Did you know that the monarch butterflies on the eastern coast of the United States fly across the Gulf of Mexico each fall to winter in Mexico? Well, they do, and large quantities of them gather in St. Marks in October to fatten up before the trip. As you can probably guess, we loaded up and went down to St. Marks to see this butterfly collection firsthand.
I'm sorry to announce that we didn't see many butterflies at all. (Chuck did get this picture of a monarch.) We did, however, make some new friends, and we saw some hugenormous cacti. I even had the unique experience of getting pricked by a cactus. *ouch*
