And I especially enjoyed the programs she does in schools all during her trip and her fun interaction with kids. I studied monarchs for two years in college, so I was immediately drawn to this book and what it stands for. 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.

Her scene-by-scene descriptions, sensitivity to the world around her and her sharp sense of adventure will make you feel as if you are riding beside her mile by mile through Mexico, the US and Canada.I reminded myself that ever since I had been biking, even as a child making laps around the block, I had been proving to myself that I could go the distance. Un libro que sin duda debemos leer todos los que vivimos a lo largo de la ruta migratoria de la mariposa monarca, ya que nos ayuda a comprender un poco mas lo intrincado del viaje que hacen estas mariposas para poder pasar el invierno en Mexico y regresar a EUA y Canada para su reproducción.

Beyond A Book presents ButterBike, a 2017 project to follow the monarch butterfly migration and connect the story with schools, nature centers, and communities along the route. The importance of milkweed to the survival of the beautiful butterfly, the lifecycle and evening tagging (who knew you could tag a butterfly) were fascinating. For most of us, the tale of a 32-year-old woman taking off alone on her bicycle to ride from Mexico to Canada and the east coast of the United States and back to Mexico is amazing in itself, and the narrative of her trip and the sights she sees along the way is very enjoyable. On his belly, he gently prodded a small purple plant emerging along the trail—an Earth inhabitant he deemed worthy of examination. At night, trunks tend to be an average of two and a half degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the surrounding ambient night temperature.

It was pretty cool to read about the enthusiasm of the children that she spoke to although there was the odd time that the older kids were more interested in the cycling than the insects. The quote below sums up some of what I find so important about learning more about the world around us . Sara Dykman follows the monarchs over 10,000 miles on a bicycle as the butterflies migrate from Mexico to Canada and then back from Canada to Mexico again.

What we’re worried about is the rate of decline,” said Nick Haddad, a conservation biologist at Michigan State University.Arriving in Mexico in January, I chose El Rosario for my first visit not only because it consistently has the most monarchs, but because it is the most accessible. When the Monarchs begin to migrate in the spring, so does Dykman, on a beat-up old mountain bike loaded with a tent and sleeping bag, a chair, a stove, two cook pots, some cold and rain gear, a few changes of clothes, necessary toiletries, a jug of water, a little food, and not much else.