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Fluttering Through St Marks Butterfly Festival in Florida

Season 3 Episode 10

December 15, 2023 • Steve and Carol

We introduce our trip to St. Marks Refuge in Tallahassee, FL which we heard is like visiting a Monarch butterfly highway i.e....Monarch butterfly migration. Next morning, we reveal to viewers the goofy Steve and Carol left behind a backpack packed with camera equipment...mics, tri pod, wires, etc. And how a trip to Walmart and the friendly employee Brenda SAVED THE DAY!


Next, we are off to a breakfast at the charming McDavid's Cafe in Steinhatchee, FL. We break in informing everyone about the special fishing village Steinhatchee. We share about the River Marine Inn and the owner Barb. She is full of information about local happening such as the Fiddler Crab Festival, scalloping in the summer etc. Then it is off to St Marks for the Monarch Butterfly Migration and Festival. After parking we met 2 young Emory University students who captured a couple butterflies and shared with us some cool info.

Following that we headed over to the tagging tables where we learned even more of how they track Monarchs and Carol even got one on her nose! It was off to find "THE" butterfly highway only to be disappointed in seeing only about 50 butterflies. However, we included a few clips of a truly amazing butterfly migration to not disappoint you! You will see the incredible transformation of a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly...a new creature was created. *Sound familiar? See if we find Arts & Crafts.

The episode ends with Carol sharing about life with Steve.

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