num_pages: 280
description: Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book AwardSara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migrationa round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10000 miles. Equally remarkable she did it solo on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets.In Bicycling with Butterflies  Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. Were beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren skeptical bar patrons and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers.With both humor and humility Dykman offers a compelling story confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migrationand the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.
language: English
title: Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
publisher: Timber Press