Things just sound like more fun when you add "de." For this reason alone Sunday's Tour de Pierce bike ride sounds like a blast. The multiple routes for varying skill levels, fitness promotion, family fun, provided bathrooms and cool number bibs are all icing. The peddling starts at 7:30 a.m. and winds through Puyallup, Sumner and adjacent farmlands.

[Starts at Western Washington Fairgrounds Gold Parking Lot - goes through Puyallup and Sumner, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., registration required, $17, $51 per family, 253.841.8515 for more info]