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Welcome Home WINTER TEXAN • • • February 26, 2020
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We’re just connecting the dots.
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 19 • February 26, 2020 • • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
hello FROM KRISTI
If you know me,
you know orange is my favorite color. If you know me well, you know I have a love for the monarch butterfly! So it’s no surprise that we selected the monarchbutterfly sanctuary as one must-do on our recent trip to Mexico City.
Monarchs are much like our Winter Texans, migrating south each winter from the northern parts of the U.S. and Canada, starting their trek around October. We see the monarchs in South Texas as they make their way to and from Mexico, where they spend their winter months. But did you know our monarch population has deceased by more than half? There are two simple things you can do before you leave--plant milkweed, the monarch's primary source of food, and encourage your parks to build butterfly gardens.
Winter Texans Venture to
How do you do that? Well, the National Butterfly Center in Mission not only has an amazing facility for all species of butterflies, but they also have a plant nursery, where you can purchase milkweed plants. The monies raised at the nursery go right back into the Center. The milkweed is pretty, it doesn’t require a lot of water, and it will bring the butterflies to your park for a visit next winter! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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Story and photos by Eryn Reddell Wingert
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inter Texans from across the Rio Grande Valley gathered at McAllen International Airport Thursday, February 20, to head even further south. Destination: Mexico City. Travel by Welcome Home organized the four-day, direct excursion to Mexico City, complete with transportation from Benito Juarez International Airport, hotel accommodations at the Sheraton Maria Isabel, and a tour guide and driver from Mexitours. Members of the group included local RV-resort residents, Welcome-HomeRGV representatives, and the daughter of one couple on the trip, who flew in from out of state to join her parents. DESTINATION : MEXICO CITY CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 >>