© Ellen Harasimowicz
The hoopla around this Sunday’s premiere of the National Geographic documentary Great Migrations has got me nostalgic for my days in Mexico. Ellen Harasimowicz took this photo of me last winter at the top of Sierra Chincua, where the sight of tens of millions of monarch butterflies overwhelmed me to the point of exhaustion. All I could do was sit down, gaze up, and breathe. It was intense. Here’s a tiny glimpse of an idea of what I saw up in that bright, blue Mexican sky, but truly, a photo cannot do the experience justice:
© Ellen Harasimowicz
Intense.
I’d like to go back to Mexico one day, maybe to share those amazing monarch sanctuary experiences with my kids. But it’s hard to know if or when that might happen. For now, I’m going to pop some corn and plop us all down in front of the National Geographic channel on Sunday. Judging by this mini-trailer, it will be the next best thing.
Great Migrations premieres this Sunday at 8pm on National Geographic station. Find out all you ever wanted to know about the series here.