We had such a great time at the Tour de Fat today! It's a northwest thing currently. Basically its a traveling beerfest/carnival put on by a microbrewery located in Ft. Collins, CO (http://www.newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat.aspx)! Its pretty awesome if you ask me.This is our 5th year going and our 4th year riding.
They start the festivities off with a bike ride parade thru downtown Boise. Everyone is encouraged to wear their wacky and silly costumes. We saw quite a few Waldo's, men dressed as women, garden gnomes, cowboys, hippy dippies and the like. This is one of my favorite events by far, as we rock a bit of the crazy ourselves :D ! This year we played it low key and just dressed sorta silly with short shorts and knee high socks (Brodie rocks it at 6'4"! Unfortunately no pics of him). The 20 minute ride heads back to the park for a free beer festival. Clowns, concerts, burlesque tents (yes seriously! though G rated) beer drinking bike races. OMG...seriously its awesome. Anyway, this was Coen's first year and he was a STUD! He fell asleep during the bike ride, beat the heat with daddy and then fell BACK asleep on the ride home. It was HOT HOT HOT, but a ton of fun and a good day for the ol' memory bank :)
**Before you ask why we took a baby to a beer festival, I must stress that its TOTALLY family friendly. They have little booths of puppet shows going, clowns with balloons, silly bikes with shoes for wheels to ride around on...
We got a great pic with some of our fav caped crusaders! Though Coen wasn't impressed.
Coen and Mama
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