Tour de Fat!

Now that our family has upped the number of non-training wheel bike riders to four, we decided to participate in this year's Tour de Fat.  Although this awesome yearly event was created by a competing brewery *cough cough* New Belgium *cough cough*, and to be honest I'm not a fan of their beer at all, I have to say they put on one hell of a fun event, right in our beloved City Park.  What could be better than a costumed bike parade through the beautiful city streets of Denver with friends, followed by a fun festival in the park?

the start of the parade (Alex is in the lower right hand corner with the yellow t-shirt and lucha libre mask)

The 5.8 mile bike was the boys' longest, and they had a blast.  Thankfully, Kenyon was tucked into the Burley attached to Sam's bike, because keeping an eye on three boys on wheels amongst the costumed frenzy would have been an impossible feat. 

Here are some glimpses of the day, in pictures…

We wove our way through City Park, Uptown, Cheeseman Park, and downtown, passing some of my favorite buildings.  I really love Denver…

Back at the park, there was an area set up where daring festivalgoers could try out all sorts of oddball bike contraptions…

The boys and their friends, dressed for the occasion.

For any of you out there who live in San Francisco, San Diego, LA, Tempe, or Austin--a Tour de Fat is still coming your way, so check out the upcoming tour dates.