!"

She hung up and looked at Sam and Callen. "He says he's outside."

The three of them wandered out the front door to the street. "Where?" Callen asked.

Kensi looked up and down the sidewalk, her nerves increasing when she didn't spot her husband. She was reaching for her phone to call him again when all three of them were startled by the blast of an obnoxiously loud horn. "What the hell?" Sam asked, looking down the street as a massive RV barreled toward them. "Somebody win the Price is Right?"

"Oh no," Kensi breathed.

Callen looked from Kensi to the RV that was pulling up in front of them. "Oh…he wouldn't. Would he?"

The RV came to a stop and the door opened to reveal a grinning, elated Marty Deeks.

"Deeks. Baby. What is this?" Kensi asked faintly.

"It's an RV!" He looked like a kid in a candy store.

"I thought we talked about making large purchases without discussing it first after the whole bar incident," she said, trying very hard not to unleash on him.

"I didn't buy it," he said quickly. "It's a rental. And I got a really good deal. But totally refundable. I just thought maybe once you saw it…"

"That I would want to move to a trailer park?" Kensi asked.

"No! No," Deeks shook his head. "You said that you would like to see all the National Parks in an RV. And since we have PTO and we have to take the days I thought this might be the time."

"I thought you two were staying home this year to avert any more vacation disasters," Sam said with a frown.

"Aha, see that's the beauty of it. No hotel. No cruise ship. No plane flight. Our RV home is our own home. We've taken all danger and disaster out of the vacation and put the control completely in our own hands."

"I wouldn't say that too loudly," Sam said, unconvinced.

"Hey Deeks." Callen had gone inside to explore and now poked his head out a window. "This thing have wifi?"

"Yep! And surround sound. All the bells and whistles."

"Don't get any ideas G," Sam called. "You already live in a bar apartment, you don't need to take your life mobile."

"It's just a thought," Callen said with a shrug before disappearing once more.

"Deeks I—" Kensi didn't quite know what to say.

He stepped toward her, eyes serious. "Kens listen, we don't have to do this. If it's too much, or not what you want, we can stay home, no harm no foul. I just thought it might be fun. Obviously we can't do all the national parks in two weeks, but we could hit a few."

She looked into his eyes, so earnest and eager. He truly had put this together out of the goodness of his heart, not some kind of whim like the bar. And it was a trip they'd talked about quite a bit. Besides, like he'd said, everything would be under their own control. It would be perfectly safe. "Okay."

"Yeah?" His eyes lit with excitement.

"Yes, let's go RV'ing and see the National Parks."

"Awesome! Yes. Okay. So we need to pack and get snacks and drop Monty at my mom's and we can leave in the morning."

"Oh, wow, oh yeah okay."

She had to admit, when Deeks brought her inside the RV it was pretty cool. It was certainly roomy enough for the two of them, the bed was gigantic and it even had a decent sized shower. It would be fun to road trip together and see a little bit of the country they helped keep safe every day.

They encountered their first problem almost immediately: Deeks hadn't thought about where to park the RV overnight. "I'll just put it in the driveway," Deeks told her as they prepared to leave the bar.

"Babe, it's not going to fit in the driveway."

"We have a big driveway."

"Not big enough to fit an RV the size of a dinosaur."

"It'll fit," he said confidently.

It did not fit. "What if I turn it this way?" Deeks yelled out the window and made a wild spinning motion with his hand.

"I don't think so—"

"I'm going to try it!" he yelled, cranking the wheel and backing up about four inches. "Am I going to hit the planters?"

Kensi looked to where the flowers she'd laboriously tended all spring in an effort to prove she was not a plant killer were in clear danger of being run over. "Uh, yeah! Don't back up anymore!"

"Crap! Okay I'm going to pull forward and then try and go the other way!"

"If you go the other way you're going to hit the mailbox!"

Deeks swore loudly, catching the attention of Mrs. Bradford who was walking her dog nearby. Kensi gave her a wave and a forced smile. "Sorry Mrs. Bradford!"

The woman shot her a disapproving glare. "Deeks, maybe we should just take it back to the bar," Kensi said with a sigh.

"We can't leave this baby at the bar!" Deeks said. "Somebody might take her!"

"Her?"

"It!"

"Right. Well I really don't think it's going to fit."

"Kensi, I'm telling you, it'll fit."

"Okay. Fine. Make it fit."

Forty-five minutes later Deeks climbed out and surveyed his handiwork. "See? Fits like a glove."

The RV was diagonal across the driveway, the front wheels gouged into the earth by the garage, the back end hanging off the curb and dangling into the street. Kensi had moved the planters and she wasn't sure the mailbox would ever recover. "Yep, it fits," she said.

"Hey." Deeks reached for her hand. "This is going to be a fun adventure. You trust me right?"

"With my life? Yes. With driving this thing across the country?" She raised her eyebrows. "Jury's still out."

"Just think about it this way, everywhere else we drive will be built for RV's. If I can park it here, I can park it anywhere."

"I guess we'll find out."

"Do you not want to go?" Deeks asked. "Because we really don't have to. I can take this thing back tomorrow and we can spend two weeks sitting around here drinking piña coladas and watching trashy television."

She looked at the crooked RV and back at him. "No, let's do it. I'm ready for an adventure."

"Okay great because I've got it all mapped out."

They went into the house and he pulled out a map. "We are using technology on this trip right?" Kensi asked a little anxiously. "I thought you said that thing had wifi."

"It does. The map is just for planning purposes," he told her. "Okay, so we're going to start here in LA and then drive up north to Yosemite. Then we head to Nevada and hit Great Basin National Park. Then Arches in Utah, Colorado Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone in Wyoming. And finally to Crater Lake in Oregon and then home."

Kensi's eyebrows had risen the entire time he was speaking. "That's a really ambitious list babe."

"Well, it's just a start. We can take things off if we get too busy or end up somewhere different."

She looked down at the map, fingers tracing the path he'd drawn. "We're going to need a lot of snacks."

A/N: I have done more research for this fic than any other fic before. I have never been to any of the national parks so...there was A LOT to learn. Hope you enjoyed this first installment. The shenanigans are coming soon!