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Bicycling with butterflies my 10,201-mile journey following the monarch migration

"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...

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Main Author: Dykman, Sara, 1985- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2021.
Subjects:
Dykman, Sara, > 1985- > Travel.
Monarch butterfly > Migration.
Butterflies > Behavior.
Bicycle touring.
International travel.
Travel writing.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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