Bicycling with butterflies : my 10,201-mile journey following the monarch migration
(Spoken CD)

Compact disc.

Title from web page.

Read by Xe Sands.

"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle along-side 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 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. We're 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 migration--and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all."--‡cProvided by publisher.

A few years ago, outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman decided to do something no one has ever done before, pedal along with monarch butterflies over the entire length of their 10,201-mile migratory journey. She did it alone, on a hand-built bicycle, through three countries. Here, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the adventurous ups and downs of her nine-month ride.