Presentation Tips and Tricks

August 5, 2018 3 Comments 0 tags
Welcome to the club.  You have raised your first monarchs.  While there is so much more to learn, you’ve picked ...

Which is the best guided tour to Mexico?

March 28, 2018 0 Comments 0 tags
Now that I’m  … mature…   tours are my preferred way to travel.  I like to leave my brains at home, ...

MexiRocks Then and Now

March 21, 2018 0 Comments 0 tags
In 2015, I took my first trip to see the monarchs at their overwintering grounds in Mexico.  I wanted to ...

Mexico Monarch sanctuaries: Which are the best?

February 14, 2018 8 Comments 0 tags
There are four main sanctuaries for tourists, El Rosario, Sierra Chincua, Piedra Herrada, and Cerro Pelon.  Based on interviews and ...

Book Review: Learn About Butterflies in the Garden, by Brenda Dziedzic

January 29, 2018 0 Comments 0 tags
  Learn About Butterflies in the Garden is a treasure that will delight both the beginner and advanced butterfly enthusiast.  ...

Book Review: The Monarch – Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly, by Kylee Baumle

October 26, 2017 0 Comments 0 tags
Kylee Baumle is a monarch enthusiast, writer, and photographer.  Put those elements together with up to date detailed research, and ...

MonarchLand Day 7 Mexico City!

February 23, 2017 0 Comments 0 tags
We started the day back in our gorgeous downtown Hilton hotel, with its never ending buffet breakfast: custom omelettes, fresh ...

MonarchLand Day 6 Toluca Botanical Garden & Mexico City

February 23, 2017 0 Comments 0 tags
I have to be honest with you.  I didn’t get very excited when I heard we were going to be ...

MonarchLand Day 5 El Rosario & Cooking Lesson!

February 22, 2017 7 Comments 0 tags
After visiting Sierra Chincua two days before, and hearing that El Rosario was even better, anticipation was high.  While half ...

MonarchLand Day 4 MexiCrafts!

February 17, 2017 4 Comments 0 tags
Today was another incredible day.  We went to Macheros, to revisit the kids whom last year we taught to paint ...