Las Vegas - Grand Canyon - Capitol Reef - Bryce - Zion - Death Valley 20. 12. 21 - 1.1. 22

We celebrated Christmas about a week earlier this year so we can take a road trip. We started in Las Vegas and Red Rock Canyon, then we visited Grand Canyon. Next destination was Capitol Reef, which was really first time visit for us (I was there previously, but the weather was bad and I didn't see much from the park). Capitol Reef was also the furtherest point, then we started to drive back home. We stopped in Bryce Canyon and visited Zion. In Zion we even met up with friends who were doing also a road trip and we found out that we will be at the same place at the same time. And the last stop was at Death Valley, where we also celebrated Emma's birthday and New Year Eve. PHOTOS

Vanoce jsme tento rok oslavili asi o tyden dopredu abychom mohli vyjet na vylet. Zacali jsme v Las Vegas a Red Rock Canyon, pote jsme navstivili Grand Canyon. Dalsi zastavka byl Capitol Reef, byli jsme tam vpodstate poprve (ja jsem tam uz byla, ale bylo spatne pocasi a tak jsem z parku moc nevidela). Capitol Reef bylo take nejvzdalenejsi misto od domova, pak uz jsme jeli zpet. Zastavili jsme se v Bryce Canyon a navstivili Zion. Tam jsme se take potkali s kamarady, kteri take cestovali a byli zrovna ve stejnou dobu na stejnem miste. Posledni zastavka byla v Death Valley, kde jsme i oslavili Emicky narozeniny a Silvestr. FOTKY

Thanksgiving in Arnold 24. - 28. 11. 2021

This year we decided to go back to our tradition of Thanksgiving cabin trip. And third time in a row we ended up at a cabin at Arnold. This year there was almost no snow at Bear Valley, so we did a lot of hiking. It was nice to spend some time with friends.
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Tento rok jsme se rozhodli vratit se k nasi tradici vyletu na chatu na Dikuvzdani. A tretim rokem jsme take skoncili na chate v  Arnoldu. Tento rok nebyl skoro zadny snih v Bear Valley a tak jsme sli kazdy den na turu. Bylo to pekne stravit zase nejaky cas s kamarady.
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Yosemite 27. - 29. 10. 2021

I decided to take the kids for short Yosemite visit. It was relatively last minute decision, but friends were going and I felt that we haven't been to the park for a while. The weather was great, the fall colors amazing and after big storm the falls were flowing. We even manage to hike up to Colombia rock. It was big hike for the kids (1 mile one way up, about 1000 ft elevation gain). 
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Rozhodla jsem se vzít děti do Yosemite. Bylo to docela rozhodnutí na poslední chvíli, ale kamarádi tam jeli a já jsem měla pocit, že jsme tam už poměrně dlouho nebyli. Počasí bylo pěkné, podzimní barvy úžasné a po velké bouřce vodopády měly hodně vody. Dokonce jsme zvládli výšlap na Colombia rock. To byla velká túra pro děti (1.6 km jedním směrem nahoru, asi 300 m převýšení).
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Sequoia Lake - Mountain school - YMCA family camp 3. - 6. 9. 2021

Mountain school, Adam and Emma's preschool, has been organizing family camping at YMCA camp for over 20 years. Only people who were or are on the board are invited and the space is limited. This year we decided to try it out. We got assigned a cabin, but because it didn't look too clean and there were signs of mouse, we decided to set up our tent if front of it. The whole weekend was full of activities which we could choose which to attend. We made funny hats, popsicle boats, tried archery, table tennis, basketball, went for a boat ride and many more.
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Mountains school, Adamkova a Emicky skolka, organizuje rodinne kempovani v kempu YMCA pres asi 20 let. Jen lide, co byli ve vedeni skoly se mohou zucastnit a misto je omezene. Tento rok jsme se rozhodli to take zkusit. Dostali jsme k bydleni chatku, ale protoze byla docela spinava a byly tam znamky mysi, tak jsme se rozhodli si postavit stan pred ni. Cely vikend byl plny aktivit se kterych jsme si mohli vybrat, co budeme delat. Vyrobili jsme srandovni klobouky, lodicky z drivek, zkusili jsme si zastrilet z luku, zahrali si stolni tenis, kosikovou, projeli na lodicce a mnoho dalsich. 
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Czech republic 28.7. - 25.8. 2021

Covid situation was improving in the spring, so I decided to get tickets for me and the kids for the trip to the Czech republic. Eric stayed at home this time. We had quite a busy schedule. First we spend the weekend with part of our extended family, then we went to summer camp for parents with children and then last week we met up with other parents with kids for unofficial summer camp. The 4 weeks went by very fast, luckily without any big complications and according to our plans. 

Situace kolem Covidu se na jare zlepsovala a tak jsem se rozhodla koupit listky pro me a deti do Cech. Eric tentokrat zustal doma. Meli jsme docela nabity program. Nejdrive jsme stravili vikend s sirsi rodinou, pak jsme jeli na tabor pro rodice a deti a nakonec jsme se setkali s dalsimi rodici s detmi na neoficialnim tabore. 4 tydny utekly velice rychle, nastesti bez vetsich komplikaci a podle planu.

Family Reunion and first and last week of our trip

  

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Summer camp

  
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Unofficial summer camp

  
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Heiser lake backpacking trip 16. - 17. 7. 2021

What supposed to be 3 day backpacking trip with friends to Upper Kinney lake became 2 day backpacking trip alone to Heiser lake.
Friends' daughter got sick, so they couldn't join us, but we were ready to go. When we arrived to our trailhead on Saturday morning we saw and smelled a lot of smoke, so we decided not to go to our original destination. We drove back and on our way we passed trailhead to Heiser lake where we went 3 years ago. We had our lunch there and evaluated our situation based on visible smoke and information from passing hikers. In the end we decided to go. In the evening we were joined at the lake by a family with three kids. They had signal there and were very kind to inform us about the fire situation. There were two fires relatively near us, but in the evening there wasn't big concern that they would get close to us. The next morning situation changed and both of our families decided to leave. At the campsite we didn't see any smoke, but as soon as we walked up first ridge the fire looked very close. Luckily we weren't in danger, but I think it was the fastest 2.5 mile hike with heavy bags we did.

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Co mel byt tri denni vylet do hor k jezeru Upper Kinney s kamarady byl nakonec jen dvou denni vylet k jezeru Heiser, ktery jsme sli sami.

Dcera kamaradu onemocnela a tak se k nam nemohli pridat, ale my jsme byli pripraveni vyrazit. Kdyz jsme dojeli k nasemu puvodnimu startu, tak jsme videli a citili hodne koure. Rozhodli jsme se proto odjet. Po ceste zpet jsme jeli kolem mista odkud jsme sli k jezeru Heiser pred 3 lety. Dali jsme si obed a sledovali jsme kour a ptali jsme se lidi, co tudy prochazeli, jestli nevi vice o pozaru. Na zaklade techto informaci jsme se rozhodli vyrazit. Vecer k jezeru prisla jeste jedna rodina se tremi detmi. Ti meli signal a byli moc hodni a informovali nas o situaci s ohnem. V okoli byly dva ohne relativne blizko nas, ale vecer nebyly obavy, ze by nas ohen ohrozoval. Dalsi rano se situace trochu zmenila a vsichni jsme se rozhodli odejit. Od kempu jsme nevideli zadny kour, ale jakmile jsme vysli kousek vyse, tak jsme mei pocit, ze ohen je pomerne blizko. Nastesi jsme nebyli v nebezpeci, ale myslim, ze tak rychle jsme 4 km jeste s tezkymi batohy nesli. 
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Mossy Pond backpacking 25. - 27. 6. 2021

Our first backpacking trip this year was in Tahoe NF. We went to Mossy pond. Actually we didn't make it to our planed lake, but we stopped one lake before that. It was nice place and we didn't see almost anybody. The second day we hiked to the Mossy pond, which is seasonal lake. Eric was able to go to the middle of the lake without getting really wet. On Sunday we hiked back to cars. The hike took us longer than we expected. The trail was well marked, but one had to really pay attention to the markers otherwise it was easy to get lost.
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Nas prvni vylet do hor s batohy byl do Tahoe NF. Sli jsme k jezeru Mossy pond. Vlastne az k planovanemu jezeru jsme se nedostali, zastavili jsme se u jezera pred nim. Bylo to pekne misto a temer nikoho jsme nevideli. Druhy den jsme si zasli k jezeru Mossy, ktere je sezoni jezero. Ericovi se podarilo jit doprostred jezera bez toho, aby se poradne namocil. V nedeli jsme pak sli zpatky k autu. Cesta nam trvala dele nez jsme predpokladali. Cesta byla dobre znacena, ale clovek musel davat pozor, kde jsou znacky, jinak bylo lehke se ztratit. 
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