Tahoe Donner - Cross country skiing 24.-26. 2. 2017

This year has great snow conditions, so it would be shame not to take advantage of it. Cross country skiing area at Tahoe Donner rents chariots for pulling kids, so we decided to go there. This trip should have happened two weeks ago, but because Adam was sick, we had to cancel it. We left Friday early morning, arrived to Tahoe around 11 and after lunch we went skiing. We got back exactly at 5 pm, which was closing hour. The cabin, where se were staying was just 5 minutes from the resort, which was perfect.
On Saturday the weather didn't look too good early in the morning, but luckily it changed and we spend most of the day cross country skiing again. On Sunday we planned to go tubing for little bit before heading home early to avoid traffic after President's week. The tubing was $25 per adult, too much for just one hour of fun, so we decided to go home.
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Tento rok jsou uzasne snehove podminky, a tak by bylo skoda toho nevyuzit. Areal na bezky v Tahoe Donner pujcuje vozicky pro deti a tak jsme se rozhodli jet tam. Na tento vylet jsme meli jet asi pred 14 dny, ale protoze Adam byl nemocny, tak jsme to museli zrusit. Vyrazili jsme v patek brzo rano, na Tahoe jsme dojeli kolem 11 a po obede jsme se vydali lyzovat. Vratili jsme se presne v 17h, coz byla zaviraci doba. Chata, kde jsme prespavali, byla jen 5 minut od arealu, coz bylo super.
V sobotu brzo rano pocasi nevypadalo moc dobre, ale nastesti se to zmenilo a my jsme stravili opet vetsinu dne na bezkach. V nedeli jsem chteli sankovat chvili nez bychom vyrazili zpet domu, aby jsme se vyhnuli zacpam po tydnu volna. Vstup do arealu byl ale za $25 za dospeleho, coz se nam zdalo hodne za hodinku sankovani a tak jsem jeli hned domu.
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Lake Tahoe cabin - MLK weekend 13. - 16. 1. 2017

Another our tradition is to go with friends to Lake Tahoe area for MLK weekend. Usually we try to go to the north area, but we got so many friends interested this year, and the only big cabin available was in the south area. We had 17 adults and 10 kids! The weather was perfect! The week before our trip was snowing almost every day, but for our weekend we had mostly sunny weather. We managed to do one day of cross country skiing and two days of snowshoeing.
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Dalsi nasi tradici je vylet na chatu s kamarady k jezeru Tahoe na prodlouzeny vikend MLK. Vetsinou jezdime do severni oblasti, ale protoze mnoho nasich kamaradu se chtelo pridat, tak jedina velka chata, kterou jsme nasli byla v jizni oblasti. Jelo s nami 17 dospelych a 10 deti! Pocasi bylo taky perfektni! Tyden pred nasim vyletem temer kazdy den snezilo, ale na nas vikend bylo temer slunecne pocasi. Jeden den jsme vyrazili na bezky a dva na sneznice.
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Olympic NP - Seattle - 28. 12. 2016 - 4. 1. 2017

Olympic NP and Seattle was our destination for our travel around New Year this year. We flew to Seattle and drove to Olympic NP first. The weather wasn't great, but even with a lot of rain we managed to do a few hikes. The park is big, and has three different areas - coast, rain forrest and mountains. Unfortunately we weren't able to get to the mountains. I am sure we will visit the park sometimes in the summer also.
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After Olympic NP we went to Seattle and spend a few nights there. We rented an apartment in the center and walked to the Pike peak Market, Waterfront, Space Needle and Pacific Science museum. We also managed to meet for dinner with one of our friends from California who now lives in Seattle.
Behem naseho cestovani po vanocich jsme navstivili Narodni park Olympic a Seattle. Prileteli jsme do Seattlu a jeli jsme nedrive do narodniho parku. Pocasi nebylo idealni, ale i pres hodne deste se nam podarilo udelat nekolik vyslapu. Park je velky a ma tri hlavni oblasti - pobrezi, destny les a hory. Bohuzel do hor se nam nepodarilo dostat. Jsem si jista, ze se sem vypravime i nekdy v lete.
Po narodnim parku Olympic jsme jeli do Seattlu a stravili jsme zde nekolik noci. Pronajali jsme si byt v centru a prosli se k trhu Pike Peak, k vode, Space Needle a muzea vedy. Take jsme sli na veceri s kamaradem z Kalifornie, ktery ted zije v Seattlu.
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Colorado - Christmas 23. - 28. 12. 2016

I has become a tradition to go for Christmas to Colorado. This year wasn't any different. We spent the Christmas with Eric's side of the family. Last day we took a trip to Georgetown to ride a old train. We hoped to see also two of our friends who lives in Colorado, but unfortunately that didn't happen.
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Uz se to stalo tradici, ze na vanoce jezdime do Colorada. Tento rok nebyl jiny. Stravili jsme vanoce s rodinou z Ericovi strany. Posledni den jsme se vydali do Georgetown a projeli se starym vlackem. Doufali jsme take, ze se uvidime se dvemi kamaradkami, ktere ziji v Coloradu, ale to se nakonec neuskutecnilo.
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Czech Christmas dinner and Christmas party 17. - 18. 12. 2016

This year it was for the 10th time we organized Czech Christmas dinner. As usually I made fried fish, potato salad, soup and a lot of Czech Christmas cookies. This year about 14 different kinds! It was a great evening with our friends.
On Sunday we invited other friends for our now traditional Christmas party. We played a lot of games and had fun as every year.
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Tento rok jsme uz po desate organizovali tradicni ceskou vanocni veceri. Jako obvykle jsem usmazila rybu, udelala bramborovy salat, polevku a hodne ceskeho vanocniho cukrovi. Okolo 14ti druhu! Byl to super vecer s nasimi kamarady.
V nedeli jsme pak pozvali kamarady na nasi uz tradicni vanocni party. Hrali jsme hodne her a uzili si to jako kazdy rok.
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Pinecrest Lake - Thanksgiving 23. - 27. 11. 2016

Last three years we went for Thanksgiving to Yosemite, this year we decided to change our tradition. We went with three other families to Pinecrest Lake area, where we rented a cabin for four nights. Not all the families stayed the whole time, but we still had a great time. Eric and I went for a long hike the first day, but unfortunately Eric's knee started to hurt so the following days we were quite lazy. On Friday we found little snow and took Adam for his first sledding. On Saturday afternoon/evening the storm came in and we woke up to nice snow powder outside. It was shame that we didn't have more time to enjoy it.
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Posledni tri roky jsme jezdili na Den Dikuvzdani do Yosemite, tento rok jsme se rozhodli nasi tradici trochu pozmenit. S dalsimi tremi rodinami jsme jeli do oblesti jezera Pinecrest, kde jsme si pronajali chatu na ctyri noci. Ne vsechny rodiny zustali po celou dobu, ale i tak jsme si to uzili. Eric a ja jsme se vydali na delsi vyslap prvni den, ale bohuzel Erica zacalo bolet koleno a nasledujici dny jsme byli docela lenivi. V patek jsme nasli trochu snehu a vzali Adamka na prvni projizdku na sanich. V sobotu vecer prisla vanice a my jsme se probudili do bile nadilky. Skoda, ze jsme si ji nemohli vice uzit.
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Yosemite 12.- 13. 11. 2016

Last few year we were going for Thanksgiving to Yosemite. This year we choose to go somewhere else, so we decided to take a trip to the NP some other weekend. We managed to get a heated cabin in Half Dome village (used to be Curry village). On Saturday we hiked up to Vernal falls through the mist trail which was open. On Sunday we went to Colombia rock, to see the views of Half Dome before we headed back home.
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Poslednich par let jsme jezdili na Den Dikuvzdani do Yosemite. Tento rok jsme se vyrazime  nekam jinam, ale rozhodli jsme se vyjet do Yosemite jiny vikend. Podarilo se nam zamluvit vyhrivany stan v Half Dome Village (puvodne Curry Village). V sobotu jsme si vysli k vodopadum Vernal zkrz cestu, kde strikalo z vodopadu, ktera byla otevrena. V nedeli jsme si vysli k vyhlidce Colombia, abychom se podivali na Half Dome nez jsme vyrazili zpet domu.
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