A review by randyrasa
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman

4.0

Bikes, pollinators, prairie, nature science ... this book is very much in my sweet spot. It follows a long bicycle tour tracing the route of one year's Monarch migration, from Mexico into Canada and back. There are some beautiful passages and insights here, and even the descriptions of bicycle touring, which, as much as I love it, can sometimes be a bit tedious to read about, are handled well here. You get the spirit and feel of the activity without getting bogged down in the minutia of turn-by-turn and minute-by-minute travel. The discussions of monarch and milkweed biology, and their heartbreaking decline due to modern farming practices and neglect, are the most compelling and important part of this book. Recommended.

"Together, many monarchs render a migration. Together, many miles create an adventure. Together, many gardens produce solutions. Our collective voices add up to change. As long as there are adventurer takers, solution makers change instigators and migrants, our actions together equal hope."