What do you get when you mix 30 or so cyclists, 7 boxes of Franzia, and the beautiful town of Lake Placid?

The answer...Complete and total Mayhem

Before I get into the Tour De Franzia, I've got to talk about downhilling at Whiteface. On Saturday Adrienne, Myself, and Bill mounted our trusty steeds of iron, and hurled ourselves down the East's tallest ski peak. I am so psyched to have such an awesome place to ride so close to us.

and on to the Tour...

Prologue: Mutt's house
after sharing a cold beverage or two with my friends in the parking lot at Whiteface I returned home to find the Tour already ramping up. In a matter of just minutes I cranked up the grill and began feeding the masses while making sure no cup was left without Franzia. Things were really getting going when the call was made "On to Stage 1"

Stage1: The Weber's

The mountainous terrain proved to be challenging for many participants, especially for the guy who decided to ride a tandem by himself. There was Bocce, shrimp, and of course, Franzia. After taking 3 boxes at this stage we finally decided that it was time to head to the Art's Center.

Stage 2: Lake Placid Center for The Arts
In our finest display of team work we all rolled in to the Art's Center together just in time to check out the trial's demo. Sam is truly amazing. We enjoyed the mountain bike movie, and then...on to stage 3.

Stage 3: Bill and Mel's

By the time I arrived after taking a few spokes out of Adrienne's front wheel and picking my brother there was a fire going in the backyard and the Franzia was flowing. Mel had baked up some goodness, and also made some delicious treats of the refrigerated variety.

Stage 4: Lisa G's

This is where things really started to heat up. There were lots of people hanging out and enjoying themselves at the G spot. However, across the street at Staion St. there was an equal amount of excitement going on. It was almost too much to handle.

Stage 5: Adrienne and Amy's

Somehow I ended up with a passenger on this stage. This was probably the tightest stage. We stuffed as many people as we could into their apartment took down some Franzia and got on our way.

Stage 6: Eli and Conor's
I think by this point everyone was pretty excited to get down to Main St. I know I was there at Eli's, but it wasn't long. Unfortunately it was durng this part of the tour that the most crashing happened. I am going to apologize to Hannah for the last time. She had a horrific crash as a result of the rear wheel on my tandem. She went down, hit or nose, a good amount of blood in front of PJ's.

Stage 7: Main St.

The ultimate stage of the ultimate tour. We rolled in, turned heads, and had fun. Everyone won.

It was an awesome night. Can't say a whole lot more about it. Here's to a crashless Tour De Franzia in 2010...

I almost forgot about the final...final stage. Sunday morning a giant family breakfast was had up at Eli's. It was wonderful.