Following the Monarchs....
One trip I've always wanted to take (and I guess I better make it a priority, given that they are becoming ever scarcer) is to visit the mountains of Mexico during the annual Monarch Butterfly...
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We did it some years ago, Beth. We went through Angangueo, the closest town to the monarch forest, near Morelia, the nearest large city. Unless you want to rent a car (we were driving with friends...
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ChiChi, thanks! That hotel sounds really cool.I poked on fodors last night and found a few short tours. I wouldn't mind a tour for this - at least the viewing part, anyway...
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Back in May, "The Today Show" did a segment on those beauties.There is video herewww.msnbc.msn.com/id/18589782/just sc...Read More
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Beth, here are a couple of photos. It's very difficult to photograph, because they are just everywhere, fluttering about, but small. So long shots don't show you what you are looking at, and close ups...
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WOW! that is really cool, thank you for posting them - beautiful!
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Wow! Those pictures are awesome ChiChi! This sounds like something I might be interested in as well.
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I've never spent more than a few hours in Morelia, but it's supposed to be quite a nice little city. The nearby mountains, called Mil Cumbres ("thousand peaks"), are really lovely, and I bet there are...
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Quote:Has anyone done this, or just really really want to (like me)? Me! I'd LOVE to do this! It's on my (long and ever growing) list and it's o...Read More
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me too i wanna go! and like kavey, that trip always gets trumped by another trip. i would love to see them... i got a small swarm of monarch that visited my garden 2 years ago and am hooked on seeing...
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We drive down and spend the night to see the early morning awakening flights. Dress warmly and leave about noon.M (SMdA, Gto., MX)
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Good point, mikemo. If you go in the morning, definitely wear a jacket, maybe with a sweater underneath. You're in the mountains, and it's chilly.
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I posted this a year ago, and didn't go this year. I'm putting this higher for 2009. Is mid-February a good time to go? I think I may make this a long weekend, around Pres. Day. If I took two days of...
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Sorry, I can't answer the weather questions, Beth. We were there a bit earlier. I think the closest large town that you could get weather info for is Morelia, but because Angangueo is up in the...
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Thanks CHi CHi Does anyone know where else the butterflies alight on their route south?
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check this out, this is not terribly far for me to drive in the fall: http://www.capemaytimes.com/life-in-cape-may/2005-monarchs.htm
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wow! Beth I wish there were some place like that not too far from me :-)
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I won't be going to see them in Mexico anytime soon, but, check out what I learned! The Pacific Grove Monarchs are the resting place for those butterflies west of the Rockies! I thought Mexico was for...
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Beth, you'll have to let us know how it was, and post some of your fabulous photos. I've been to the Mexican refuge, as you know, but never saw the monarchs in my own backyard (so to speak). It's...
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Chi Chi, will do. And thank you. I don't know about you all, but I hardly ever seem to see them anymore. I saw only a handful this summer and they may have been the same one - same location.
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