Dear Journey North children,
This morning, I rode the bus with children who live in Angangueo and go to school in the neighboring town of Aporo. The children leave at 8 o´clock every morning, arrive to school at 9, and come back home by 3:30 for dinner. Here are the photos saying hello you this Monday morning on the way to school.

While riding, I showed to the children two historical photos of life in our town 80 years ago. I asked them to compare advantages and disadvantages of life then to modern life for children in Angangueo.

Manuel and Armando said: "They had no internet, television, or transportation services as we have today."

Lupita said: "I think it was not nice that girls were not able or did not attend school because parents thought it was more important for boys."

Marilyin said: "They had no electricity service, dolls were made of cloth and handmade, and there were only one or two schools, if any."

Emiliano and Jesús said: "But their life was much healthier, since they played simple but much more creative games, there was much more agriculture, and they shared much more time together. Nowadays we are more and more distanced from our friends due to the computer and new games played at home."

THE WHOLE GROUP TOTALLY AGREED WITH Emiliano and Jesus. We arrived to the school in Aporo and said good bye.

Monitoring the Monarch's Arrival
We continue to monitor regularly as we wait for the monarchs to arrive. We always walk to and from El Cerrito between 13:00 to 15:00 hrs. in order to be consistent.

On Saturday, Lupita (9), and Laura Emilia (11), were eagerly walking with me, hoping they could find a Monarch in the little forest. None yet! On Sunday, we ran into some children who live in the area. Although somewhat shy to say anything, they said, ¨It is too early for Monarchs to arrive yet,¨ and ran away.

Our weather ranges from mild cold to warm (10-23 Celcius). Perhaps we will still have some rain within the next day because of a Tropical Storm coming from Central America.

Until next week,
Maria Estela Romero, friends, and family

While riding, I showed to the children two photos of life in our town 80 years ago.

Manuel and Armando said: ¨They had no internet, television, or transportation services as we have today."

Photo Gallery

Monitoring the Monarch's Arrival

No monarchs at El Cerrito yet. See the still ¨empty¨ trees.

¨It is too early for Monarchs to arrive yet,¨ they said and ran away.