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Is It Spring Yet?

Last week I saw 80s rocker guy rocking out downtown. This is usually a clear sign that spring is here. I'm not sure where he goes in the off season, but whenever Victoria weather gets nice he's out there jamming on the electric guitar with his "portable" amp. Usually he has a helper pushing his amp in a shopping cart as he walks around town playing his solos. He's like our town's groundhog for the purpose of determining if spring is really here or not.

So given the fact that I saw 80s rocker guy jamming his tunes downtown and that it has been sunny and warm for a few weeks now, I thought spring was here for sure. But last night when I was leaving Steve's place to come home around midnight, I had to clear a few inches of snow off my parked car. Then I had the pleasure of driving home at 15 km/hr thanks to the downpoor of giant snow flakes filling the sky. It's rare enough to get snow in Victoria during winter, but it's very odd to see it in April. I guess it shouldn't be so surprising though, given that Victoria's weather can flip flop as often as any politician. But this begs the question: does 80s rocker guy really know when spring is here?