JohnB

Yes, I know (and have raised pints, voices and concertinas with) several of those teams. Although Vancouver and especially Victoria are (less than a degree) farther west than Sebastopol, they're also so much farther north that sunrise comes earlier after the spring equinox. In Victoria, BC, 2006 May Morning sunrise was at 5:50 -- Sebastopol's was at 6:12.