Monday, January 12, 2015

Home again

Had a good flight there and a very good Road Scholar/Elderhostel on the migrations of whales, elephant seals, birds and monarch butterflies. 

The monarchs are especially mind-boggling.  The larger group travels in the east US from Canada to Mexico.  Going south, they do the whole trip.  Going north, the newborns fly 1/4 of the way, lay their eggs and die.  Happens after 2/4, 3/4 and in Canada.  Five generations later, newborns fly to the same place their great-great-grandparents flew from in Mexico.  Smaller group does southern California to Canada.

Coming home, had a late flight out of Los Angeles to Chicago and missed the last plane to central Wisconsin from O'Hare last night.  United put us up in a hotel overnight.  Had an hour of airplane maintenance delay this afternoon but got home ok. Had a good ride home from Central Wisconsin Airport by the finest driver, our daughter.

More later.


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Bill
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