Tour de Fat

Tour de Fat came to Boise this Saturday. Before the festivities though I spied this guy. Seemed like a lot of gear for taking pictures of an ear of corn.

"I can drink good beer and I've got the ID to prove it". That's what the wristbands said on them. My first "Beer Token of Appreciation".

Ben and Ryan enjoying their first beers.

There were a lot of bicycle related activities including the "slowest bicyclist" race and no track track standing was not allowed, you had to keep moving forward the whole time. The travelocity gnome was apparently there too. He was very good at riding slowly.

The winner. There was a choir and everything. The "pulpit", if one could call it that or see it in this picture, was made from a keg.

Saw Mr. Willy Wonka there too.

And a whole mess of crazy bikes. Pretty sure this one did not have any brakes. Then again what's going to get in your way on that bad boy?

Keg periscope.

"Old dudes riding weird bikes". His words not mine, the guy on the left. That's Dylan on the right.

Paper Bird from Denver. They are pretty good ... all seven of them.

I don't know how many beers she'd had.

Armor made from cans. Very cool. Hope he cleaned the cans first.

New Orleans style funeral procession for the car.

This wasn't the real car, but some guy gave New Belgium the deed to his car in exchange for a brand new hand made bicycle. He promised not to drive for a year and his car will be sold or auctioned and the money donated to charity.

All female dance troop from Portland. Forget their name but they had some sweet bicycle tricks to show off.

MarchFourth Marching Band is also from Portland. Great sound. And you can't go wrong with guys on stilts.

These guys were good. Hand stands and what not ... all on stilts for over and hour straight.

Tara.

And scarf dancing. Can't go wrong there.

Dylan and Hondo.

Craig.

Ryan dance battling a hippy ... I think.

Gnomes had some sick moves.

The group. Most of them anyways.

The main stage. Very Moulin Rougish.

You gotta respect the stache and top hat. And he knows it.

This really sums up how we all felt by the end of the day.

Starbucks Homebase

Haven't been here in awhile, in fact nearly 18 years.

Mt. Rainer from the plane window. Found out that Alaska/Horizon provides one free cup of beer or wine with your ticket.

One of the first things I noticed in Seattle. Wish I could have experienced the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.

If you're in Seattle and want a good free view don't pay to go to the 76th floor of the Columbia building. Check out the view from the 40th floor Starbucks in the Columbia building instead.

Coolest library I've ever seen. Couldn't stop watching the passing cars in the overhanging glass. Very cool.

Not sure which building this is, but the Columbia building is hanging out behind above me.

I believe this is the Rainer building.

Can't be a tourist in Seattle without going to Pike Place Market right?

Sarah caught me.

Lots of rings in the market.

Some steep streets in that town. Did I mention it was 92 degrees that day.

I got all excited when we walked into this "bookstore". Turned out to be a donut shop instead. All those books ... just decorative. You can't read any of them. The monorail is right outside the windows though. And the donuts were pretty good.

Apparently tourists have to make a picture here. It's an unspoken rule I was told. So I obliged.

The self portrait is hard with something larger than a point and shoot. Kinda awkward too.

Had to get one of the Space Needle right?

The view of Seattle from Kerry Park. If you are visiting Seattle you need to make the hike up to this place for the view while you're there. Definitely worth it ... even on a 92 degree day.

Sarah at Kerry Park.

Also go to Purple while you're there. They have a lot of wine. And everything from the architecture of the building to the napkin rings is tied together. They even offer an extensive cheese list to go along with your wine.

Took the ferry to Bremerton, past Seabeck and ended up in this gorgeous place. How would you like this view to be your back yard?

Coming back on the ferry.

Mariners versus Blue Jays. We had the hard core fans in our section. Three of them tossed out by alcohol enforcement before the 7th.

Mariners won. Three run homer bottom of the 9th for the win.

Smith Tower.

Back to the Needle and up to the top.

South.

Wall-E anyone? Good movie by the way.