From Bourbon to Butterflies

The first three days of our trip we were a bit preoccupied with bourbon tastings.  I didn't actually mind, we were in bourbon country after all, but today it was a nice change for me to go to a butterfly conservatory.  The first time we went to one of these was on a trip to Niagara Falls.  There is a really nice butterfly conservatory on the Canada side that I highly recommend if you are in the area.  So far I have not found another conservatory to match it in size.  The one here in St. Louis is very nice, just not as large and today was extremely hot.  It would normally be warm for the tropical flowers and for the butterflies, but today was a bit excessive and took a little bit away from the experience.  I still took way more pictures than one needs of butterflies and would definitely go again on a cooler day.  I have not included all of the butterfly pictures in our St. Louis album, but there are some in there for those of you that might enjoy seeing them. (The blurry picture of the pretty blue butterflies was about all we could get of these.  They do not stop flying much and when they do they keep their wings closed.)