Travel
Every fall, more than one billion monarch butterflies make the 4,500 km (3,000 mile) trip from Canada to the mountains west of Mexico City where they spend the winter huddled in fourteen colonies.
Five of these colonies are open to public viewing.
We've been to two other locations previously, so we're glad that yesterday's trip was to a different one.
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We've been in Mexico for almost two and a half months now and haven't seen the ocean yet. That's okay, we're heading there next week. A lot of people come to Mexico strictly to spend their winter on the beach. I guess that's what they...
- The Pumpkin People Of Kentville
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- New Trip Starts October 18th...
We plan on beginning our new trip on October 18th. We'll be heading through Ontario to Detroit and then west towards Kansas. Then turning south and going through Oklahoma and Texas. Hoping to arrive near Brownsville Texas around November 15th, and...
- My Planning "desk"
Here is my trip in the planning stage - note the maps, books, highlighters, and binders (though you can't see them underneath all the other stuff). The rest of the coffee table is taken up with a 3 hole punch, some open maps, and organizing materials....
Travel
Off to see the butterflies!
Every fall, more than one billion monarch butterflies make the 4,500 km (3,000 mile) trip from Canada to the mountains west of Mexico City where they spend the winter huddled in fourteen colonies.
Five of these colonies are open to public viewing.
We've been to two other locations previously, so we're glad that yesterday's trip was to a different one.
Click here to read more...
- Happy Birthday, Canada!
Canada's 147th birthday today, and of course it's a national holiday across the country. It was on this date in 1867 that the British North American Act combined the colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with the then Province of Canada (the...
- The Beach Is Nice, But...
We've been in Mexico for almost two and a half months now and haven't seen the ocean yet. That's okay, we're heading there next week. A lot of people come to Mexico strictly to spend their winter on the beach. I guess that's what they...
- The Pumpkin People Of Kentville
A nice fall day yesterday, but with a bit of a nip in the air. In fact, it felt colder here than when we were in Iceland! Mid October is definitely the time of year you want to be getting out of Canada if you don't like the cold. Winter is on it's...
- New Trip Starts October 18th...
We plan on beginning our new trip on October 18th. We'll be heading through Ontario to Detroit and then west towards Kansas. Then turning south and going through Oklahoma and Texas. Hoping to arrive near Brownsville Texas around November 15th, and...
- My Planning "desk"
Here is my trip in the planning stage - note the maps, books, highlighters, and binders (though you can't see them underneath all the other stuff). The rest of the coffee table is taken up with a 3 hole punch, some open maps, and organizing materials....