The Butterflies at Pismo beach

Making my way back to the coast and up to towards San Luis Obispo, I stoppped by the road as there were a group of people looking up into the eucalyptus trees. This turned out to be one of the biggest over-wintering areas for the Monarch Butterfly. This was a cold day and as they only fly at temperatures above 52degrees they were all resting on the branches. There were 10,000 of them. Also was just in time for a talk by a sweet old man who with along his wife are volunteers giving info to us tourists.