This is my first posting on my travel blog.

I feel there is no better place for me to start than in my own back yard, Fort Collins, Colorado. I’m literally in my back yard getting ready to ride my bike in the annual Tour de Fat. I get Bruce out of the garage. He is grumpy because he has lost his hat. I tie Bruce on the fender of my bike and ask Mike to take our picture. Mike is slightly alarmed at the over all look of me and Bruce but knows this will be small potatoes compared to what is to come in the streets of Fort Collins. Mike is not joining us, but agrees to ride with us to the farmers market which is close to the start. It is a day of mayhem and craziness as 15,000 or more riders dressed in their finest take to the streets. Come join us one of these years!