Life With Liliana: Labor Day Weekend Bike Rides

We have spent a lot of time bike riding over the last few days. Last week we bought a bike trailer for the kids, a new bike for Christina, and new helmets for ourselves and the twins. We fixed up Varun's bike the other day and tried out the new biking equipment a few nights ago to prepare for Saturday's Tour de Fat in downtown Fort Collins. Tour de Fat is sponsered by New Belgium Brewery (if you've had Fat Tire, you've had a New Belgium beer). Basically it is a huge bike parade with 20,000 people dressed in costumes drinking beer. There are also concerts, food vendors, and tons a kids at the event so we thought it would be a fun thing to do with the kids. Luckily, we have a good friend who lives at the intersection of the parade starting line. He had us over for mimosas and a great breakfast in the morning. We had a great view of bike riders lining up in their costumes from his balcony. The kids (especially Lily) had a good time dancing to the music and watching the costumed riders below. As the parade started to dwindle down at the end, we hopped on our bikes and rode at the end of the parade line. It was a lot of fun and we are glad that we decided to try it with the kids. We will definitely try to ride again next year! Here are a few pictures from the morning and a few extras from our 10 mile bike ride along the Poudre River Trail on Sunday.