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franklin

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It's that cooped up time of year again and I need some weekend ideas for the fam. I have two young boys and the wife has an extra half belly right now, so snowmobiling etc. is out. The kids aren't old enough for sports to take up every Saturday morning so I need to fill it up some other way.

I wanted to make a summer trip to Dinosaur, Fantasy Canyon, and the lakes but I might do it this weekend instead and just skip those beautiful lakes.

What does everyone else do? Suggestions?
 
Antelope island is a good one that might work with the weather this weekend. My wife and I liked to ride road bikes out there when the temp is above 40.

You could also go ride the heber creeper.
 
Beantown said:
Come to teh Bay Area, Its like 70 degrees all week. I played 18 holes of golf yesterday.
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I'd already be there if I didn't have to save all my vacation for this child's birth.


Duck Rodgers said:
Have you guys seen that Ice Castle thing yet in Midway?
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Those actually look pretty cool. I'm thinking about hitting that, the tube run thing, and the Freeskiing Grand Prix in Park City (It's Free!).

I don't think Shaun White will be there but who really cares when this is what you're watching:

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https://www.irideparkcity.tv/iridepc/events/event26
 
We go hiking at Tahoe, and snowshoeing. You can snowshoe part of the Donner Party trail, and see the exact path they took through the pass. It is sobering, but a good history lesson and really hits you how hard that must have been to be there in the worst conditions imaginable with no warm car to get into when you get tired snowshoeing.
 
LogGrad98 said:
We go hiking at Tahoe, and snowshoeing. You can snowshoe part of the Donner Party trail, and see the exact path they took through the pass. It is sobering, but a good history lesson and really hits you how hard that must have been to be there in the worst conditions imaginable with no warm car to get into when you get tired snowshoeing.
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I've thought about this but how young can you take them? I worry I'm going to be lifting my 3 y.o. by the top of his coat the entire way, and the other is going to burn out soon enough. I really want to do a snow cave trip with them but I'm worried we wouldn't make it the 100 yards to camp.
 
franklin said:
I've thought about this but how young can you take them? I worry I'm going to be lifting my 3 y.o. by the top of his coat the entire way, and the other is going to burn out soon enough. I really want to do a snow cave trip with them but I'm worried we wouldn't make it the 100 yards to camp.
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Around Tahoe there are several "nature hikes" that would work for younger kids. A couple less than a mile and still beautiful in the snow-covered trees and along the lake. I took my teens on the Donner trip and it was amazing to see the looks on their faces, and that they "got it" when we talked about the hardships that group faced.

I know that elementary aged kids go on part of the Donner trail hike. It isn't far from the visitor's center to the site of one of the cabins the group built to try to ride out the winter, and there are ranger-guided tours of that site. Wouldn't be hard to carry a 3 year old that far if they peter out before you get there, although at 3 they won't get much out of it other than playing in the snow with mom and dad.
 
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