What a difference a day makes. The rain did indeed clean the air. After school we went for a bike ride to Cijin Island. I had suggested we go to the harbor but it was so lovely out that we extended the ride by going out to the island. We stayed long enough to watch the sun set.

It's funny how sunsets can be so alluring. The sun has set nearly 20,000 times in my lifetime and yet I still like to watch it go down. Me and Lee and hordes of Chinese tourists too. It was nice to get some exercise, something we didn't get a lot of while the kids were here, and the weather was as good as I've ever seen.

Those are the mountains of the Central Mountain range - over 200 peaks over 3000 feet high.

Cijin Island palm tree at sunset.