WhatsApp Audio 2023-10-20 at 16.53.17

Greg and Shane are getting ready for their first migration. They have questions about why they migrate and what to expect. They join the rest of the flock in flying in a V shape, taking turns being the leader. Flying in the V is easier and more comfortable. It's also cold, but not too bad. Are you ready, Greg? Shane asked. It is going to be one long adventure. I was born ready, I answered. We were all getting ready for our early migration sort. The days were growing shorter, the weather was getting cold. And we all just felt like it was time to move somehow. We all knew there'd be more food and we'd be more comfortable if we flew the sort for the winter. This was mine and Shane's first time migration. We were a little nervous about going, but everyone in the flock resulted as that we don't exactly what to do when the time came. We had a lot of questions, why do we go sort every year, what happens on the way and how do we know when we're there. We got a lot of different answers, so we still weren't exactly sure what to expect. Well, let's go, Shane asked. We met up with the rest of the flock. Shane's mom was going to be the point of the flock first. We were all going to fly in a V shape because they all said it makes it easier on everyone else to fly behind the point. Almost everyone would take a turn being the point so that no one else would get too tired. Shane's mom took off and we all followed. Higher and higher we flew. Then everyone started leaving off. We were in our V flying always flat grid. It was fun to look at everything for blowouts and it felt good to stretch out our wishing song enough I could see why we were flying in the V. Flying for this long was training, but it was much easier to fly in the V than by myself. It was also pretty cold up here, which wasn't too bad but wasn't exactly fun either.