Welcome to the club. You have raised your first monarchs. While there is so much more to learn, you’ve picked up a lot, and you are exploding to share. In fact, your friends may have been encouraging you to talk … Continue reading
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Now that I’m … mature… tours are my preferred way to travel. I like to leave my brains at home, and just enjoy that someone else is taking care of all the details, knows what to do in an emergency, … Continue reading
In 2015, I took my first trip to see the monarchs at their overwintering grounds in Mexico. I wanted to experience the sight of tens of thousand of monarchs at a time, roosting and flying. But I was also on … Continue reading
There are four main sanctuaries for tourists, El Rosario, Sierra Chincua, Piedra Herrada, and Cerro Pelon. Based on interviews and personal experiences, I’m going to rank them for you. I invite your feedback, and I will post updates based on … Continue reading
Butterflies in the Garden is a treasure that will delight both the beginner and advanced butterfly enthusiast. How can it appeal to both? Because it has close to 300 pages packed with the life cycles of more than 30 of … Continue reading
Kylee Baumle is a monarch enthusiast, writer, and photographer. Put those elements together with up to date detailed research, and scientific supervision by Professor Dr. Lincoln Brower, and you have the recipe for the outstanding book Baumle has gifted to … Continue reading
We started the day back in our gorgeous downtown Hilton hotel, with its never ending buffet breakfast: custom omelettes, fresh figs, a fruit bar where the chef cuts it just for you, a decadent assortment of breads and pastries, fresh … Continue reading
I have to be honest with you. I didn’t get very excited when I heard we were going to be visiting a botanical garden with stained glass windows, but I was blown away by dozens of floor to high ceiling … Continue reading
After visiting Sierra Chincua two days before, and hearing that El Rosario was even better, anticipation was high. While half the group took the horses, I joined the walking group. The path was hard packed, or stairs; quite doable at … Continue reading
Today was another incredible day. We went to Macheros, to revisit the kids whom last year we taught to paint the MexiRocks that Save Our Monarchs has been selling on their website. (saveourmonarchs.org). We started of with a challenging hike … Continue reading