A particularly nice ride this morning, with lots of stimulation. Bright, sunny, fairly warm (15 C with a 5 km/h wind) On the first bit I ride past a casino which always seems to be under renovation (additions) and directly across the street a commuter rail station is being built. Busy. Further along, the city is in the first stages of planning to rip up the road for something, maybe the commuter rail, which has been taking shape. Further along the fish plants were quite... ripe this morning, since it is starting to get a little warmer. Made two green lights and had to stop for only one... that was nice, but my country lane was absolutely great. The cranberry fields are still a little bare, but the blueberry fields are looking very lush and should be picked very soon. The ditches were bright green with algae, brighter than the golf course greens. At my wait for the tunnel bike shuttle I could just make out the Coast Mountains through a wee bit of pollution haze. Didn't see any large freighters arriving at the river port -- that would have been great. On the other side, the fields were looking good and the trucks didn't crowd me as I rode into the industrial park.