Cijin Island has become our bike ride of choice for our weekend morning ride and today was a great day for riding. Little by little it's beginning to cool off and this morning I could feel an almost-chill in the air as the air swirled by me on my bike. It felt a little like an August day at the beach when there's just a hint of Canadian cool air seeping down from the north.

On the return trip we stopped at a new cafe we'd seen along the harbor. The location was very nice - the balcony overlooks the Cijin Island ferry dock - and the decor was lovely.

We had a funny experience on the ride back home. We were downtown heading back to the bike path when Lee's back tire suddenly went flat. We stopped and I pulled out my phone to see if we could find a bike shop nearby that could fix it. I have discovered the obvious, that one's smart phone is only as smart as its user and I fail pretty completely on that front. After figuring out that there are no shops nearby we look up from the phone to discover that we are standing next to - right next to, mind you - a bike shop. The people there could not have been any nicer or more efficient, just like every Giant bike shop we've found in this city.