Bicycling with butterflies : my 10,201-mile journey following the monarch migration
by Dykman, Sara, 1985- (Author)
Summary
"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike... Full description
- Arriving at the start
- The monarchs' winter neighbors
- A million-winged sendoff
- Following mountains
- Deserted miles and trials
- Ice cream and tacos
- Straightaway into the heat
- A milkweed greeting
- Finding refuge
- Chasing spring
- Remembering tallgrass
- Harnessing science
- Hope in the corn
- Spring to summer
- A summer break to bike
- The north lands
- East of Sudbury
- Welcoming "weeds"
- Along the Atlantic
- Back toward Canada
- Canada, take two
- Fence Erie
- Heading back south
- With the wind
- Maintaining the lead
- The out-of-the-way way
- Straggling with stragglers
- The southern rewind
- Crossing the border
- Welcome back
- The homestretch.