Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

The Monarch butterflies in the Eastern US and Canada return to one specific mountain in Morelia, Mexico for the winter. The weather is perfect for them in that one spot only. What is amazing about this is you are standing among 100 MILLION butterflies, their wings beating so loudly, it sounds like the wind. Each one might be fragile, but the mass is awe-striking. In addition, none of these butterflies were born here. It was 4 generations before that left this spot the previous spring. Yet, somehow they know where to return. We just sat for hours, taking it all in and wondering at the mystery of it.