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Every October through March the upland forests of the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly reserve in Michoacán Mexico are filled with Monarch butterflies that have flown all the way from Canada and other locations in the US to winter over in Mexico.  Who knows why?  Who knows how?  Every fourth generation makes this trip.  What does this say about the amazing inner clocks and instinctual migratory impulses of the Monarch? 

Raja and I want to see them first hand and we are planning a trip there in late October.  We will fly to Mexico City, take the road to the west to Angangueo, stay in a small hotel    heated by sunshine and fireplace, and hike up to the mountain valleys where butterflies fly about in the warm mid-day sun.

I admit, we were worried about this trip at first with all the bad news from Mexico- crime, a flu pandemic and reports of dodgy police.  But, after the panic, one observes that the sky indeed is not falling- certainly not at Cancún or Acapulco where the piñacolada tourists are flopped all over the beaches, nor is it falling on the butterflies.  And- lucky us- Mexican friends have shed some sanity on the panic of TV reportage. 

Raja has been all over the narrow, dark alleys and stuffy souks of Morocco and through downtown Santiago, Chile to the places where the guidebooks say the pick pockets go to work.  Nothing whatsoever has happened- which is not to boast that we are unstoppable, or to suggest that crime does not happen and viruses do not exist.  But the point is that areas where there are warnings are often less alarming in real life, than they are when we imagine what might hypothetically happen.  And, as we have so often observed first hand, TV news reportage takes advantage of its opportunities to sensationalize and multiply negative numbers.

Right now, Michoacán’s Winter monarchs of 2009 are in flower gardens and fields in North America and they are already beginning to feel the stirrings of a need to fly south.  And Raja and I do too.  Just keeping you in our loop! 

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BUTTERCUP & PAT
6/15/2009 08:57:22 am

RAJA... I love your picture and that you are studying up on the Monarch Butterflies ! Just be sure to travel with your favorite foods or snacks .. and of course your special pen to sanitize your water .... Being the careful traveler that you are .. i am not worried that you will travel only in safe places in Mexico City , don't wear your valuables ( keep that diamond studded collar home) .. and have your paw pilot handy in case of an emergency ... Have a safe trip and can't wait to see pics and hear all about it !

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6/15/2009 11:15:42 am

Do the swallows of Capistrano go there too? Just thinking the butterflies would make a tasty treat for those tired migrating birds....

what...? I'm just saying they're probably hungry too!


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Jeannie & Abigail
6/15/2009 12:20:55 pm

Good luck on your trip. Stay safe and healthy and take lots of pictures! We can't wait to hear all about it either!

Jeannie and Abigail!

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Kathryn
6/16/2009 12:40:40 am

Raja you look wonderful! It must be all your adventures and the excitement of planning a trip.

Dalai does have a point about the swallows...

It sounds like a great trip and I look forward to the posts and pictures.

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6/18/2009 03:14:48 am

We at the Christensen house are all jealous! We took our miniature schnauzer to San Francisco last weekend (Bella our weim had to stay home) and had a blast.

As for Mexico, you will be fine. The whole H1N1 thing is so over-blown (I blame Twitter and social media). It will be an amazing trip where you both will have heaps and heaps of fun!

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