The Ellwood Monarch Butterfly Grove, located in an area of eucalyptus trees, is a magical place to be between the months of November and February. People travel far and wide to view the largest U.S. population of over-wintering Monarch butterflies (40,000 estimated) in Ellwood Mesa near Goleta, California. Remarkably these butterflies are able to journey each fall to the safety of this blue gum eucalyptus grove ahead of cold weather making the long 3,000 mile mass migration. If you don't see the butterflies at first, look up in the tops of the trees. There are so many of them that they look like clumps of brown leaves! Sometimes they will be quietly hanging like leaves, but other times, late in the morning, they will be fluttering about. Pssst!... look at all the people!!!?
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