Mexico 2017

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This morning we left the warm weather in Zihuatanejo and headed back to the snow and cold of Minnesota. The trip went smoothly, no problems. We had a great trip, but it is always good to be home.

Bob



The highlight of this trip was to see the butterflies.

Things went well but there are some things I would do differently. All of the information sources said the butterflies would be active in late January. We found that most of the butterflies were dormant so I would go a month later.

It was difficult finding information on buses to Angangueo from Morelia. We found the bus to Zitacuaro and we knew we would need a different bus line but couldn't get information on these buses in Morelia. We went to Zitacuaro and found a lot of buses to Angangueo.

It is cold at night in the mountains (even in Morelia). It gets down to a few degrees above freezing and you will probably be staying in an unheated drafty hotel room. I bring warmup pants, a sweatshirt and warm socks to sleep in.

We spent about 20 hours on buses over 5 days. If I were to visit the butterflies from Zihuatanejo again I would include them as an extension to a trip to visit Uruapan, Patzcuero and Morelia.

There are lots of Monarch butterflies (one source said over a billion) so they are not endangered. In Minnesota people are growing milkweed (it is a weed hence the name). I don't think they would be nearly as popular if they were not so colotful or fed on plants grown by farmers.

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